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January Books
Jan. 29th, 2008 05:41 pmIn the last month I have finished (there are others on the go - I won't finish them in the next 2 days though) the following books:
Jan. 29th, 2008
January Films
Jan. 29th, 2008 06:23 pmI haven't been to the cinema this month so all my film viewing has been courtesy of the tellybox.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
I think I re-watched this because there was nothing else on. It isn't as good as Sister Act, but it isn't bad either. The music is at least good, and there are some very funny lines/scenes. It does for a wet/cold afternoon.
Finding Neverland
This I hadn't seen before, which was a shame, as it is a lovely film. Johnny Depp is excellent, Kate Winslet is good, the boys are not annoying! It is easy to forget that Peter Pan was a play, before it was a novel, and this was a good reminder of that. Nothing in the setting jarred as being too Hollywood. All in all a good movie.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkhban
Three saturday afternoons in a row Harry Potter was on ITV. So, I re-watched them, and I suspect I will re-watch them whenever they are on. No surprises, just good adaptations for the most part. Although in the most recent film I was reminded how badly they handled the Marauder's Map and the animagi aspect of the plot - or rather didn't handle it at all, which was a shame.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
I think I re-watched this because there was nothing else on. It isn't as good as Sister Act, but it isn't bad either. The music is at least good, and there are some very funny lines/scenes. It does for a wet/cold afternoon.
Finding Neverland
This I hadn't seen before, which was a shame, as it is a lovely film. Johnny Depp is excellent, Kate Winslet is good, the boys are not annoying! It is easy to forget that Peter Pan was a play, before it was a novel, and this was a good reminder of that. Nothing in the setting jarred as being too Hollywood. All in all a good movie.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkhban
Three saturday afternoons in a row Harry Potter was on ITV. So, I re-watched them, and I suspect I will re-watch them whenever they are on. No surprises, just good adaptations for the most part. Although in the most recent film I was reminded how badly they handled the Marauder's Map and the animagi aspect of the plot - or rather didn't handle it at all, which was a shame.
Around the World in 80 Gardens
Jan. 29th, 2008 06:42 pmThis is the new Sunday night offering on BBC2, and I had been looking forward to it for a while, hoping to get some inspiration for my 'jungle'. While I did get a bit of inspiration, I was not generally impressed with the choices in Mexico and Cuba - and have come to the conclusion that Monty Don and I don't share the same taste in gardens.
I was very interested in the organic vegetable growing in Cuba, as I still want to grow veggies in my garden (or wherever I end up living). I also found the Las Pozas, Xilitla garden fascinating (but Monty Don wasn't sure), and would like to see that.
Luis Barragan left me cold though, I am sorry but a collection of terracotta pots, and a pink wall does not a garden make (and this is coming from someone who wants a purple shed!) I was also disappointed by the The Ethnobotanical Garden, Oaxaca, as I thought that as they had restored the monastery it would have been far more inkeeping to recreate the garden as it was. Oh, and I thought what they did do was hideous, which didn't help.
I was very interested in the organic vegetable growing in Cuba, as I still want to grow veggies in my garden (or wherever I end up living). I also found the Las Pozas, Xilitla garden fascinating (but Monty Don wasn't sure), and would like to see that.
Luis Barragan left me cold though, I am sorry but a collection of terracotta pots, and a pink wall does not a garden make (and this is coming from someone who wants a purple shed!) I was also disappointed by the The Ethnobotanical Garden, Oaxaca, as I thought that as they had restored the monastery it would have been far more inkeeping to recreate the garden as it was. Oh, and I thought what they did do was hideous, which didn't help.