Kim's Thoughts
Just a few thoughts I feel worthy of jotting down!
Bread Discovery
I stopped in at Food Lion last night for a few groceries and made an amazing discovery – a new kind of bread! I had a craving all day for a good hamburger made with onion soup mix, so I got a small package of hamburger and a bunch of other stuff I was out of. When I got to the bread aisle, I looked for some hamburger buns and something caught my eye. I’m not sure why I even gave it a second look cause I was specifically looking for hamburger buns……but, it looked cool, so I picked it up for a closer look. The package was Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats – 100 calorie thin rolls – soft 100% whole wheat! They kinda look like pita bread, so I thought they would be hard and dry – but, I poked at them and they felt soft!!! I’m always looking for bread that won’t add on a lot of carbs, so I thought they might be worth a try. I almost bought a package of hamburger buns, too……just in case……but, decided that would be a waste of money, so just got the package of deli flats.
I got home and put my groceries away, fed the girls, and made my hamburger – mixed in an envelope of onion soup mix and a little Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder! It was delicious!!! But, the best part by far was this new bread!!! It was surprisingly good!!! It had a really nice whole grain flavor that was very evident – even over the highly seasoned hamburger, the miracle whip, the ketchup, and the sugar-free sandwich pickles! I was shocked that I could taste the bread at all!
And it only had 19 total grams of carbs!!! And only 100 calories!!! And BIG flavor!!! And soft!!! It comes in three varieties, too — Soft 100% Whole Wheat, 7-Grain, and Whole Grain White.
I have a new favorite sandwich bread!!! Woo Hoo!!! Try them out — I bet you like them, too!
Movie Review – The Bounty Hunter
I’ve been waiting a long time for this movie to come out! Gerard Butler – love him…..Jennifer Aniston – so funny…..previews looked hysterical…..the story sounded like it just had to be funny to watch (ex-husband bounty hunter has to bring in ex-wife because she skipped bail)! It finally opened this weekend and I, of course, ran out to see it on Saturday. I actually had two I was trying to choose between – “The Bounty Hunter” and “The Ghost Writer”. “The Bounty Hunter” won out because it was playing here in Sanford and I really wanted to just laugh for a while! “The Ghost Writer” would have meant a drive in to Cary and it wasn’t likely to give me a good laugh.
All I have to say about “The Bounty Hunter” is that it was a treat to watch Gerard Butler – he lived up to my expectations! Jennifer Aniston was funny and did a good job on her character, too. But, the rest was kind of a dud…..the previews showed us all the funny scenes – there was no need to spend the money on a ticket, cause I saw it all for free! Don’t get me wrong – it was cute and I did laugh – just not as much as I thought I would. Yeah, it was cute, but it wasn’t anything all that special. It is a good one for NetFlix……save your money on a big screen ticket and wait till it comes out on DVD or cable. If it comes down to a choice between this one and another one – take a chance on the other one! I wish I had!
I rate it a C+…..just average – not good, not bad – might be fun for a boring night at home!
Dream Visitor
I had a visitor in my dreams last night – one that I was so happy to see and was extremely sad and upset when I was jolted awake and it all ended! I believe that those we have loved and lost “visit” us in our dreams when we need them most. When we are dreaming, we are most open to their spirits and they can interact with us in ways they can no longer do during our waking hours.
Last night, my Poppie visited me. Charlie Culmo was my hero and the only true father I ever knew! He was my “Dad”. He passed away on this date – March 20th – in 1999. Click here to read a memorial post I wrote two years ago with some of my most cherished memories of him.
Our visit was perfect timing – he must have known that it would dawn on me this morning that it is the 11th anniversary of his death and that I would be so sad and in desperate need of a hug from him!
