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ophelialoveshandsomemen · 3 months

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Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.

Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??

They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...

Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.

And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!

Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!

By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?

Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!

Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?

Alright I need to go to bed now.

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jennydolfen · 1 year

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First art of 2023! Orym's Cirque du soleil bit in the Yios casino. This has been on the workbench for a bit. :) Happy New Year!

#orym #critical role fanart #cr3 #procreate art #cirque du soleil #bells hells #jenny dolfen

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milksockets · 23 days

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varekai - cirque du soleil (2003)

#my scan #cirque du soleil

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grits-galraisedinthesouth · 2 months

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Don't think we forgot about you...

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Don't think we forgot about how you were caught playing with your moonbump during your 1 and only tour at the Meyhew Clinic---squatting down with your knees together.

The same day you threatened to selfcide yourself & an unborn baby because you & Sparry were boo'd at the Cirque du Soleil performance.

You forgot to tell NOprah how you went a full day without any selfcide ideation. You were flooded with endorphins from petting the animals & physical touch from your NYC bff.

You were happy all day until your mask slipped in Royal Albert Hall. EMBARRASSED because you were boo'd by the audience & Sparry publicly REJECTED your claw.

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You were boo'd for poor job performance. Your claw was rejected because Sparry needed claw-free hands to clap for the special guest.

You and Daniel posted a photo of your disgusting avocado toast, hot tea & chocolates. You gushed about what a wonderful visit the two of you were having, just like old times...

Daniel flew all the way from NYC to London to do your makeup for the engagement but you lied to NOprah.

You told NOprah you were alone and couldn't skip the event because you might commit a murder. You lied to NOprah about your makeup. You told NOprah you had to put your makeup bag in the sink and just get yourself ready for that event.

You lied. You and Sparry lied.

You brag about how easy it is for you to cry on demand and yet somehow you managed to cry throughout the performance without shedding 1 tear from your left (or right) eye.

Thanks for reminding the world that you trauma bonded yourself to Sparry & the BRF by naming your website after their missing (abandoned) Jack Russell Terrier dog named TIGger, and their (abandoned) nannny named TIGgy.

A few hours after squatting in 4 inch heels with her knees together, she's wearing a beachball under her dress & needs Harry's help just to sit down in a chair.

And that coat is still NOT chic or elegant!!

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In Trouble with mummy

#meghan markle is a liar #megxit #like a spare #cirque du soleil #NOprah is a liar #Sparry is a liar #farkle family wars #avocado toast #the claw #royal albert hall #moonbump #Meyhew Clinic

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yeehawpim · 5 months

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went and saw @cirquedusoleil's Kooza last night!

#my art #cirque du soleil #kooza

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grumpyoldhag · 2 months

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why the hell not to show a couple of my cirque du soleil drawings... two striped heartthrobs ♥

#cirque du soleil #cds #kooza #saltimbanco #trickster #baron

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lyadrielle · 1 year

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The last few days of morning study. REF - SPOTLIGHT on ALEGRIA - Cirque Du Soleil

#movement study #Anatomy study #cirque du soleil #sketch

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wuwmmdraws · 6 months

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Just a bunch of ✨ Lil Guys ✨

#artists on tumblr #traditional art #wuwmm’s fanart #Cirque du Soleil

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dance-world · 7 months

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Reed Kelly

#Reed Kelly #dance #ballet #cirque du soleil #bailarín #danseur #dancer #ballerino #tänzer #ballet men #boys of ballet #male dancers

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chopshajen · 2 months

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It’s finally done! I wanted to see the Trickster’s suit as a more classic tailcoat tuxedo 🎀 The process of which involved drawing stripes for like five hours and had me questioning my life LOL Why did I have to make the outfit even more fiddly

#also colors are the bane of my existence #I just slap my hand on the tablet and eventually call it at some point #Trickster forcing me to draw stripes and use colors the horror LOL #this is the one I’ve been plugging away at for like weeks #and by that I mean I worked on it sporadically #haven’t really drawn anything for a couple weeks so even though it was just finishing up this one I’m happy about it #maybe for my next thing I should try something less fiddly and less likely to proc my perfectionism #Trickster #Cirque du Soleil Trickster #Kooza #Cirque du Soleil #my art

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gidleinstagram · 5 months

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