![]() Starring Kristen Stewart as Abby, a kind-hearted Christmas-sceptic who must pretend to be straight when her closeted girlfriend (Makcenzie Davis) brings her home for the holidays, the film broke streaming records when it premiered on Hulu – the silver lining of its Coronavirus-scuppered cinema release. Speaking of heteronorm-nativity, a glossy, mainstream Christmas romcom with a queer couple at its centre was long overdue – and boy did writer-director Clea DuVall deliver with Happiest Season. And so Todd Haynes’s Carol, a beautifully shot adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel in which department store worker Therese (Rooney Mara) falls in love with a mysterious older woman (Cate Blanchett) in the run up to Christmas, is a welcome break from heteronorm-nativity. Even Love Actually filmed a queer storyline among its 524 interweaving plots, before deciding it should be cut from the film, leaving that “Colin goes to America” abomination intact. When it comes to Christmas films, there is no shortage of love and romance – but it’s all overwhelmingly straight. Probably would not go back again, not because its so bad, but because its just not that great a place to go back to.Affairs of the heart: Rooney Mara, left, and Cate Blanchett as lovers Therese and Carol in the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel They completely took over the place, when you pay heaps to get into these places it is such a pain. They also like Seaworld the day before allowed heaps of school kids on school trips in. They should look at how customer service is done in the US. ![]() Have been to many theme parks around the world and the service at Movie world Coast was by far the worst by a long way. It took me 3/4 of an hour to get to the front and then it was we have a ten minute wait for that. Didnt care the line was out the door, only open two lines and the people serving were so disinterested. Its like the people serving were on sleeping pills. The other huge disapointment was the food service. ![]() We went for three days in a row and the same ride was stopped each day - Scooby Coaster - while we were in line. I was disapointed that many of the rides we waited for had to be stopped. Very gratefull for the new (wasnt there last time we went 7 years ago) huge cover over mainstreet. Firstly it was so very hot the days we went. ![]()
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