DAY 3:
A couple days ago the Producers Guild Awards list of nominees was announced and there was one major surprise on their top 10 movies list. Out of the list below, I have seen four of the movies.
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
I saw Argo a couple months back and loved it. It was a constant thriller that kept me on my toes even though I knew what was going to happened in the end. I am also a huge Ben Affleck fan (only when married to Jennifer Garner). I saw Les Miserables as part of a special advanced screening in DC. I went by myself and was surrounded by all different types of people as I sobbed my eyes out. Eddie Redmayne is perfect, although I really wish that the Soundtrack on iTunes featured "A Little Fall of Rain" because I think that is some of his and Samantha Barks best work besides "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" and "On my Own". I saw Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook in one night and they were both awesome. Lincoln was so iconic Speilberg but also so History Channel that I loved it. It was scary how well Daniel Day Lewis played our American hero. Silver Linings Playbook was a work of genius on the part of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. Jennifer Lawrence showed with this performance that even though she is a big blockbuster superstar (Hunger Games and sequels) she can still rock a great indie roll that takes a lot of character depth.
But the reason for all of this is the big surprise on the list is Skyfall which my mom and I went and saw tonight! The rest of the movies on the list I do not really care to see, except Zero Dark Thirty, which hasn't come out yet.
So I should probably preface this review by stating that I am a big James Bond fan. I loved the way this movie is tied into the 50 years of Bond history. The movie references the Goldfinger Astin Martin with ejection seat. My goal in life is to drive a classic Astin Martin car. I thought this movie was a much better pick me up than the last Bond movie. After a great start to the Daniel Craig Bond series with Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace kind of flopped due to its overly dark nature. Skyfall was amazing because it brought together all of the past Bond elements, but more importantly it brought up Bond's past, as in his parents and childhood upbringing. Skyfall was his place of upbringing, in the moors of Scotland. I followed the press of this movie and was surprised to learn that this movie was less about the 'Bond Girls' and more about Judi Dench's role as M. I can't really say more than that because of major plot points, but I can say that Javier Bardem is one creepy villan, and I approve of Ralph Finnes role in the movie. My only regret, or maybe it wasn't so much as a regret, but I wish I had not read an article about how they keep making Daniel Craig's paints tighter. Therefore, I would look at the tightness of his pants whenever he was in a new scene. My recommendation, go to the movies and fall in love with Skyfall. Daniel Craig really is the best James Bond yet because he combines all of the classic elements that we love about the greats that came before him, with a new sense of style and suave.
LEO'S CORNER
Today, my puppy started the day being super sleepy, and sleeping on top of me because I was sitting in HIS spot of the couch. But later in the day he turned into the demon puppy and was so anxious and wanted me to play with him constantly. So I made the decision to take him to the woods behind our house. We live on a nature perserve, so I drove down to the entrance to the park and let me puppy out. We met up with my friend Ali, so I was able to catch up with her while getting some exercise. It was an interesting walk, to describe it mildly.
All of the paths along the trail were basically a sheet of ice, causing me to occasionally lose my footing. We came across one section where the water hadn't completely frozen, so we had some fun playing with the cracks in the ice.
I took a lot of photos of Leo, but he just looks so good in the snow-coated wood.
My crazy dog decided that it would be a fantastic idea to go swimming in the river. Little did he know that it was then going to turn into icicles on his fur. He required a hot shower when we got back home in order to remove all of the icicles and leave that then stuck to them.
just a beautiful day in the woods ~Leo
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