Day 107 - It's a Wonderful Life

"Everytime a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." It is a classic line from this movie and this movie is one of my all-time favorite holiday flicks. This is a heart-warming story of a man who, basically, made sacrifaces for his family and friends. When he is down on his luck - an angel appears to help him realize how much he has touched the lives of those he's loved and how things would not have been if he did not exist. This movie is a reminder of how special life is.

I enjoy watching a lot of the classics and used to tune to the Turner Classic Movie channel when they had movies from the past on. It was one of my favorite pastimes to be a couch potato and to see how the directing and acting have changed over time. It's been awhile since I have turned to the Turner Classic channel....

Day 32 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

We went to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince today. I was a bit disappointed with this installment. I couldn't feel for the characters like I could in the book. I'll just leave it at that. Anybody know how to shrink this image so that the tickets can be seen clearer? If you click on the image - it will zoom and you'll get a better picture quality but I wondered how I can avoid this....

Day 9 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

With the sun shining through the windows and the wind sending its gentle breeze through my screen door on a lazy summer afternoon, I was curled up on my couch watching this movie and I found myself a little nostalgic for the yesteryears. It was quite perfect timing, perfect weather and the perfect day for such a movie. The only thing that was missing were my girlfriends hence the yearning for yesteryears.

This was a sweet movie reminding us of why we have our gal pals. It is about four girls who’ve recently graduated high school and are about to step into the next stage of life. Advanced education. The movie takes you on a journey through the life of each girl as she grows to a young woman and you see how each girl tries to stay connected to each other by a pair of blue jeans that’s been passed around for several years. Of course with the changing of time – personalities and perspectives change. It is an inevitable part of life. So what does that mean? As each girl is wrapped up in her own affair – you feel the creeping of distance growing and almost pulling the girls apart but alas…it only takes one or two important events to pull the girls back together and they are reminded, once again, why they are good friends. If only life can sometimes imitate art…

And then I wrapped up the evening with Sex and The City – the movie.

A perfect chronology of life’s major events all wrapped up in about 4 hours time. No, I did not purposely choose to watch chick flicks one right after the other. I am not that creative. If I did, I would have called it a girls’ night but I was missing the girls.

Twilight Series

I read the books as well as saw the movie.

In my opinion - these types of books can never become good movies. Although I enjoyed the books, the language in the books are laughable. I was not expecting a great movie and I was actually thinking that I would probably laugh out loud if I heard some of the sentences being repeated in the movie. With that said - I think the movie was as good as it got. I don't think it was completely terrible and I don't think it was great. It was a so-so movie. I thought the actors did a decent job of portraying the characters. And yes - I did laugh at parts where it was not supposed to be funny because let's face it - most romance novels cannot be repeated without giggling. It is corny and cheesy.

As for Robert Pattison - I thought he did a decent job. I think the problem is that everyone has visualized this gorgeous Edward where possibly no actor can fulfill. My only comment is that he always looked like he was in pain. As for Kristen Stewart - I thought that she had the look to portray Bella. Some of her facial expressions throughout the movie was slightly annoying but passable.

Don't expect too much and you're enjoy the movie. Most romance movies are cheesy, predictable and corny. I consider the Twilight series romance with a slight Vampire twist. Everything is very predictable and of course, I am a sucker for things that are predictable. :P

Random Thinking

Gosh, I am on a roll tonight.

I want to see Flash of Genius. It's the movie about that guy who created the windsheild wiper and how Ford wanted to steal his creation and call it their own. Sounds interesting....

Movie List

I've decided to keep a list of movies I want to see on here because I never remember them when I am at the video store. This is in no special order.

1. 27 Dresses
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4. Atonement (This one is questionable, I just want to see it because of all the oscar buzz)
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks Movie
6. I Am Legend (Seen on 3/22/08)
7. Charlie Wilson's War
8. American Gangster
9. Bee Movie
10. Michael Clayton
11. The Nanny Diaries
12. No Reservations
13. Georgia Rule

That's it for now. I will update when I remember.