Liam Neeson's nose

Ever notice how Mr. Neeson's nose and forehead are all one piece? I mean obviously
the nose bone's connected to the forehead bone on everyone but have you seen him recently?
It's quite interesting. You can hardly tell where one ends and the other begins. On that note,
I only recently discovered that he was once a young, "good-looking" man. Honestly he's always
been more of a grandfather-ish seeming figure to me. That's all for now... Just a thought.
P.S. I hope I don't come across as stalkerly because I name blog posts things like "Liam Neeson's nose."

It's coming!

Get excited... Be prepared... On December 14th 2012... Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter and Amanda Seyfried will bring you the sure to be epic remake of......

Les Miserables!

Yes, my friends, it's really happening. I salute Tom Hooper (directer) for taking on the challenge a musical in this day and age and I eagerly await the trailer!

Hugh Jackman as Jean Veljean

We Bought a Zoo

I liked it.

It was good.

Sad but good.

I was excited to see it but was kinda just expecting another 'Free Willy' meets 'Remember the Titans' type movie. Motivation, inspiration, save the animals, follow your dreams. Ya know? Nothing against 'Free Willy', 'Remember the Titans' or any other movie like that. Just trying to give you a mental picture.
Anyway, my loving parents gave it to me for my birthday so a couple days ago we watched it. My older siblings, my parents and I. We were quite pleasantly surprised. We really liked it. I liked that it was not only a love story between Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson's characters. It was not purely an animal drama and it was a lot about family. On top of that, it was actually quite funny too! I laughed a lot. I laugh easily though so I'll tell you this, the rest of my family laughed too. Another plus was that it was very clean. And the child actors did well. My apologies to any of you who are bothered by the fact that I started a sentence with "And".  My heart goes out to you but I'm really ok with it.

Anyway, good, good movie.

Watch it.

That is to say watch it if you'd like.

Or if you don't like.

But if you watch it and don't like, don't blame me.

I didn't tell you to watch it.

Or did I?

Now for a couple of things that you're wondering.

That weird looking, black, bearish type animal that you see a few times throughout the movie is a Binturong. Also known as a Bearcat. It's not actually related to bears though.

In real life Scarlett Johansson is 27 and Matt damon is 42. Did I just gross you out a little? Sorry.

Ok. That's all.

P.S. It's based on a true story.

Happy Birthday Marlon Brando!

Most people know him as the God Father, But I know him as Sky Masterson.

Ladies and gentlemen... Marlon Brando! Enjoy!

Sherlock

A while back my brother and I (and sometimes my sister) began watching "Sherlock" by BBC.
To our delight we found it quite thrilling. It was witty, well-done and even had good acting. (Here comes the sad part of the story) The first season only had three episodes in it. What? Are you trying to tell me that they actually have to work on and put time and effort into each episode? Whatev! Anyway here's a couple of things I've been pondering while I wait for three more episodes to be released in the US.

1. Something that they did really well with "Sherlock" is... Modern communication! They text. Yet rather than having awkward scenes where the camera has to look over someones shoulder to see their phone or the character conveniently sets it down in front of the camera before walking out of the room, they show the messages on the screen. How simple is that?

2. I didn't know that Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) was considered handsome/good-looking. That is to say, I didn't know it until I started seeing pictures of him on pinterest with captions saying things like "Drool..." Oh my. What a way to sound intelligent. I guess I hadn't ever put much thought into his looks, though I suppose I can see it. Good hair, all his facial features in the right places, deep english accent. Moving on...

Here's a kinda interesting video...

And here is a handy site for you nerds out there: sherlockology.com

So yeah, I'm sure my brother already knows about everything I wrote here but I'm dedicating this post to him anyway. Maybe he'll find the video interesting... Here's to you my fellow Sherlockenite!

14 Awesome movie pets

I think that sometime all that's needed to make a movie complete is a good, respectable pet. here are some of my favorites.

"Annie"
Sandy. Sandy's a scraggly mutt, but we love her. Annie rescued Sandy from naughty boys and from getting sent to the pound.

"Tintin"
2. Snowy. Snowy is Tintin's little, white sidekick of a dog. He's smart and good a keeping up.

"The Young Victoria"
3. Dash. Dash is Queen Victoria's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He got a bath every Thursday. His nickname was "Dashie." He really existed.

"Tangled"
4. Pascal. Pascal is a chameleon. He is really more like a protective older brother to Rapunzel. He puts up with a lot.

"Anastasia"
5. Pooka. Anastasia's peppy, little puppy who leads her to Vlad and Dimitri. (Very important)

"101 Dalmatians"
6. Pongo and Perdita. The Dalmatians in love. :) 

"Aladdin"
7. Rajah. Jasmine's tiger who is utterly awesome and makes all girls want one of their own.

"Breakfast at tiffany's"
8. Cat. The cat that lives with Holly Golightly. Though they don't belong to each other.

"Lady and the Tramp"
9. Lady. Rich and beautiful Cocker spaniel. The love interest of the Tramp.

"Peter Pan"
10. Nana. The dog who is actually the nanny to the three Darling children. So loyal.

"The Aristocats"
11. The Aristocats. (Duchess and kittens) The cat family that belongs to the nice, wealthy, old women with the evil butler and the funny lawyer.  

"The Sword in the Stone"
12. Archimedes. Merlin the wizard's cool but grumpy owl. 

"Looney Toones"
13. Tweety. Hopefully all my readers are awesome enough to not need an explanation for this one.

"The Wizard of Oz"
14. Toto. Dorothy's adorable little pup.

I'll let you know if I think of any others... Enjoy!  

Review: The Young Victoria

I absolutely love this movie. Queen Victoria's story is a very inspiring one and from what I know they kept the movie pretty accurate. It's just a very well composed film. The writer, Julian Fellowes, is also the creator of "Downton Abbey" the BBC series about the dynamics between the wealthy Crawley family and their servants. Very interesting and well made show. Needless to say... This movie is fantastic!

Five things I love about "The Young Victoria:"

1. The Soundtrack is wonderful.
2. It has great cinematography.
3. It sticks very closely to the true story. (except for one particular part that I know is not quite accurate. Oh well.)
4. It's the first movie I saw Emily Blunt in. She's grand.
5. The costumes are divine.

The one particular part that I know for a fact is not true (see #3) is when Prince Albert takes a bullet to the arm for Victoria when someone attempts to shoot her as they ride by in the carriage. That didn't happen. There were several assassination attempts during Victoria's reign but no report of Prince Albert getting shot. In that particular incident the shot was fired by a crazy man by the name of Edward Oxford. He held two pistols and fired one after the other. Neither of the shots hit anyone. (Not a very good aim)
Though it is believed that Albert tried to interfere with, or put himself in the way of the bullet.
In 1840 The Times reported that Oxford...


"... presented a pistol and fired it directly, either at Her Majesty or Prince Albert, there being no person between him and the carriage. The Prince who, it would seem, had heard the whistling of the ball, turned his head in the direction from which the report came, and Her Majesty at the same instant rose up in the carriage, but Prince Albert as suddenly pulled her down by his side. The man then drew from behind his back a second pistol, which he discharged after the carriage, which proceeding at the ordinary pace, had passed him a little." The Times

Julian Fellowes, Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend

Creator, Julian Fellowes admits that he added the injury to the film for dramatic affects. Thank you for your honesty, Julian.