In my dream, I woke up and went into the living room, where I found him standing in my kitchen. I smiled and walked towards him saying how glad I was to see him. He stretched his arms out and I ran into them. He hugged me tight and I cried on his shoulder. Then, the music started playing and we danced – like we did so many, many times when he was alive! The first song was “our song” – Barbara Fairchild’s “Teddy Bear Song”. Then, Elvis’ “If I Could Dream” and “You Gave Me A Mountain” played. We danced non-stop as the songs played and we never let go – even between song changes! When the music stopped, he pulled back and we talked for a few minutes about my house and how much he liked what I have done with it. Then some guy burst through the garage door and started to grab me. In true “hero” form, Charlie grabbed the guy, punched him in the face, threw him out the door, and slammed it shut! I stood there stunned and he hugged me, again, and kissed me on the forehead. He told me that he will always be watching and keeping me safe. And the music started back up and we danced some more!
And then, the girls wanted to go out and started their ritual of breathing in my face and wiggling beside me to shake the bed…….and I woke up…….and Charlie was gone……and I started to cry!!!!
But, for what seemed like the entire night, I had him in my kitchen and we danced and hugged and it was so comforting!!! And if I hold my breath and close my eyes, I can still feel his warm hugs and sway to the music in my head! It was a good visit — I hope he visits again soon……
Photos of my Poppie:
Poppie walking me down the aisle at my wedding – June 21, 1985
Poppie and me “cutting up” at my wedding rehearsal
Poppy checking out one of my first motorcycles in our backyard
Poppie dancing with me at the GE Clambake in 1974
Poppie dancing with me at another GE event in the early 80s
Poppie with the Teddy Bear cake I made him for his birthday one year
Poppie and Mom at my wedding reception – the perfect couple!!!
Signs of Spring
Signs of Spring are popping up all over – literally! Daffodils can be seen all over town. The early flowering trees are budding out — a nice stretch of warmer weather will surely pop them out in what seems to be over night. The forecast has the temperatures creeping into the mid-high 70s. And this Saturday looks like it will be the perfect “top down” day. Then…..with all the typical unpredictability that Spring brings…..Sunday is supposed to drop back down into the 60s and bring some thunderstorms!!!
Aahh, Spring — bring it on!!!
Random Memories
Just some random memories that have popped into my head recently. Over the past couple of weeks, various things have triggered memories that brought a smile to my face or made me laugh out loud for what appears to be no reason to those who observed it. I thought I might share them…..
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Pet Related:
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When we first brought Puddles home, she was not house trained. It seemed like whenever I took her outside to do her duty, she would just stand there looking at me like she had no idea what in the world to do and then she’d come in and do it on the floor! I noticed, though, that if she got active out there and ran around a little, it would “get things moving”, so to speak, and she would do everything that needed to be done! SO — I turned it into a game and whenever I took her out, I would run and dance around the yard with her singing a few specially selected songs to set the mood for her: BTO’s “Taking Care of Business” (no lyrics changes needed), Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time” (changed lyrics to “My baby wants to POTTY all the time…”), and Leslie Gore’s “It’s My Party” (changed lyrics to “It’s my potty and I’ll pee-pee if I want to, poo-poo if I want to…”). At the time, we owned a big brick house on the last block of N. Steele Street and the neighbors or people driving by must have thought I was nuts!
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I had a toy apricot poodle, Buffy, when I first started dating my future husband. When Buffy passed away from cancer, I was devastated. My then-boyfriend decided to surprise me with a gift – an adorable little beagle puppy we named Easy. Poor Easy jumped off the porch one day and broke his hind leg! His cast was bigger than he was, but he hobbled around on that thing and made us laugh for weeks! The problem was, Easy was growing, so we had to take him in for a new cast 2-3 times before the leg healed!
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When Easy got older and we moved to Sanford, he was a good hunter and stubborn as all get out! We lived in town on Steele Street, at the time, and he would take off after a scent and we wouldn’t see him for hours or days. So, we got one of those electronic invisible fences. The first couple of times he tried to leave the property, he would get zapped and come back to the house. We were so pleased that he learned so fast and that it looked like it was going to work…….but not for long! It didn’t take him long at all to figure out that the zap only lasted a few seconds and it really wasn’t that bad! If he was determined to leave, it was worth the pain — he would get a few feet from where the signal would get him and just stand there thinking, then he would take off like a shot, yelp and yell as he went through the signal area and keep right on going! Then, he would do the same when he returned — you could just see his thought process as he prepared himself for the jolt and bam, he was gone!
