Christmas Day and Movie Review….

Christmas was really special this year – my Mom was here to share it with me!!! Of course I loved all my gifts – my friends and family know me and my taste and put a lot of thought into that special something that they know will make me smile the most! But the best gift of all was Mom’s visit! And it’s really just beginning – she will be here until the 6th!

Some dear friends came over on Christmas Eve in the afternoon and we had tea & cookies and exchanged gifts. Then, Mom and I opened our gifts later on Christmas Eve.

Today, we made French Toast for breakfast and then went to the movies. After the movies, we made dinner together and enjoyed an evening of old movies on TV……

The movie we saw was “Charlie Wilson’s War”. We plan to see more than one while she’s here, but really wanted to see this one first. Our second choice for later in the visit is “P.S. I Love You” – we both wish we had skipped the first choice and gone right to choice # 2…….This was the one we both wanted to see most and were disappointed! We already saw all the best parts of the movie in the trailers, so as it turns out, we didn’t have to spend our gift card to see the best of the movie!!! There were some funny parts and it was an interesting story, but it was put together poorly, which resulted in a boring movie. We weren’t the only ones who thought so – the couple in front of us as we left the theater had this to say: The gentleman: “Well, that’s that…”; The lady: “Yeah, I fell asleep…”. We found the dialog to be way too technical and would have preferred to have them include more about the characters. There were hints of their private lives and hints about how he lobbied the other members of Congress, but I thought they grazed over the surface of those parts without details and background info. I thought they rushed through it and missed a lot of good opportunities for making the movie more entertaining – the story sounded like it could have been made quite entertaining if they had focused more on making a movie and less on making a political statement. The acting was good — Tom Hanks did an excellent job — Philip Seymour Hoffman was awesome — Amy Adams was adorable! I didn’t care for Julia Roberts in her role — they could have done more to bring that character out and delve into her more, but they didn’t – it was kind of an obscure role! All in all, it wasn’t “BAD”, but it wasn’t “GOOD”, either — I rate it a C…………………..and we’re looking forward to “P.S. I Love You”!

So – we had a lovely day and a really great Christmas!!!!