We had a very busy weekend but did find time in the evenings
for some movies:
Saturday night, my husband and I watched Seeking a Friend
for the End of the World, a very unusual
sort of romantic comedy starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley. The movie opens with a giant meteor
hurtling toward the earth, with a last-ditch effort to stop it having failed. So, yes, the “end of the world” in the
title is meant literally, as the entire population of the earth prepares to die
in three weeks. Carrell’s
character, Dodge, is his usual sort of mild-mannered, dull guy who works as an
insurance salesman and whose wife left him when the big news was announced. Sounds sort of depressing, doesn’t
it? Oddly, though, it has its funny moments
(mostly dark comedy, as you can imagine), and at its heart, it is a warm,
touching love story. When rioting
chases him out of his city apartment (New York, I think), Dodge decides to
set off on a mission to find his high school sweetheart who recently wrote him,
saying he was the love of her life.
On his way out, he teams up with his quirky neighbor, Penny (played by
Knightley), in order to save her from the riots. They end up on a very strange road trip, encountering all
sorts of odd things as people all cope in their own ways with the projected end
of the world. Overall, we really enjoyed
it, and it has a great soundtrack.
Ken and I are kind of at a lost on weeknights, since we caught up with both The Good Wife and Treme on DVD. We are enjoying Elementary and Perception. And we watch Revolution, Bones, and Glee with Craig before he goes to bed. Any other good TV shows we should check out?
Have you seen any good movies lately?
We've been watching Christmas films trying to get ourselves into the mood, we love ELF, Just the right amount of silliness and Christmas!
ReplyDeleteDo you like period dramas? The bbc just did one called 'the paradise' don't know if you guys get that over there, but it's one to watch if you do :)
I've seen quite a few really good movies lately. Possession about two poetry scholars falling for each other while trying to solve a mysterious affair between two Victorian era poets. A fun chick flick. I finally got to see The Artist which is simply brilliant and is a must see. I saw Water which is more melancholy. It is about a small girl that ends up in an Indian Ashram after she becomes a widow. We rented Snow White and the Huntsman which was surprisingly good. Lots of spectacular CGI. Even hubs enjoyed it. And I've started watching Star Trek Deep Space Nine from the beginning.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the recommendations! I wrote them all down for future reference!
DeleteKen and I used to watch every episode of DS9 - loved it. Not quite as good as TNG but a close second ;)
Sue
I think it was the time period that DS9 aired that caused me to miss many episodes. My son was born in '93 and I wasn't watching much TV during that time frame. I got sucked into Babylon 5 and made a point of seeing that but other shows I caught when I had time. I have found watching TV series from beginning to end a lot of fun and I'm glad I've had the opportunity to do so.
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