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- Mom, My Brother, and Me
- One evening, my brother, Mom, and I were eating at the kitchen bar and joking around and acting silly. My brother decided to be smart and act like he was going to hit the bottom of the ketchup bottle to pretend to make it spray out at our Mom. To all of our surprise, the cap must not have been on tight cause as soon as he hit the bottom of the bottle, the cap went flying and ketchup gushed out of the bottle all over Mom and the bar!!! (OMG – I just set off a laughing jag just writing about this one!!!)
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My brother used to love to torment me, but I was determined to not be his victim! One afternoon, I was sitting in the living room watching a movie and eating a plate of spaghetti. He came in and changed the channel on me! I yelled at him and changed it back, but he just changed it again! This was before there were remote controls, so it meant getting up and going over to the TV to do all this. This went on for a while with some pushing and shoving and fighting over what channel it would stay on. Finally, I had sat back down with my spaghetti and was watching the movie and he came in and changed it AGAIN! That was the last straw — I took that plate of spaghetti and threw it at him! Luckily, he ducked and it didn’t hit him, because I threw it so hard that it shattered against the wall it hit – this plate was made of a thick molded plastic called Melmac, which was guaranteed to be unbreakable!! If it had hit him, he would have been seriously hurt (even though, at the time, that was the goal). There was spaghetti all over the wall and floor! What a mess!
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Mom (or my brother – don’t remember which, for sure) was taking a large glass jar of Miracle Whip from the fridge to the counter and it slipped out of their hands — the jar hit the floor with such force that the lid flew off and Miracle Whip exploded up out of the jar all the way up to the ceiling and everything in between! Another hysterical mess!
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When my brother and I were little, my Mom worked multiple jobs. One particular morning, we were playing in the living room, which was right outside her bedroom, trying to be quiet because she had worked a full shift and then tended bar until the wee hours of the morning, so she was pretty exhausted. We heard her say something, but didn’t make it out, so we went to her door and asked her what she said. She repeated it, but it was obvious that she was talking in her sleep. We giggled and laughed about it. The words she said were “Don’t drink it, eat your Christmas tree!” The funny thing was, we were playing with a shot glass set that was an opened gift under the Christmas tree and eating Christmas cookies shaped like Christmas trees! We have never let her live that down and it never fails to bring uproarious laughter to all of us when anyone just randomly says “Don’t drink it, eat your Christmas tree!”
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Mom, my brother, and I were driving down the street one day and my brother was telling Mom about some kid who gave him the finger at school. He wanted to be sure she knew what he meant, so he reached up from the back seat and put his hand in front of her face while she was driving with his middle finger sticking up! Mom pushed it away and lectured him about how people driving by would think he was doing that to her and that he shouldn’t be distracting her like that when she’s driving. My brother and I got a chuckle out of it — Mom didn’t share our humor! But it is still funny thinking about it — especially when I saw some kid waving his hands in front of his mother’s face from the back seat when she was driving behind me on Horner Blvd the other day!
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Other family:
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My son, Robby, was such a cutie when he was little! We went shopping one day and spent $100 on a bunch of miscellaneous stuff — well, he thought that was so cool – he told everyone that would listen that we spend “a whole $100 in just one day!!!” Another time, we were out shopping and he wanted some toy – I told him I didn’t have the money for it, so he couldn’t get it. He pouted and said, “well, why don’t you just write a check?” He didn’t accept the explanation that you must have money in the account before you can write a check!
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My nephew, Bryan, was 3 years-old when I got married. My brother, his wife, and Bryan all came up to the wedding from SC. Bryan was so cute in his best little outfit! As I walked down the aisle with my Poppie, Bryan yelled out “Hey, there’s Aunt Kim.” I waved at him as I walked by. But, that wasn’t enough for him. He kept calling out to me – “Aunt Kim, hey, Aunt Kim….” – until his Dad took him outside to quiet him down. What my brother didn’t think about was that we were in a historical old church that didn’t have air conditioning, so we had the windows all open. I snickered as we all listened to my brother and Bryan having a “come to Jesus” session right outside one of the open windows! This story is one of my favorite and most endearing memories of my wedding and I enjoy telling Bryan – who just had a baby boy of his own in January – all about it!!!
