During the Spring, Summer, and Fall, there aren't many seasonal movies that I watch. Winter is another story. When it's cold outside I like to curl up in a blanket with some popcorn and hot chocolate, and watch a good winter movie (okay, not always a 5 star movie). Winter season is coming up, and I am dreading it, but I am not dreading watching my winter movies. Here are some of the movies that I tend to watch when the weather is cold:
One movie that I watch during the winter is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Most of the movie takes place during the winter time. The scenery, costume design, characters, plot, and soundtrack. I listen to the soundtrack year-round but I love to watch the movie in the winter.
Another movie that I watch during the winter is Scamper the Penguin. It is not an amazing movie by any means but I used to watch it when I was a child. Definitely a movie made for little kids. Anyhow, it has these different colored penguins (pink and blue) and in the beginning the husbands watch the eggs while the mothers get the food. There are irresponsible parents who get their eggs snatched but Scamper survives. He ends up later on being a little adventurer who gets lost out at sea, picked up by bad humans, teaches his little girlfriend and other friend how to wish, gets mixed up with a different breed of penguins, and ends up making it home. Except this movie doesn't come with environmental propaganda like Happy Feet.
Speaking of Happy Feet, that's another movie I watch in the winter. It's adorable and all with singing, dancing, fluffy penguins and the odd one out gets the girl in the end. What I didn't like in the movie is how out of the blue it changes from a love story into an environmental movie right at the very end. Whatever. I still own it, but I would still love a version where politics isn't involved and the plot is better.
Of course you always have the classics like Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, and A Christmas Story. To be honest, I am so sick of watching It's A Wonderful Life. It was always on television and on top of that my dad would watch it plenty on dvd. In regards to It's A Wonderful Life, I think we can all agree that the original was better, although I didn't like either of the little girl characters. And A Christmas Story, well, I haven't seen it. My dad owns it and it's been on television; I've even tried sitting down and watching it, but I can't seem to get past the fact that the kid looks creepy. I'll definitely try watching it this year though.
And who can forget animated Christmas/holiday movies like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman. Those will never get old for me. They always make me smile.
Some of my favorite holiday movies to watch are the holiday specials that aired on television. These include A Claymation Christmas, A Garfield Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, and A Muppet Family Christmas. I still have them all taped on VHS off of television (and they all still play miraculously with really old commercials). However, I bought the Garfield holiday specials on dvd (it has Halloween and Thanksgiving too) because that was my absolute favorite one.
Fargo is a another movie that is wintery; however it is on the darker side. Usually in the winter I like to watch happier movies, but I definitely have a think for black humor. It was directed by the Coen Brothers (who also did such amazing movies as Raising Arizona, The Ladykillers, No Country For Old Men, and The Big Lebowski). It won two Oscars, stars Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy, and Frances McDormand. I am not going to go into any more detail because this post is long enough, but if you like Coen Brothers films and haven't seen this one, or if you like any of those actors or like dark films, why are you still reading this post. Go rent this movie right now!
Whether you're into wintery movies with lots of snow about, movies with wintery music, Christmas movies, or you watch summer movies during winter, there's something for everyone. So grab your hot chocolate, a blanket, and popcorn, and pop in a good wintery movie!
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
It's Poster Time!
In every apartment that I have lived in, I have hung movie posters on the walls. Posters that I have collected from many years of working at a movie theater. In my current apartment, I have not hung any posters. One reason is because the walls look so wonderful without anything on them. I have a bay window and a cute round table which when the windows are open gorgeous light shines in on my walls. Another reason is that I have too many posters. The third reason is because I wanted poster frames so that my posters would not rip.
Yesterday I went to Michael's because all frames were 40% off. There was also a coupon for another 25% off on top of that. I was in luck when I found that they had poster frames. Previously, I could not find poster frames that were 27 by 40. Michael's definitely had a couple different brands but only one was on sale. 65% off was a pretty sweet deal!
Therefore, now that I have three new poster frames and one old one, I have to decide which posters out of my many to frame and which I want to put up on their own as I have in the past. I look forward to going through my posters again!
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Yesterday I went to Michael's because all frames were 40% off. There was also a coupon for another 25% off on top of that. I was in luck when I found that they had poster frames. Previously, I could not find poster frames that were 27 by 40. Michael's definitely had a couple different brands but only one was on sale. 65% off was a pretty sweet deal!
Therefore, now that I have three new poster frames and one old one, I have to decide which posters out of my many to frame and which I want to put up on their own as I have in the past. I look forward to going through my posters again!
