Three sentence movie reviews: The Tourist

The review I read for this movie could be summed up as “eh,” so I bypassed it when it was in theaters.  But because I loved Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s* previous film** and because the movie was just sitting there at the library and because I really like both main actors I took it home and watched it.  And I LOVED THIS MOVIE which was chock full of glamour and intrigue in that old Hollywood way without being slowly paced in that old Hollywood way.

Cost:  free from library
Where watched: at home

*My favorite director name, ever.
**The Lives of Others, which you really must see if you haven’t already.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2010/tourist.html

Three sentence movie reviews: Beautiful Thing

I took a chance on this even though the case told me absolutely nothing about the movie, except for the fact that a lot of people liked it.  And I liked it too, all those critics weren’t wrong!  It’s a coming of age gay-boy story set in a suburb of London and even includes a side helping of Mama Cass.

Cost:  free from library
Where watched:  at home.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/1996/beautiful_thing_ver5.html

Three sentence movie reviews: Savages

I put off watching this for years because I thought watching a brother and sister put their estranged father in a  nursing home would be too depressing.  But I needn’t have worried, this was a delightful film, fun and funny and even sweet, without being too saccharine.   My enjoyment may have to do with the fact that I adore both lead actors, but what can I say?

Cost:  free from library
Where watched:  at home.

poster from:  http://www.impawards.com/2007/savages.html

Steadfast bee (or wasp?)


Internet research has convinced me this is a wasp, and furthermore, that it’s a Yellow Jacket.  At any rate, I have a very clear picture of it because it stuck itself to the window of the Max right next to the seat I was sitting in.   I noticed it at Killingsworth and it rode with me for three more stops before I had to get off.  I wonder where it was going?

PTB on the way out.

Geez, I miss work on Friday and Monday due to a teacher planning day and a holiday and I come back to not much building remaining in a form that is not debris.
 
Here’s the last chunk standing on this side.
 
I probably need to trick my camera into f-stopping itself for the building at the bottom, not the sky.  This will involve me reading the manual.
 

Guess what I got in the mail?

My Aunt has had the peeps for quite awhile, and I was momentarily alert when she came over for the Art Party.  But then I got distracted by party duties and forgot about the peeps, which would have given her ample time to hide them.  But no!  She did not!  Because today a package arrived in the mail from Hawaii, where my Aunts are currently vacationing.  I usually get a postcard, but not a package, so I was pretty excited.  “I hope it’s food.” I thought, forgetting, once again, to be more specific with my hopes.

And my hopes came true, because the peeps went to Hawaii.
 

Curses!
 
I hope Kamuela was fun for them.  They will be returning to their rightful home soon, as Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Aunt Pat always hosts.
 

Three sentence movie reviews: The Trouble With the Curve

“I think that movie was just a continuation of Clint Eastwood’s Republican National Convention speech:  facts don’t matter, go with your gut!” said the boyfriend as we were walking home.  And there really wasn’t much to love about this movie; it wasn’t even bad in that terribly fun Battleship way, just mediocre and boring.  Amy Adams brought it as usual, but it says a lot when the hour-each-way walk to/from the theater along a dimly lit road with mud and cold weather was more entertaining than the movie itself.

Where watched: Jubitz Cinema
Cost:  $3.00

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2012/trouble_with_the_curve_ver3.html