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- I used to ride mini-bikes, dirt bikes, and eventually, motorcycles. I took a few spills and had a few incidents on them doing stupid things…….
- Once, I was riding a mini-bike at a Family Picnic where my Mom (and later I) worked. The throttle stuck on full speed and I couldn’t get it to slow down or stop! Luckily, I was good at riding them in fields and rough ground – I was able to jump and avoid an accident on several ditches while I tried to get it to ease off the throttle — until one ditch that I misjudged and came down nose first into it and went head over tea kettle hanging on all the way! I only know the details from what I was told from witnesses cause I had no memory of it happening – I remembered getting on the bike and then being walked to the car to leave and asking what happened!
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Another time, I was showing off with a new motorcycle in my back yard. The grass was wet and I started to slide into the pool – instead of just easing off and riding it out to avoid running into the pool, I chose to clamp down on the hand breaks – the bike stopped abruptly, but I didn’t – I flew over the handle bars onto the grass in front of the bike – just barely missing slamming into the side of the pool!
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I was taking a friend’s low rider out for a spin – it was low slung, so I didn’t have any trouble putting both feet flat on the ground, but it was a very heavy bike — I was stopped at a light and shifted on the seat just a little to get comfortable and the bike started to lean over – my foot wasn’t square on the ground cause I was shifting my weight, so I couldn’t stabilize the bike and it started to go down – it was too heavy for me to recover – I was able to lay it down gently and not cause any damage to the bike, but had to get two guys in the car behind me to help me pick it back up and did a wicked job of twisting my ankle and knee — and ate a good dose of humiliation over it!
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I took my own motorcycle out for a ride and a couple miles or so from the house, it stalled out. I thought it was out of gas, but checked and the tank was full. I checked a few other things and everything seemed fine, but it wouldn’t start back up. So, I pushed it all the way back home. When I got there, my Poppie checked it out to see what was wrong with it and discovered that I had the gas valve on “reserve”, so once the small amount in the reserve tank was gone, it quit! If I had just turned it “on”, I would have been fine and wouldn’t have needed the major workout I got pushing a dead bike all that way!
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But, the best memories of my motorcycles was driving home on warm summer nights after working second shift – flying down Ridge Road after midnight with little or no traffic – sailing along, weaving in and out of the broken center line of the road or leaning back with my arms up over my head seeing how long it took for the forks to veer off one way or the other……absolute freedom!!!!
Enough memory lane for one night…….
Temple Theatre Review – Jason Petty’s El Paso
Attention all you country music lovers and anyone who loves music, in general: Get your tickets to see Jason Petty’s El Paso at the Temple Theatre before it ends its run and you lose out on your chance to see an incredible show! There are ony two weekends left, so time is running out!
This show was written, created, and performed by Jason Petty. Petty was in Sanford for another show in 2007 – Hank and His Honky Tonk Heroes (click here for my review of that show). After I saw that show, I was absolutely convinced that there was nothing that could even come close to topping it! But, after today’s matinée performance at the Temple Theatre, I stand corrected! I won’t go so far as to say El Paso topped Honky Tonk Heroes – afterall, the 2007 show was about Hank Williams and Hank will never be topped! But, El Paso was truly amazing on its own and has no trouble standing side by side with Petty’s Hank Williams.
For this show, Petty takes on the great Marty Robbins. He brings life to Robbins classics like “A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)”, “El Paso”, “El Paso City”, “Devil Woman”, “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife”, and others. He also puts the timing of Robbins’ career into context with songs from artists from the Singing Cowboys era and early Country and Western music that influenced Robbins as he grew up and developed his style.
