Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.
---Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
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Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Sunday, March 4, 2012
We Saw The Lorax!
We took my daughter and my nephew to see The Lorax on Saturday, and they really enjoyed it. I thought it was visually beautiful, and I loved the musical numbers in it. I do have to say that I thought it was a bit lacking in content but I'm not a kid so....
Sunday, February 19, 2012
We Finally Watched Anonymous
We finally got to watch Anonymous last night. It was really good, and what a fascinating idea. Did Shakespeare really write the works of William Shakespeare? But then would it really matter either way? No matter what, the words stay the same.
The movie portrays William Shakespeare as a bit of a drunken idiot who couldn't write but made his living as an actor. He was paid to take credit for the work of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. I spent the movie on Google trying to figure out who all the characters were, and trying to make sense of it all . I love that kind of movie.
Most scholars agree that Shakespeare wrote his own work, but it did make a very interesting premise for a movie.
The movie portrays William Shakespeare as a bit of a drunken idiot who couldn't write but made his living as an actor. He was paid to take credit for the work of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. I spent the movie on Google trying to figure out who all the characters were, and trying to make sense of it all . I love that kind of movie.
Most scholars agree that Shakespeare wrote his own work, but it did make a very interesting premise for a movie.
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| Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford Source: Wikipedia |
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| William Shakespeare Source: Wikipedia |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Book or Movie...There's Still A Woman In Black
I woke up this morning to my eight year old daughter (*S*) jumping on my bed and saying "breakfast will be on the table in 3 minutes". She and my husband cooked breakfast this morning...eggs, bacon, biscuits, gravy, and my daughter made the pancakes and coffee all by herself. She was very proud and even took a picture of the table all laid out with the food. It was really good and I'm extremely full (: It's gray and rainy outside, and I feel a day of reading, movies, and a game of Monopoly coming on.
Last night was date night at our house, so my husband (being the great husband he is) agreed to go see The Woman in Black, so we went out for dinner and a movie. My sister (aka fellow book lover) kept *S* for us. She had big plans for the night...playing outside, pizza, video games, and movies. My seven year old nephew (*C*) knows how much his cousin loves Goosebumps. He and my sister were picking out movies before they picked *S* up for the night, and he spotted the Goosebumps movies. He offered to put the movies he picked out back if they could just get *S* a Goosebumps movie. Of course my sister told him he didn't have to put his back and they could still get a Goosebumps movie, but I think it's so sweet that he offered. It just so happens that he picked out the movie for the book that *S* had just finished and returned to her school library earlier that day. Needless to say *S* was super excited!
Now as for the movie version of The Woman in Black...
First of all we were in the movie with A LOT of teenagers, therefore it was loud in the theater. I was a bit surprised by this, and I thought maybe they all came because it was a "scary" movie. Then my husband suggested maybe they were all Harry Potter fans and there for Daniel Radcliffe. I hadn't thought of that, but it makes good sense. Whatever the reason, the theater was full of kids.
I thought the movie was visually stunning. The village, the marsh, and Eel House were exactly as I had imagined them in the book, very dark but beautiful at the same time. I loved Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps. I thought he did a very good job. So much of the movie was him reacting to things...no words...just the expression on his face, and I thought he was great.
As I expected, the movie was very little like the book. The names of the characters, the woman in black, and the circumstances that made her are all that remain of the book. The movie did have those "boo" gotcha scary parts...you know those parts in a movie that you know are coming but you still jump when they do. It might not have been so bad if the little girl next to me (I'd say she was 14) didn't scream like like a banshee at every scary part. My husband and I did a lot of laughing at the kids. You could tell they were bored at the first half of the movie, but when the action started they were into it.
Over all I liked the movie, but I think it's more of a mystery than a scary movie. And my husband, who knew nothing about it going into the movie agrees. He said it was a decent mystery movie for him and an appropriate scary movie for young teens...nothing to heavy....just a good ghost story.
So if you like historical movies with a great setting, if you like mysteries, if you like light ghost stories, or even if you just like Daniel Radcliffe, go see it. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Next month's date night...The Hunger Games!!! They showed a preview for it before the movie last night, and my husband says he's interested in seeing it. Excited!!!!
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| Photo Credit: *S* (8) |
Last night was date night at our house, so my husband (being the great husband he is) agreed to go see The Woman in Black, so we went out for dinner and a movie. My sister (aka fellow book lover) kept *S* for us. She had big plans for the night...playing outside, pizza, video games, and movies. My seven year old nephew (*C*) knows how much his cousin loves Goosebumps. He and my sister were picking out movies before they picked *S* up for the night, and he spotted the Goosebumps movies. He offered to put the movies he picked out back if they could just get *S* a Goosebumps movie. Of course my sister told him he didn't have to put his back and they could still get a Goosebumps movie, but I think it's so sweet that he offered. It just so happens that he picked out the movie for the book that *S* had just finished and returned to her school library earlier that day. Needless to say *S* was super excited!
