{"id":310,"date":"2002-01-14T12:47:50","date_gmt":"2002-01-14T20:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/kate-and-leopold\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:54:05","slug":"kate-and-leopold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/kate-and-leopold\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate and Leopold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16624,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B0000640VN\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260314132003\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B0000640VN\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/ASIN\\\/B0000640VN\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 15:46:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 05:43:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 05:43:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16625,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Ryan,+Meg&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Ryan,%20Meg&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16048,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Jackman,+Hugh&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Jackman,%20Hugh&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16626,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Schreiber,+Liev&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Schreiber,%20Liev&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16627,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Meyer,+Breckin&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Meyer,%20Breckin&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16628,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00006SFKM\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260314124103\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00006SFKM\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00006SFKM\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16629,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Tomei,+Marisa&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?Tomei,%20Marisa&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:16630,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?D%27Onofrio,+Vincent&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/Name?D&#039;Onofrio,%20Vincent&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Candice and I went out to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000640VN\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Kate and Leopold\">Kate and Leopold<\/a> this weekend. End result from both of us &#8212; cute flick. Probably a matinee or renter rather than an evening show, but definitely fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nKaL follows the romance of the two title characters, Kate (<a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?Ryan,+Meg\" title=\"IMDB: Meg Ryan\">Meg Ryan<\/a>) and Leopold (<a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?Jackman,+Hugh\" title=\"IMDB: Hugh Jackman\">Hugh Jackman<\/a>). It could be a match made in heaven &#8212; though, as it&#8217;s actually a match made in Hollywood, things are made a bit more difficult due to Kate being a modern businesswoman up for a major promotion, and Leopold being a 19th century Duke accidentally transported to modern times thanks to Kate&#8217;s bungling ex-boyfriend Stuart (<a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?Schreiber,+Liev\" title=\"IMDB: Liev Schreiber\">Liev Schreiber<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>As tends to happen with most movies dealing with time-travel, there are the occasional plot holes that you pretty much just have to accept, but with a little willing suspension of disbelief, the film ends up being quite enjoyable. Meg Ryan does what she does (even with romantic comedies being her forte, I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;ve ever seen her really create a different character from role to role), but it&#8217;s really Hugh Jackman and the supporing cast of Liev Schreiber and <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?Meyer,+Breckin\" title=\"IMDB: Breckin Meyer\">Breckin Meyer<\/a> (as Kate&#8217;s brother Charlie) that give the film its warmth. Jackman manages to take a fairly predictable fish-out-of-water role and make it about as believeable as can be, and Schreiber and Meyer provide some wonderful comic moments.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time-travel romance film I&#8217;ve seen in the past few months, and while the first (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/asin\/B00006SFKM\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Amazon: Happy Accidents\">Happy Accidents<\/a>, with <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?Tomei,+Marisa\" title=\"Marisa Tomei\">Marisa Tomei<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?D%27Onofrio,+Vincent\" title=\"Vincent D'Onofrio\">Vincent D&#8217;Onofrio<\/a>) I found to be better overall (especially in its handling of the various time paradoxes), KaL makes for a worthwhile rent or even matinee show if you&#8217;re in the mood for some sweet and silly romantic fluff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>End result from both of us &#8212; cute flick. Probably a matinee or renter rather than an evening show, but definitely fun to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,2117],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-kate-and-leopold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}