We went to the movies with some friends this weekend. And the movie we saw left me ..... well confused. We saw Tinker Tailor Solider Spy. I'm all for a good spy movie full of Brits - and Colin Firth to boot so why not. My only concern was that it might be violent. My only concern should of been that I might not know what in the world was going on. Some in our party thought this was the worse movie they had ever seen, I will not make that statement. I enjoyed the acting and to be honest I think they movie would of made more sense had I read the book. Which I just might try and do. There were parts in the movie were it felt like things were skipped. I mean we have all been in movies where we read the book and thought - they left out this - but we can still roll with the movie because we read the book. This I believe is the situation with this. Gary Oldham was good - not sure if he should win best actor for the Oscar good but he was good. And Colin was his usual adorable self. Not worth the $15 dollars but I would not discourage others from renting this one. Who knows you might get it.
Also, this weekend we rented Moneyball. I must preface this by saying: not a huge Brad Pitt fan, not a huge Jonah Hill fan, not a huge baseball fan. Why, you might ask, would I rent this movie? Its based on a true story which I love and everyone said it was a great little story. I enjoyed it (remember this is shortly after the Tinker Toy fiasco) and I thought it gave some great insight into the world of sports namely baseball. We paid $1 for it and it was definitely worth that.
As long as we are talking movies I will tell you some I've seen lately that I did enjoy.
The Descendants - yes it is set in Hawaii and yes George is in it in all his glory so really how could I lose? But honestly it is a great story. You laugh and you cry a little in this one. And I of course loved the music as well.
On rental I would recommend: Super 8 (great kinda close encounter of the third kind meets stand by me) and Mr Poppers Penguins (not anything like the book but a good little film with no violence and penguins!)
Ok that's all I got for now....enjoy!
About Me
- Makanani
- I live in the Pacific NW with my husband,our 85 pound black lab and the newest member of our family our adorable little boy! I love to cook, stick my hands in the dirt and grow veggies and flowers, etc., craft for gift giving, repurpose things from my grandmother, find a cozy corner and curl up with a good book, and most of all hang out with my boys and our furry one.
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