My Disney subscription finally came in handy when I got to watch the absolute gem that is The Parent Trap (1998). I watched the 1961 Parent Trap when I was a kid and didn't think much of it, but this 1998 version is perfect. I laughed, I cried, I laughed some more, I cried some more. I cared so much for the happiness of those twins, Annie and Hallie, that it meant the absolute world to me when they finally got their way.
Lindsay Lohan is a famous actress, but the job she did in this movie takes the cake. She played both Annie and Hallie, both identical twins, at once. And most of the time both girls are on the screen together. They're often hugging or leaning on each other. How they did it is beyond me. The magicians who make movies can be very proud. And best of all they didn't use CG, all of it is real, it's all Lindsay Lohan. The twins are gorgeous and throughout the movie they're constantly changing outfits. The best is when one of them wears a qipao with properly piled up hair held up by hairpins. After watching this movie, and how often both girls insist they want to be around their Dad, who they call 'Dad' about every five seconds, I don't know how anyone wouldn't want to immediately go out and have twins.
I also don't know how anyone, after watching this movie, could contemplate divorce. Who would tear apart best friends like these identical twins are from each other? Who could ever be so cruel, so utterly selfish?
Annie/Hallie enter my wonderful characters hall of fame, as one person, because the identical twins pursuing an identical agenda played by a single actress cannot be separated into two characters. They replace Golbez who, though cool, isn't nearly as cute as these freckled redheads. I've never liked conniving liars so much. This is definitely a first in fiction.
The Parent Trap (1998) enters my movie hall of fame at #20. I kicked out Much Ado About Nothing to make room. Shakespeare has nothing on 11 year old girls.
The theme song assigned to Annie/Hallie is 'confusion,' a cheerful, beautiful song from FF Tactics Advanced that fits them perfectly. (Since their whole goal in the movie is to confuse their parents as to who is who.)
Cid's Theme (FF9) went to Elena/Millenia who used to have confusion on account of having a split personality. Akari from Senmomo got the Senmomo opening, 'Persica Blossoms in Full Bloom.' Kanami from Senmomo got the Senmomo ending, 'Flowers of Love Dancing in Moonlight.' The Salikawood went to Kokoro from Aisheteruze Baby. Now I have the most authentic songs and the best songs in my wonderful playlist. I also have the best imaginable wonderful characters hall of fame. Annie/Hallie was the final piece of the puzzle.
The latest free SS Memoria guaranteed ticket granted me base Yuki. This got me to 3.5 limit breaks for base Yuki, which is perfect. Yuki is being used in my fire, dark and light squads, and all three of those versions of Yuki will get +10% up to stats if only base Yuki can get to limit break level 4. I also have a thunder element Yuki, tuxedo Yuki, which benefits from this development, though I'm not sure where I could put her. I know who I'm using my protean shards on next.
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