Movie Reviews.............!!

..........I thought i'd show you how the canvas is going while i tell you about some movies.....But first let me tell you not to listen to any movie reviews....... lol!...seriously form your own opinions... I had this driven home for me when last week i watched a movie review for the new Superman movie Man of Steel........ I think the show was called  'See it, Rent it, Skip it' or something like that and recommended that you skip the Superman movie.... i wonder how many people listened to them......? You really have to take all these reviews with a grain of salt....including mine..... :) 

'Man of Steel'........LOVED it! Don't miss it! Totally worth your movie dollars.......I think its the best Superman movie yet and i'am a huge fan of Christopher Reeves as Superman......I think Chrisopher Reeves was born to play Superman..... But this movie, well it was just the whole enchilada ......The guy who played Superman is  relatively unknown to me...Henry something i think but BUT and i think this was key his supporting actors were Kevin Costner and Russel Crowe. So often big name actors do not want to play supporting roles, they want to be the stars of their own movies and i think we lose alot of talent that way. Those supporting roles are so important....... Okay enough GO...See it!!I don't think you'll be sorry....

'Now you See Me.....'  Hubs and i thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The best way to describe it is its just FUN.  Lighthearted....with some fabulous young actors and it doesn't hurt that Morgan Freeman gives the movie some weight in again a supporting role.... If your looking for a movie to just lift your spirits and put a smile on your face this is it!

Iron Man 3..........We enjoyed this movie too. And honestly we both agree it was better than Iron Man 2.... So nice to see Gwyneth Paltrow's character get into the action in this movie. Ofcourse i think Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Paltrow have wonderful chemistry in the movie and really all the Iron Man movies...

'After Earth'..........I know.......I know you've heard the reviews...you've even heard Will Smith put down his own movie....but honestly......In both our opinions hubby and i didn't think this movie was that bad......not as bad as the reviews..... Special Effects were Awesome! and since that cannot totally carry a movie let me tell you Will Smith's son Jayden was Great! The Achilles heel of this movie was Will Smith and how he either chose to play his character or how he was told to play his character.....His character was battle worn, mentally battle scarred and not supposed to have any emotion.......well let me tell you if you look at it that way Will Smith pulled it off.....I mean totally blank.....have you ever seen Will Smith's face not animated in some way?? He was just a real drag on this movie......To have him show absolutely no trace of emotion was a mistake in my opinion......even if it was just when no other character could see him, something other than a blank stare should have crossed his face.....anyway.....take that into consideration  Will Smith really didn't have a big part in this movie....more about his son and his son did an admirable job so at least if you like this kind of movie its worth a rental..... 

Now lets get to the two movies we did not see on the big screen but purchased the DVD's.......

Warm Bodies...........kind of a lukewarm review too.....it was okay...A very different take on Zombies and that in itself was refreshing.......Zombies coming back to normal.......A romantic comedy with a Zombie twist.........lol.......i didn't fall in love with it but it was cute........

and now my only BAD review........

'Oz'............Please......please.........just skip it......I have no idea where to start to tell you how bad this movie was.........I was ready to turn it off halfway thru but hubby wanted to finish it.....Bad, bad acting......and i like some of the actors.....but i would not put this one in their resume........If you have a different take on any of these movies i'd love to hear it........

PS........Canvas coming along huh?!!! Hugs! deb
PSPS....if you need a smile catch an episode of 'Americas
Got Talent'....watched it last night with hubby...had us grinning ear to ear cheering everyone on........

Communication...........

........is so important in a marriage.......unfortunately even after 24 years its not something hubby and i do well........Sometimes we still expect each other to be able to read the other's mind....... Above is the picture i initially wanted to capture....A 'closeup' of my new walk lights with their fabulous crackle and my white alyssum spilling out of the pot and my Sugar Daddy petunias blooming their heads off.......and a little bit of the orange daylily that was nearby.

And in between trying to get just the right angle....deciding whether to flash or not to flash...(as it was early evening) i did a lot of sighing and complaining.....hubby telling me to lie on the ground.....i did not want to lie on the ground....durn it......lol........until he finally took matters in to his own hands.....laid on the ground and took this shot below......

He took about 5 pictures and handed the camera back to me .  As i reviewed his shots i realized they were all very different from mine...In all that huffing and puffing i never once communicated with him that i was looking for a tight shot.....i just somehow expected him to KNOW what i wanted and what i was looking for...It just goes to show you never really stop learning about the nuances of your relationship....never stop learning new and hopefully better ways to communicate......Apparently i still have to drill in my head...'The man cannot read my mind!!!' LOL!  But in the end i have a bug's eye view of my front walk to show you with the solar walk lights and beautiful orange day lilies...... lovely shot isn't it?  This is one of the reasons we both take our cameras on our adventures......i love to see what we come up with , with our different perspectives......Hope you had a fabulous Father's Day weekend.......ours was very relaxed.......the kids remembered to call their DAD......and thats really what its all about isn't it?  To be remembered.........Hugs! deb

Not Exactly..............

.......a hat but perhaps an Abalone Shell will do??  I found this gorgeous shell at one of the flea markets we have visited lately. I wanted one for my sage smudging.  I had a ceramic dish , you can see it there in the lower right corner but it wasn't as natural as i would have liked..........I kept finding the Abalone shells but they wanted like $20 for it and i just couldn't do it....Then i came across this one for $6 ! Yeah baby! Sold! One of these days were gonna talk about that turkey feather you see there in front.......

so.......seven......seven little strips of paper in an Abalone Shell........ Thank you to everybody who participated...... and here i was worried i was only running the GiveAway for  few days......

So i lifted the shell above my head.....swirled the slips around with my fingers and pulled out a name......

StarDust!!!! You win!!! If you'll get your snail mail addy to me I'll get this in the mail to you next week!  Just email me at nuleaf at comcast dot net....Congratulations!!

*****And here is the rest of the story...........Everyone might be a little more amazed at StarDust's win if you knew the rest of the story............ I put all the names in the shell took my pictures....swirled them around and pulled a name StarDust! Sat down ...loaded my pictures and started typing and looking more closely at the pictures......no matter how hard i tried i could only make out 6 slips of paper in the pictures and i KNOW there was seven........maybe there was just one tucked under another one...and i almost made myself believe it but i decided to investigate further and  there lying on the carpet was a rogue slip of paper......uuugh....so....i did it all again.....swirled them around and pulled out a name and STARDUST!!! So really StarDust you won twice! I think you were MEANT to have this little Koi!  And everybody else? Don't worry i'll always be giving more stuff away! Hugs! deb