I thought I knew a lot about Marty Robbins – I grew up on his music and have always enjoyed him. But, I learned something new at this show. Robbins was the writer of one of my top favorite Elvis Presley songs – “You Gave Me A Mountain”. Robbins wrote the song, but never recorded it as a single. Then, Elvis took it and made it a hit. This song means a lot to me – not only is it one of my favorite Elvis songs, but it is also one that my dear friend David Whittier used to sing in his band, Defiance, before he died. Hearing it today from a different view-point really touched my heart! Quite a bit of the show brought tears to my eyes, but this song brought a river down my face! And the river continued on with the final song, “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife”, which Robbins wrote for his wife of 37 years.
Another standout was the first song after the intermission. Vocalist Carolyn Martin belted out “San Antonio Rose” and it was amazing! Petty talked about a new show he is developing with Martin that they plan to start touring with in the Fall. The first half will be Petty doing Hank Williams and the second half will be Martin doing Patsy Cline! As I listened to “San Antonio Rose”, I imagined Martin doing a full set of Patsy Cline songs and I got chills! If this show doesn’t come to Sanford, I think I’ll have to find out where I need to travel to see it!
And don’t let me forget to mention the band – complete with a steel guitar and a fiddle! They do an incredible job, as well.
If you love Country Music or if you just enjoy a variety of music styles, you really should go see this show – it will fill your heart with joy!
Movie Review – Remember Me
I wasn’t sure I wanted to bother with this movie. The trailers looked good, but they didn’t reach out and grab me. It all looked a little too “cliché” and I just wasn’t sure I wanted to bother with it. But it did look like it might be good, so I went ahead and took in a matinée on Saturday afternoon.
The plot was all too familiar – yet another new twist on the whole “Rebel Without a Cause” theme. Tyler Hawkins (Robert Pattinson) is a troubled young man about to turn 22 – the same age his older brother, Michael, was when he committed suicide on his birthday. His family is rich, but he lives in a pig pen apartment with an obnoxious room-mate (Tate Ellington) and goes around looking like a homeless bum wearing dirty, wrinkled, ill-fitting clothes. He holds a lot of anger in his life and takes it out on the world. His parents (Pierce Brosnan and Lena Olin) are divorced – the family broke apart after Michael’s suicide. His 11-year-old sister lives with his mother and her husband. Tyler’s anger with life gets him involved in a street fight and then gets mouthy and pushy with a detective (Chris Cooper) who busts his face up arresting him. His room-mate dares him to connect with the cop’s daughter, Ally (Emilie De Ravin), and then do something embarrassing to her for revenge on her father. Tyler starts a relationship with her and, instead of dumping her, they fall in love and he starts to turn his attitude around. Ally comes with her own baggage – her mother was brutally murdered while waiting for a subway train and an 11-year-old Ally was there with her and witnesses the whole thing.
The movie started out slow and boring – I didn’t have much hope that it would turn the predictable story line into anything special. But, soon the redeeming qualities started to be noticable.
Brosnan and Cooper were very effective as the two fathers. Brosnan as the rich, powerful executive who keeps everyone he loves at arm’s length because of the pain of losing his oldest son. He participates in their lives to the extent that the shields he has constructed will allow, but it isn’t enough for them and they think he doesn’t care about them. Cooper as the over protective father using his position on the police force to keep from losing the only family he has left to a rebellious thug.
The relationships all come together beautifully. The actors did a top-notch job of bringing the characters to life and giving them dimension. There was a simple complexity that drew me in. I believed the characters and felt deep emotion for them and the story line.
The last few scenes were very good and lead up to an extremely powerful ending. Even if it didn’t get better earlier, the ending would have been well worth sitting through the entire two hours. I just sat there holding my breath with tears pouring down my face! When I left, I sat in my car for a few minutes without turning the key to try to get past the emotions I was feeling.
I’m tempted to take off some points for the slow, predictable start, but it did develop into something very profound and overcame the clichés. So, I rate this one an A-. If you decide to go or wait for the DVD, don’t give up on it too soon – it is worth wading through the beginning to get to the treasure.
Dream Analysis
Dreams – they are funny things! I dream a lot and my dreams are usually very vivid and memorable. I wake up and it doesn’t take much to remember the dreams I had while I was asleep. The really detailed ones give me some good stories to write about and talk about! Just click on the “Dreams” category and browse through just a few of the ones I decided to share.