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Now as for the movie version of The Woman in Black...
First of all we were in the movie with A LOT of teenagers, therefore it was loud in the theater. I was a bit surprised by this, and I thought maybe they all came because it was a "scary" movie. Then my husband suggested maybe they were all Harry Potter fans and there for Daniel Radcliffe. I hadn't thought of that, but it makes good sense. Whatever the reason, the theater was full of kids.
I thought the movie was visually stunning. The village, the marsh, and Eel House were exactly as I had imagined them in the book, very dark but beautiful at the same time. I loved Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps. I thought he did a very good job. So much of the movie was him reacting to things...no words...just the expression on his face, and I thought he was great.
As I expected, the movie was very little like the book. The names of the characters, the woman in black, and the circumstances that made her are all that remain of the book. The movie did have those "boo" gotcha scary parts...you know those parts in a movie that you know are coming but you still jump when they do. It might not have been so bad if the little girl next to me (I'd say she was 14) didn't scream like like a banshee at every scary part. My husband and I did a lot of laughing at the kids. You could tell they were bored at the first half of the movie, but when the action started they were into it.
Over all I liked the movie, but I think it's more of a mystery than a scary movie. And my husband, who knew nothing about it going into the movie agrees. He said it was a decent mystery movie for him and an appropriate scary movie for young teens...nothing to heavy....just a good ghost story.
So if you like historical movies with a great setting, if you like mysteries, if you like light ghost stories, or even if you just like Daniel Radcliffe, go see it. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Next month's date night...The Hunger Games!!! They showed a preview for it before the movie last night, and my husband says he's interested in seeing it. Excited!!!!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Lorax Movie...We're So Excited!
Over the Christmas holiday my daughter and I went to see the movie "Arthur Christmas". It was a really cute movie, and we enjoyed it. But it was one of the previews that came on before the movie that got us really excited.
My daughter has always loved Dr. Seuss, and one of our favorite books of his has always been The Lorax. We've been reading it together since she was a baby. I couldn't tell you how many times we've read this book.
Here's the preview...
We are soooo excited to see this!
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
My daughter has always loved Dr. Seuss, and one of our favorite books of his has always been The Lorax. We've been reading it together since she was a baby. I couldn't tell you how many times we've read this book.
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| Source: Goodreads |
Here's the preview...
We are soooo excited to see this!
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Monday, September 5, 2011
And Now The Movie...The Secret Life of Bees
I recently finished reading The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I loved it, so of course I wanted to see the movie.
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| Source: www.imdb.com |
The Secret Life of Bees Movie is rated PG13 and 114 minutes long. It was released in the U.S.A on October 17,2008.
I really enjoyed this movie, but I have to say that I liked the book better because as always you get more details, thoughts, and emotions in the book. I think over all, that the movie does a good job conveying the message of the book, and the actors did a beautiful job with the characters. Of course there were some changes made and some things left out, but that's to be expected. Even so, I'm so happy that we watched it.
My husband is not a huge reader, but he's always interested in what I'm reading. If I particularly like a book, I always try to rent the movie version if it's available to give him some idea of what the book was about. This was the case with The Secret Life of Bees, and he really enjoyed the movie as well.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ten Books I Thought I'd Never Read: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
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| Source: http://www.goodreads.com/ |
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| Agatha Christie 9/15/1890-1/12/1976 Source: http://www.goodreads.com/ |
Summary of Murder on the Orient Express from Goodreads...
"Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.
Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again."
Well, I thought at page 163 that I had the whole thing figured out. I must admit that I was very, very wrong. I really liked the book though, and I'm absolutely positive that I will read more Christie books. As a matter of fact there is a list titled, "The Agatha Christie Collection" at the beginning of the book, and I plan to read them all.
The Agatha Christie Collection (Listed in Murder on the Orient Express)
4:50 From Paddington
A Caribbean Mystery
A Murder Is Announced
After the Funeral
Appointment with Death
At Bertram's Hotel
Cat Among the Pigeons
Death on the Nile
Evil Under the Sun
Five Little Pigs
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Murder at the Vicarage
Murder in the Mesopotamia
*Murder on the Orient Express
Peril at End House
Sad Cypress
The A.B.C. Murder
The Body in the Library
The Hollow
The Moving Finger
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mystery of the Blue Train
The Tuesday Club Murders
If you like the detective in Murder on the Orient Express, Hercule Poirot, you will be happy to know that there are lots more Agatha Christie books starring this funny Belgian. If you want to read more about them click HERE.
Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pen name Mary Westmacott. I'll definitely be checking those out!
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In 1974 a movie version of the book came out. It was nominated for and won many awards including an Oscar.
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| Source: http://www.imdb.com/ |
It had a star studded cast including: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, and many more.
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If you are interested in the present day Orient Express you can visit their website by clicking HERE. You'll find pictures of the trains, layouts of the rooms, and maps of where it travels.
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