The Holiday and the Duchess

Ok another sappy love story type movie. I have to say i hate Jack Black, i find him annoying but I really enjoyed him in this film. He's sweet, nice and a little geeky. We know how i feel about geeks. I think the main appeal to the movie is the little old next door neighbor Arthur, with his old movies and style. Not only do they discuss great old movies, but one point in time Iris is very clearly watching Cary Grant in His Girl Friday. I feel a His Girl Friday review coming on very soon. Back to the current movie though. Besides the fact I am creeped out by the thought of letting a complete stranger live in your house and you in there (screams serial killer), I find a slight charm to the movie.





The Duchess.
This weekend Ash and i decided to watch The Duchess, mostly because I like Historical Fiction and because I picked it up super cheap. I suppose over all its not a bad film. I find myself really wanting to find the book on the real story, Hollywood often adds unnecessary crap to dramatize everything. I will warn a head of time, she is raped at one point in time by her husband. Like many stories of women from this time period it is rather sad and oppressive. I have always found it rather amusing that people always blamed the female for not baring a son, especially since science has proven it is all on the male. (ha ha losers). Anyways it is rather a sad story of a girl that is married off to a duke that doesn't overly care for her and constantly has affairs while keeping her home by threatening the loss of her children. I didn't hate it, didn't love it, I might have more to say on it once I read up on the real story.

Sphere

Sphere is a movie that came out in 1998 about a spaceship that is discovered at the bottom of the ocean with 300 years of coral growth around it. A group of scientists, mathematicians, navy divers and a psychiatrist are sent down to check out the ship and look for alien life.
We decided to watch this tonight because I haven't seen it and Shy really likes the film. It didn't overly thrill me, in the end i found it rather lacking. Overall it wasn't a bad, i just wouldn't watch it over and over again. Its a one and done. I found it rather easy to pick apart and I was never drawn into the storyline.
**Spoilers**
The secret between Beth and Norman that they had a thing years before was just non thrilling and not a surprise.
The translation they came up with the translate the entity speaking to them through the computer was lame. A. they were able to translate way too quickly, B. when the entity's name was found wrong, all the translations would have been wrong not one letter.. Lame.
The fact that Harry had to be sleeping early on for the 'bad' things to be happening, but during the climax he was awake and freaking out was inconsistent.
Towards the end, when they are in the mini sub trying to escape but think they are some where else, why didn't that ever happen before.
At the end, how is it they can suddenly control this 'power' to remove the knowledge from their minds. Also just because they don't know they have manifestations doesn't mean they will go away.
Yea the little things are important and they bug me and only leave me with questions.

The Kings Speech

So tonight I went to see the Kings Speech. Many of you have heard about it because of recent awards it has won or been nominated for. It of course is the story of King George VI and the man who helped him over come his speech impediment. King George the VI (known as Bertie) is the Current Queen Elizabeth's father.
I have to say, the awards are well deserved. It was an Amazing movie. I really enjoy historical movies anyways because I find it all very fascinating, especially WW2 era things. Bertie was the King during WW2. Bertie is played by Colin Firth, who did a spectacular job as Bertie. I can't imagine doing an entire movie with a debilitation Speech impediment, but he did. I could feel the stress and social anxiety coming from Bertie throughout the movie. Bertie's older brother David was of course in the film and it didn't bother me at all that they didn't stress the fact that David was a Nazi sympathizer.
In short, you must see this movie it had a fantastic cast. Also fun fact, both Actress/actors that played Bertie's wife Elizabeth and the man who played Winston Churchhill and King George V all acted in Harry Potter movies. Ok might only be a fun fact for me.