I give a lot of thought to my dreams and try to figure out what in the world triggered them — what was it that must have been on my mind when I fell asleep that translated in my subconscious into the details of the dream? I usually have no clue — the basis of most dreams remain a mystery and add to the bazaar nature of them.
But — I think I totally understand the one I had this morning just before I woke up! It makes perfect sense to me!
The Dream:
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Why Kelly and Melissa? I have read both of their blogs for as long as I’ve had a blog and started following other local bloggers. We are all very active bloggers. Since I am on WordPress and they aren’t, they don’t show up on my Blog Surfer – I have to make a deliberate effort go to the links I put in my favorites to catch up with them. I usually click those links a few times a week and find a lot I need to catch up on. Lately, I have been checking every day and was just thinking the other day about how I don’t post as often as I used to, but both Kelly and Melissa seem to always have something new to read! SO — that is probably my interpretation that they “talk” more than I do – even though I try to “talk” a lot!
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Why did they come for tea? I think that was prompted by my seeing “Alice in Wonderland” this past weekend. I enjoyed the tea party scenes and even mentioned in my review that my love of the story as a child is probably why I still adore tea parties! Tea parties were on my mind, so one ended up in my dream!
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So, what’s the deal with my camera? For some reason lately, I have thought a lot about getting a new camera. Not sure why – my camera is fairly new, works great, and takes really nice pictures! But, I find myself looking at cameras in stores and thinking about what kind I might like to upgrade to. Every time I do, I tell myself that I don’t need a new one – the one I have is fine – it isn’t broke! Last evening, I was talking to Mom to finalize plans for a trip we’re going on in a few months and we talked about not forgetting our cameras. As we talked, I had a fleeting thought in the back of my head about getting a new one and, again, reminded myself that the one I have isn’t broken – I do not need to buy a new one!!! So — in my dream I broke it so I could get a new one, but my subconscious made me try to fix it so I wouldn’t have to!!
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Why a high school classroom? Not sure about this one — unless it is because of all the stories in the Herald lately about dress codes, Saturday make up for snow days, and drop out rates!!?? Sounds good…..
So – a dream that made sense after I broke it down! That’s different! Sweet dreams…..
My Take on the Oscars
Tonight the coveted Academy Awards were presented to those who have excelled in their respective categories for film making. The most glitzy and emotionally charged night of the year for Hollywood and those of us who love movies! I love watching the Oscars being handed out — the clothes, the acceptance speeches, the embarrassing moments….I look forward to it every year!
Alas, I can not give an opinion on all of the winners because I didn’t actually see most of the movies that were nominated! Seriously, right? Me – the one who spends more time in the movie theater than anywhere else I go? I missed most of the movies that were nominated? To be honest, it has been that way for the past few years — I have not had a big interest in the ones that end up being nominated and the ones I thought were worth my praise just weren’t artsy enough to get a nod from the Academy or were snubbed for whatever reason!
The movies I did see that were nominated did do well, though (click the links for each to read my reviews for each of the films):
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UP! won for Best Animated Feature Film — I loved UP! It was an amazing film – by far the best animated film ever made, in my opinion! I am thrilled that it won in not only this category, but also in the Best Original Score.
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Jeff Bridges won Best Actor for his role as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart! I have always loved Jeff Bridges, but this role was his best yet – absolutely deserving of an Oscar! I adored the film as a whole, as well, so was also happy to see that it also won for Best Original Song for “The Weary Kind” – a lovely song!
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Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for her role as Leigh Ann Tuohy in The Blind Side. Sandra is the queen of the romantic comedy – great roles, fun movies, but generally not Oscar worthy! She took on this role and played it to the hilt! She did a phenomenal job and is now not only America’s Sweetheart, she is America’s Oscar Winning Sweetheart! You go girl — the girl next door can make it to the big leagues, after all!
