This was a movie about the horrors of war, but more from the standpoint of the effects of war on families than on actual combat (though there was some of that, too). So, it was a refreshing take on war movies.
It starred Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman. All were excellent in their roles.
I really liked this movie despite it being a depressing affair to watch, but the ending gives you just enough hope to make it worthwhile.
I’m kind of behind on my Christmas preparations this year, but I’m hoping to gain some ground this weekend.
On the plus side, most of the cards have been sent out and I have most of the dog treats made. I also finished shopping this evening. On the minus side, I haven’t made any cookies, wrapped any gifts or decorated the house yet.
And, we are having both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners at our place, so I have some additional preparations to do for that, too.
But, I guess everything will get done sooner or later. Either way, Christmas is on the 25th.
We watched this movie last night. A while back, Brian watched part of it on television and liked it so I figured we might as well rent it. Jake even joined in. At first he didn’t want to watch because it wasn’t a comedy, but given his obsession with the weather, he couldn’t help but get pulled in.
The move was ok. If you don’t mind suspending a little disbelief and don’t try to think too much about what is going on, it is entertaining enough. And it went well with a Margarita and some popcorn.
It was a nice, long weekend. We went to my in-law’s for Thanksgiving dinner. My sister-in-law and her husband and kids were in this year. We don’t get to see them very often because they live in New York, so it made for a nice day. Jake ended up staying there Thursday and Friday night so he could spend some time with his cousins. He had a blast.
Brian and I worked on the house over the weekend. Brian installed one of our new doors in the bathroom. It looks great, but it is now obvious that I’m going to have to strip and refinish the door jambs. Just what I was looking for–more work to do. I started finishing another door, too–this one is for the foyer closet. This project is going to take a while. In other project news, Brian spent some time today finishing the design for the library we’re putting in upstairs. That is going to be one cool room when it is finished, but it’s going to be a while until it is done.
I intended on making my Christmas cards over the weekend, but that kind of got away from me. I came up with some ideas, though, and I did manage to start working on the first set of them today. I figure that I should be able to finish them up by next weekend–just in time to mail them.
I also did some shopping online, but still have more to do. So much for meeting my Thanksgiving deadline. I don’t have too much left to buy, though. But, it is one more thing I need to wrap up soon. I also need to start baking/cooking for Christmas. We’re doing both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day here this year, so that’s going to take some planning, but I’m pretty excited to be hosting both dinners at our house. This will be a first!
A friend of Brian gave us a bunch of DVDs, so we watched the first of them last night. Growing up, we seemed to watch all of the Mel Brooks movies (my Dad was a big fan), so I had seen this before, but it had been a while. It was pretty funny. I’m sure I got more of the jokes this time around. Jake liked it too. Surprisingly, Brian hadn’t seen this one before. He liked it, too. So, I guess this one gets three thumbs up.
My favorite scene:
It’s funny every time.