Word Count: 219
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Movies I Could Watch Over and Over
I own a lot of movies. I cannot stop myself from buying ones that I can watch over and over again as well as those I want to share with my friends. Most movies that I watch over and over are animated. I don't know why, and I've said it before, but I am a sucker for animated films. Now, not all of these movies are exceptional 5 star movies, they are just amusing to me or make me happy. Not all of them are the best movies I own either. Here are the movies that I could watch over and over:
Aladdin, August Rush, Batman Begins, Billy Madison, Cars, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Deep Impact, Despicable Me, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Equilibrium, Finding Nemo, Flushed Away, Four Rooms, Gattaca, Horton Hears A Who, Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon, I Love You Man, In Bruges, Kung Fu Panda, Mean Girls, Monster's Inc, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mulan, October Sky, Oliver and Company, Over the Hedge, Ratatouille, Rent, Run Lola Run, Secondhand Lions, Slumdog Millionaire, Shaun of the Dead, Spaceballs, Sunshine, Superbad, Thank You For Smoking, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Dark Knight, The Devil Wears Prada, The Hangover, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, The Princess Bride, The Producers, The Secret of My Success, Up, Waitress, and WALL-E.
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Aladdin, August Rush, Batman Begins, Billy Madison, Cars, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Deep Impact, Despicable Me, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Equilibrium, Finding Nemo, Flushed Away, Four Rooms, Gattaca, Horton Hears A Who, Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon, I Love You Man, In Bruges, Kung Fu Panda, Mean Girls, Monster's Inc, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Mulan, October Sky, Oliver and Company, Over the Hedge, Ratatouille, Rent, Run Lola Run, Secondhand Lions, Slumdog Millionaire, Shaun of the Dead, Spaceballs, Sunshine, Superbad, Thank You For Smoking, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Dark Knight, The Devil Wears Prada, The Hangover, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, The Princess Bride, The Producers, The Secret of My Success, Up, Waitress, and WALL-E.
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Review of NBC Universal Products I Have Bought
I recently purchased multiple items related to television shows from the NBC Universal store. The good thing is that when you sign up for an account, they give you 15% off your purchase. So I tried to find as many items as I could for Christmas gifts (okay and for myself).
One thing that I purchased was a sign that said "The Office" to put next to my desk. I spent about $10 on it with the discount. It was definitely not worth $10. The sign is pretty cool looking, like the logo for The Office, but it is not high quality. I don't know what it is made of, but it's definitely not as hard as plastic (which is what I was hoping it would be). I am afraid to bend it in any way. I still like it, but I definitely could've printed a picture of the logo and placed it on some cardboard it would've been similar to this sign.
Another purchase I made was a shot glass from The Office. It says Dunder Mifflin on the side. I spent $4.80 and it was definitely worth my money. I only buy nerdy shot glasses (like Domokun, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc) and this was definitely a must-have for me since I am a huge fan of The Office.
One other item that I bought from NBC Universal (when I was at Universal Studios in California, not online) was a stuffed animal from the movie "Despicable Me". I have a soft spot for animated films and cute stuffed animals. I don't have as many stuffed animals as I did when I was a child, but I have kept my favorite 10-20. When an animated film with a unique/cute character comes around, I sometimes cannot help myself. This was the case for Despicable Me's minions. I couldn't decide which one I wanted out of the three at the store. One had two eyes and a smile, another had two eyes and a half smile, and the third had one eye. I picked the one with one eye. It wasn't too expensive and was one of the few things I bought at Universal Studios. I brought it to work with me and it made the kids happy.
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One thing that I purchased was a sign that said "The Office" to put next to my desk. I spent about $10 on it with the discount. It was definitely not worth $10. The sign is pretty cool looking, like the logo for The Office, but it is not high quality. I don't know what it is made of, but it's definitely not as hard as plastic (which is what I was hoping it would be). I am afraid to bend it in any way. I still like it, but I definitely could've printed a picture of the logo and placed it on some cardboard it would've been similar to this sign.
Another purchase I made was a shot glass from The Office. It says Dunder Mifflin on the side. I spent $4.80 and it was definitely worth my money. I only buy nerdy shot glasses (like Domokun, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc) and this was definitely a must-have for me since I am a huge fan of The Office.
One other item that I bought from NBC Universal (when I was at Universal Studios in California, not online) was a stuffed animal from the movie "Despicable Me". I have a soft spot for animated films and cute stuffed animals. I don't have as many stuffed animals as I did when I was a child, but I have kept my favorite 10-20. When an animated film with a unique/cute character comes around, I sometimes cannot help myself. This was the case for Despicable Me's minions. I couldn't decide which one I wanted out of the three at the store. One had two eyes and a smile, another had two eyes and a half smile, and the third had one eye. I picked the one with one eye. It wasn't too expensive and was one of the few things I bought at Universal Studios. I brought it to work with me and it made the kids happy.
Word Count: 377
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