That’s all I can offer as far as opinions on the awards! Other nominees from films I actually saw that didn’t win anything were:
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Stanley Tucci in his brilliant portrayal of the villain in The Lovely Bones (nominated for Best Supporting Actor)
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Meryl Streep in her portrayal of Julia Child in Julie and Julia (nominated for Best Actress) – loved her part, but wasn’t too crazy about the rest of the movie
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Sherlock Holmes – nominated for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction – hated the movie, but both these categories were appropriate nominations for it
So, on to what I thought of what everyone was wearing:
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What I DID NOT like:
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Miley Cyrus — the bottom was OK, but she looked like she forgot to put on the top part! Totally not age appropriate!
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Sarah Jessica Parker — sorry, but I have never agreed that she is some kind of a fashion icon! Tonight was no exception — she looked like she realized at the last-minute that she forgot to get a dress and just wrapped a sheet around herself and then attached one of those floral swag things you find over mirrors to the bodice! And her hair was a MESS!
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Charlize Theron — it was a lovely dress and molded her body beautifully — but they ruined it by putting two big flowers or circle things on each boob!
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Vera Farniga — looked like she took a spool of ready-made ruffle trimming fabric and just wrapped herself in it!
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Zoe Saldena — a mess of purple fluff and poof!
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Barbara Streisand — a dowdy black dress with a lace table cloth wrapped around her neck!
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Diane Kruger — looked like someone took a bunch of scraps and stuck them all together!
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Tina Fey — looked like she just stepped out of a Tarzan movie!
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Mariah Carey — typical Mariah Carey – too tight, too small, and not enough of it in any of the necessary places!
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Sigourney Weaver — ill-fitting — looked like she grabbed it off the rack, but didn’t have time to go to a good tailor to have it taken in – she was drowning in it!
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What I DID like:
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Jennifer Lopez took the top prize for best gown in my opinion! It was absolutely beautiful and fit her body perfectly!
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Helen Mirren looked elegant, as always!
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Sandra Bullock’s dress was gorgeous, but I was not totally crazy about the top part!
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Penelope Cruz was stunning, as usual!
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Rachel McAdams – I really liked her colorful, flowing, cloud looking dress – very pretty!
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Elizabeth Banks, Demi Moore, and Cameron Diaz all looked amazing, as well…..
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So — it’s all over for another year! See you at the movies!
Movie Review – Brooklyn’s Finest
Richard Gere…Don Cheadle…Ethan Hawke…Wesley Snipes – WOW – with a cast like that, it has to be one for the record books…right??? How can it not be great??? Put them all together in a good cop story and you’ve got a winner! I hadn’t seen any of the previews for this film, but when I saw it listed this weekend, I was immediately drawn to it. I like a good cop drama, but it was the cast that captured me and made me head out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to take in a movie!
And the cast didn’t disappoint……all were true to form and perfectly cast in their roles. Gere as the cop waiting out his last 7 days before retiring from a lackluster career; Cheadle as an undercover detective infiltrating a drug gang; Hawke as a narcotics detective struggling with ethics and needing more money to care for his growing family; and Snipes as the head of the drug gang. I was also very excited to see Vincent D’Onofrio in the opening scene – I didn’t realize he was in the film! I love him on Law and Order, Criminal Intent and in other roles I have seen him in – such a quirky character! But — he was in all of two minutes (if that) of the opening scene before his face was blown off! It goes without saying that I didn’t see any more of him…..
So, the cast was great, the acting suburb…….that ends the things I can say were special about the movie! Don’t get me wrong – it was good!!! Action, drama, complex story line……a very good movie! But, unfortunately, nothing really special! It was a lot of “same ole, same ole”! Just another dirty cop, good cop, indifferent cop, drug dealer, gang, shoot ’em up movie. It was exciting at times, boring at times, and had an odd ending……all the main characters had their own story lines (except Cheadle and Snipes, who shared a story line), but they didn’t cross paths until the end when they all came together in an odd coincidental circumstance. The ending was definitely the best part, but still a little de ja vu……
So — I did like it, I just would have been just as happy to wait and see it on NetFlix! I rate it a B- …….good, but a little too ordinary.
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