Christmas Movies Anyone?

We started watching Christmas movies the day after Thanksgiving. Our first group was The Santa Clause Movies:

 The first one is my favorite of course.

                                       

                                         The second one is even good.

But I'm not a fan of the 3rd one. I haven't heard or seen if there are any others. I think 3 is enough!












We then moved on to A Christmas Carol. I think we have just about every version of A Christmas Carol. My husband was in the mood for a musical so we watched this one with Kelsey Grammar:

Then I guess he was in the mood for something funny and irreverent so we popped in Scrooged with Bill Murray:

This has it's funny parts, but lots of naughty language...

My daughter and I then put in Home Alone. I have to confess though that shortly after we popped it in we both fell asleep! So we will probably watch this one again:

I don't know why, but I just love to watch this kid kick some burglar butts!

I have lots more movies to watch before Christmas so stay tuned!

THE ULTIMATE GIFT

Have you ever seen this movie? It is wonderful! James Garner plays the grandfather part. He has passed away and has left a video for his grandson Jason played by Drew Fuller. There are a series of tasks he must do in order to receive "The ultimate gift". One of the tasks is to find a best friend. He happens upon Emily(played by Abigail Breslin) and her mother in the park. A friendship blossoms and Jason eventually inherits the ultimate gift. Such a heart-warming, tear-jerker story! Loved it!

ACTION!

Last night my daughter and I were in the action movie frame of mind. Well, I was anyway, she'll watch whatever I put in! So these are the 2 we watched:

 Arnold should have kept his acting job instead of becoming the "governator". But that is just my opinion! I do enjoy his acting, even though his accent is sometimes hard to decipher. I have loved this movie for years.

The A-Team movie was really well done. I enjoyed the original series, and thought that they captured the old team quite well. I wonder if there will be another movie?

More movies and a TV show

My husband is home during the days now so we watch what he wants...this is what he wanted! ha! Shrek is pretty funny!

This is part of our suspense/horror movie viewing. I hate abusive movies, but at least in the end the enemy gets his!

This reminds me a bit of The Sixth Sense. The ending is so unexpected. The book was pretty good too. Another one that was part of our suspense/horror viewing.

The 7th season of Bones started and I am so excited! Although I thought the first episode was a bit of a letdown, I'm hoping that the old camaraderie will pick up as the season continues. 

Catching Up

We've been watching movies for the last couple of days but I haven't been keeping up on the blog. Whoops!

Here is the first one that we watched:

I originally went to the theater and saw this. I also read the book. I have to say that I like Billy Burke as Bella's dad in Twilight better than the dad in this movie! But it was an entertaining movie.

Our next movie was:

So I think this is the last of the Jaws movies. In this installment Jaws is out to get the Brody family for revenge. Revenge against what I have no clue. I don't believe it ever made clear if the shark was a relative of the others or what. It was still entertaining.

Next we watched:

I'm pretty much a fan of Johnny Depp in anything he acts in. This was pretty good and had a bit of a twist that was very entertaining.

Today our Horror movie was:

Stephen King is definitely the king of horror! I have to say I did like the book better. But this was suspenseful enough to keep our hearts pitter pattering and our hands covering our eyes at the gross parts!

Currently I have popped in a favorite series of mine:

I had an extreme crush on Pierce Brosnon when I was a kid and watched this show. He still is kinda handsome to me, but his singing in Mama Mia left a lot to be desired!

What are you watching?

Pride and Prejudice

This is the first version of Pride and Prejudice that I ever saw. I love it! It was presented on PBS over a 5 week period. I remember one time we went camping and I was going to miss an episode. I took my black and white TV and plugged it into an outlet at the restroom and watched my episode! It was great! David Rintoul plays Darcy and Elizabeth Garvie plays Elizabeth. I tend to watch this version when I am in a melancholy mood.

BURN NOTICE

I love BURN NOTICE. My Aunt Pete in Alabama is the first person to tell me about it. When I was there for Thanksgiving last year we watched a few of the episodes.  Once I got back home I caught up on all the ones I could on DVD. 


For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, here is a little synopsis.  Michael Westen is a burned spy.  He found himself in Miami without any knowledge of why he was burned.  All of his assets were frozen so he has no money.  His ex-girlfriend Fiona is with him and his mother (Sharon Gless) also lives in the area.  The overarching storyline that flows from episode to episode is Michael trying to figure out why he was burned and to get back into the spy game. At the same time, Michael helps people with their problems as a way to make some money. Each episode provides a new case. Fiona (a tough gal that is an expert in weapons and explosives) helps out as well as his old friend from the spy days, Sam Axe.


This show is full of action and humor. It is kind of live an updated version of MacGyver. 

Michael can make anything in a pinch. He uses cell phones for things all the time.  In an episode I watched just recently, he turned a Pringles can into an antenna.  


Give it a try if you haven't already. There are several seasons available on DVD and the new season is about to start in a couple of days. It is on USA.