Happy Thanksgiving to all my US followers! Haha - I have no followers!!
Today I go spend time with in-laws, wondering what to be thankful for. All in all, my life has been filled with lucky occurrences, so I am thankful for that. Today is really the day to realize that the few things I have to be thankful for far outweigh all the many things that I think make life miserable. I have my health, even though that is tempered by being overweight. I have a job that pays me plenty, even though my boss is not the best and the atmosphere has gone from being fun to tense. I have kids who are alive and healthy, even though they are rather selfish and self-absorbed most of the time. I have a roof over my head, food on the table, and a future that has no immediate end in sight.
There are thousands of good books left to read, and hundreds of good movies yet to see. It is a day to be thankful.
Remember, you cant discover new oceans until you are brave enough to lose sight of the shore.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Blind Sided in 2012
All right, so no one has found me yet. I am not sure what I have to do in order to get feedback, but I will wait a while and see if I get anything by then.
In the meantime...I saw Blind Side and 2012 this weekend. My critiques are as follows:
Blind Side - this was a not unpleasant 2 hours, but there were some points that were just left hanging. I think a little more conflict would have been nice, too. After all, did anyone NOT think he was going to choose Ol' Miss? Really? Now having him choose Tennessee would have been sweet, but as it was BASED on a true story, I suppose that would not have been fair. I really did like Sandra Bullock - all smart and sassy, and Tim McGraw was a nice treat, but still, those hanging parts...
For example, they see Michael's brother in the restaurant. No explanations. No asking to meet him. No inviting him over. Not even a name??? Come on! And if he hasn't seen his brother since he was very small, would he really have even recognized him? No clue either as to who all those people in the Projects were. Why did the one seem to be sympathetic to him? How was Ms. Tuohy able to find his mother, and why didn't she tell Michael about it? When she told her friends that Michael had changed her life...how? I certainly didn't see any change in her life, other than having another kid around.
As for 2012 - since the whole thing is one unbelievable thing, you cant pick it apart too much. After all, if you can believe the whole world is coming to an end, why cant you believe that a plane can land on a glacier or someone with no experience can help land that plane. If you can suspend your belief, and just go with it, it was enjoyable. It was a bit slow here and there, but mostly kept it's pace and kept me entertained. And John Cusack is always nice to watch!
Well, everyone else, what did you think?
In the meantime...I saw Blind Side and 2012 this weekend. My critiques are as follows:
Blind Side - this was a not unpleasant 2 hours, but there were some points that were just left hanging. I think a little more conflict would have been nice, too. After all, did anyone NOT think he was going to choose Ol' Miss? Really? Now having him choose Tennessee would have been sweet, but as it was BASED on a true story, I suppose that would not have been fair. I really did like Sandra Bullock - all smart and sassy, and Tim McGraw was a nice treat, but still, those hanging parts...
For example, they see Michael's brother in the restaurant. No explanations. No asking to meet him. No inviting him over. Not even a name??? Come on! And if he hasn't seen his brother since he was very small, would he really have even recognized him? No clue either as to who all those people in the Projects were. Why did the one seem to be sympathetic to him? How was Ms. Tuohy able to find his mother, and why didn't she tell Michael about it? When she told her friends that Michael had changed her life...how? I certainly didn't see any change in her life, other than having another kid around.
As for 2012 - since the whole thing is one unbelievable thing, you cant pick it apart too much. After all, if you can believe the whole world is coming to an end, why cant you believe that a plane can land on a glacier or someone with no experience can help land that plane. If you can suspend your belief, and just go with it, it was enjoyable. It was a bit slow here and there, but mostly kept it's pace and kept me entertained. And John Cusack is always nice to watch!
Well, everyone else, what did you think?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A first time for everything!
Hello to the great websphere! This is my first post, and I am excited and hopeful that I will get some response.
I wanted to have a place where I can talk about the books I read and the movies I have seen, without having to deal with the opinions of those close to me. I thought a blog would be the perfect spot. Here I can get unbiased opinions, have open discussions, and not have to worry about offending those near me who are too sensitive, or be offended by them. I also don't want them to worry about hurting my feelings and therefore withholding truthful opinions. So this is it.
Now, is there anyone else out there who likes to discuss books and movies, without searching for the deeper meaning in them? I would like to hear from those of you who go see movies purely for the entertainment value of them...not to see the textural layers, or the underlying subtexts. I just want to know if you were bored, cried, or laughed yourself silly. Same thing for books.
Have you ever wondered, when Hemingway, or Jane Austen were writing their classic novels, did they really spend their time thinking about how to write it so that professors in the future would hold classes to dissect them? I think they just wrote what was feeling right to them at that time. So who decides that there is a deeper meaning, one worthy of college level courses?
I hope someone is out there and will find this. And if you do find this, I hope you respond!
And now, The Box (review)
So let's start this out with a discussion of the my review of the last movie I saw. The Box, with Cameron Diaz. What did you all think? I actually enjoyed the concept, and if they had deleted the entire middle section of the movie, I would have really liked it. Totally didn't get why it wasn't updated for current times - why did it need to be set in the 70s? Just to give us the opportunity to enjoy seeing a sofa match the wallpaper? What would you all do if faced with the final choice? Your child's future, or your own? Remember, this is to be light, not a debate on the Oscar potential of this movie. Let me hear from you!
I wanted to have a place where I can talk about the books I read and the movies I have seen, without having to deal with the opinions of those close to me. I thought a blog would be the perfect spot. Here I can get unbiased opinions, have open discussions, and not have to worry about offending those near me who are too sensitive, or be offended by them. I also don't want them to worry about hurting my feelings and therefore withholding truthful opinions. So this is it.
Now, is there anyone else out there who likes to discuss books and movies, without searching for the deeper meaning in them? I would like to hear from those of you who go see movies purely for the entertainment value of them...not to see the textural layers, or the underlying subtexts. I just want to know if you were bored, cried, or laughed yourself silly. Same thing for books.
Have you ever wondered, when Hemingway, or Jane Austen were writing their classic novels, did they really spend their time thinking about how to write it so that professors in the future would hold classes to dissect them? I think they just wrote what was feeling right to them at that time. So who decides that there is a deeper meaning, one worthy of college level courses?
I hope someone is out there and will find this. And if you do find this, I hope you respond!
And now, The Box (review)
So let's start this out with a discussion of the my review of the last movie I saw. The Box, with Cameron Diaz. What did you all think? I actually enjoyed the concept, and if they had deleted the entire middle section of the movie, I would have really liked it. Totally didn't get why it wasn't updated for current times - why did it need to be set in the 70s? Just to give us the opportunity to enjoy seeing a sofa match the wallpaper? What would you all do if faced with the final choice? Your child's future, or your own? Remember, this is to be light, not a debate on the Oscar potential of this movie. Let me hear from you!
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