It's Complicated

It's Complicated is perfect. The actors and comedy are at the high standard that Nancy Meyer's the writer/director is known for. Maybe you remember a few of her others: Father of the Bride, Something's Gotta Give or What Woman Want.

Alec Baldwin plays the part of a hurt, needy ex-husband to a tee. Meryl Streep has got her act together as a divorcee, but then as the trailer clearly tells you somehow these two end up together once again and quickly Meryl finds herself right back in a chaotic relationship. Then you throw the great Steve Martin into the mix and you have good comedy.

I can't see any reason not to give this 5 out of 5 stars.

Movie frenzy-"The Hurt Locker"

The Golden Globes are tomorrow and I was seriously contemplating going to a matinee or two today to catch up on some of the nominees I've missed. I talked myself out of the anxiety and almost convinced myself that it's okay if I haven't seen them ALL! I know your laughing, but this has been a annual thing with me to see all the movies before the Oscar awards and with the Golden Globe being similar I was feeling the pressure today.

Fortunately, I did watch a nominated movie last night called "The Hurt Locker." This is a good movie that depicts the life of a soldier on the EOD squad. These brave (somewhat adrenaline junkies) look for and disarm roadside bombs or IED's which evidently account for 50% of the loss of life in Iraq. The movie will have you tense as a tight wire. Each scene is anew with another touchy bomb. It doesn't take long to see why a soldier would be trigger happy or hyper-sensitive to everything and everyone around them. The actors each do a great job a defining their role and personalities. Bravo to the director: Katherine Bigelow, also up for a GG. Watch this one and you will see why it has received numerous award nominations.

Weekend Movie Review

Crazy Heart
Redemption: atonement for guilt; salvation; an act of redeeming. All definitions of what this movie ends up being about. "Bad" Blake is a washed up country singer desperate for fulfillment from any source, fortunately for him he.........Oh,can't tell you any more; don't want to ruin the movie for you.

I loved Jeff Bridges portrayal and the co-stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall & Colin Farrell round out this movie with some great characters. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Enjoy the movie!

This movie makes me want to read some of the works from Thomas Cobb; the author of the book made into the same named movie. In fact when I checked out his other works I found a book (Shavetail) set in Arizona back in the late 1800's. I'm definitely going to check it out since I'm a sucker for a good historical fiction.
Happy reading!

To or not to.....resolutions, intentions, goals.

I'll admit I don't care for the word resolution, to me it sounds too concrete. If I don't accomplish a "resolution" I'm surely a failure. My husband threw at me "intentions." I'm not sure that sounds concrete enough. Coming from years in big corporate America I prefer goals. This I can comfortably write down (very important for accountability) and say it is my goal to do this or that better or to start doing something and yes I start my goals in January and the goal is to accomplish it within the next 12 months or to start immediately and carry through the next 12 months and beyond.

I shake my head at how each year I seem to have the same "goals" listed. I hope this is the same with others and that I'm not alone in my quest to actually reach the goal and maintain it.

First, in all fairness I have to look over last years goals and see how I did....fair, not great.

Secondly, I compare my new list to last years and again shake my head.
I still have the whole "reduce debt" listed, write more and now I've added time management, Ugh. That is just another way of saying, do what I initially intended to do more and spend less time reading e-mails and vegging in front of the TV, which takes up far too many hours!

This year I have pared down the list and I like the way that looks.
1) Time management
a. Unsubscribe to the gazillion e-mails I get from retailers.
b. Put one hour aside a day for writing.

2) Reduce debt
a. This may require cutting up credit card.....will advise.

Please feel free to share how you handle the New Year intentions, goals or resolutions.
Happy New Year to all!

2 new movie reviews:
Up in the Air with George Clooney and 2 great actresses that carried this movie to a 3 1/2 out of 5 stars. I can't say I loved this movie, I found myself yawning in the middle of it and can't really tell you how it ended because they leave it so obscure. It had it's high points though. The young trainee George reluctantly takes under his wing is very good at playing the green newbie on the block and George's fling plays a great part. I know this is up for several Golden Globes so if your like me you'll see it just for comparison.
Movie #2 is out on DVD already, but deserves a review:
The Soloist with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. Both these actors did a fabulous job with a well written script. Robert Downey Jr. plays a LA Times reporter in search for a story, enter Jamie Foxx as a mentally ill homeless man that plays a violin out on the streets. Downey turns this into several human interest articles and a full time counseling job. More importantly this movie does a beautiful job of showing us the life of the homeless and the inability of our current system to help these people. Make sure you see this one!