* Did you watch a film last night (on Blu or DVD), and what was it? *

[Blizzard]

I just had a strawberry whole grain cereal bar, and a small glass of milk...that's all for tonight. ...Just about to watch a BR movie; and I won't have popcorn because I had a late supper and I have to watch my weight. ...@ 200 pounds I'm about 25 too much.

Lol, I really don't think about that...just want to live the rest of my life having fun, enjoying the nature, the wildlife, the scenery, the music, the films, the peace, the tranquility, the people's discussions, the respect, the learning, the cordial exchanges, the passion of the spirit too, and all the jazz playing in my mind. ...Appreciating real people's soul and creativity.
...An ocean's attitude...with calmness, waves, whales, and natural turbulence of the mixed windy elements...brief...life itself, where jazz rains.

Yeah I had a late lunch and supper as well. No colossal 1 lb red king crab legs dipped in fresh churned farm fresh sea salted butter tonight

Sounds wonderful out there on the island I can't wait till the clouds go away here, and the sunshine is out everyday again

 

[NorthStar]

March-April-May (Spring) is nice in the Okanagan, then all the way thru Summer and Fall. Even Winter time is nice when you're in love and living in a house up the mountains. When we're in love everywhere is nice, and the Okanagan is real nice.

The Islands of the west coast are majestic too. The trees on the west coast, the ocean, the climate, that's nice too.

The heart of the ocean, of the people...that's what makes it nicer...no matter where we are because that ocean's breeze goes far far inland. I could feel it when I was living in Naramata way back in the days of love and peace. It'll always be deep in my heart.

 

[Blizzard]

March-April-May (Spring) is nice in the Okanagan, then all the way thru Summer and Fall. Even Winter time is nice when you're in love and living in a house up the mountains. When we're in love everywhere is nice, and the Okanagan is real nice.

The Islands of the west coast are majestic too. The trees on the west coast, the ocean, the climate, that's nice too.

The heart of the ocean, of the people...that's what makes it nicer...no matter where we are because that ocean's breeze goes far far inland. I could feel it when I was living in Naramata way back in the days of love and peace. It'll always be deep in my heart.

Yes this is true. With a wonderful family even the snowy winter is nice up in the mountains



And yes the wonderful Pacific Ocean. Haven't smelt that since the summer when we set the tent trailer up on the beach in Washington's Olympia National Park



And yes Naramata is a beautiful place It where we would love to move.

 

[NorthStar]

Great pics Mike, ...that first one of your daughter in the snow...magic...happiness. :b

* I used to downhill ski @ Apex mountain...a lot of fun. We're lucky in Canada...we have four great seasons. In the US too...and the more you go South the warmer it gets...down to Tierra Del Fuego ... @ the very tip of Argentina.
And North you have the beautiful Alaska, with lots of snow in Winter...and the mountains...the views...the scenery...wow!

We live on a beautiful blue planet...viewed from space...simply beautiful...like your daughter and wife.

 

[NorthStar]

There are two type of people in this world; the ones who love music, and the ones who love films.

I've always been fascinated with the visual arts, since I was at preliminary school (age 5.5). ...My first teacher (a young attractive woman) was a piano player.
I could write few books about my Art studies @ school and in life, and write here, but I won't.

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Last night I watched this (on Blu of course) ::

Directed by a master of visual arts, an artist of cinema...moving pictures...like an alive canvas.
Yes, he is a gothic art type of painter. ...And the worlds he creates are fantasy and mystic and mysterious and dangerous and gorgeous...all @ the same time with the appropriate color palette and decors and actors/actresses. ...The same guy who did Pan's Labyrinth. ...And Pacific Rim - 3D and others.

It's a haunting love story, in a gothic architecture of a great castle where all of us would love to be living in (I think). :b
Anyway, the movements of the flowing camera on actors across the chambers and inside and outside...it's all moving smoothly with grand style and harmony.
Almost every single shot is a masterpiece...almost.

It's not for everyone; it's dark, it's 'vampiristic', it's eloquent, it's a love story. The walls talk, the grand staircase moves, the actors interact with the surroundings talking and moving back. ...Way of speech. But yes, it's a giant gothic moving canvas of blacks, blues, and reds with shades of browns and yellows across an invisible underneath white background. * Look for those yellows...they are rare as gold @ the bottom of the sea.
...Like a wedding anniversary in a sumptuous dark gothic castle. ...Black is the color dress of the night...the soupe du jour, la piece de resitance, la mode du moment.
But there are other brighter colors too...because it's a love story. ...And there are reds too. ...The dress code is almost a requirement to enter this film; it's like there are bouncers @ the entrance to make sure of that...so dress accordingly before you view it.

For some it won't be their bag...I understand. For others they will buy the magic and dream along with multiple variety of imaginative thoughts of deeper exploration...I understand too.

? Overall (magic only): 85.5

Last word: Don't dress casual, and put your black suede shoes on before viewing.

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((•)) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Peak

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? Ghosts? What ghosts?

 

[amirm]

Watched a very well done movie: Win Win:

What fresh and natural acting. Not a complicated movie but totally fun and witty. Highly Recommended.

 

[spazmatron]

Will look that up, i loved ' the station agent ' .

Cheers

 

[NorthStar]

Thx Amir, I'll keep an eye open on Win Win. ...Sounds like a smart flick.

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It's a beautiful day today here on the Island...truly colorful. And I've read some also on the Internet...and it's colorful there too...but with a different variety of colors...man-made.
If we can adapt the outside natural colors with the inside colored emotional vibrations; we would gain a free trip to the moon. ...It's a way of speech.
I am listening to beautiful classic ? music on the r.a.d.i.o. and I see the sky vibrating in harmony with that beautiful music...it's very clear with million shades of blue, white, grey, ...and the clouds are slowly moving across the mountain tops. The trees are shooting high up in that included scenery, extending their branches like reaching for the sky.

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Last night I watched this ::

My brother recommended to me about a month ago, so I took the chance and I viewed it.
I'm glad I did. It's the new way of fighting wars. And I can see more beneficial future possibilities with that fantastic technology.

The film itself with the actors is nothing special, what is is what they really do with the technology, the good kills, and the bad ones too.
And that is where the conflict and the reason why of this film's creation. ...See it and you'll understand.

• Overall (film value): 67
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[NorthStar]

This is the third time that I watched this, and in (((3D))) again :::

It's the rain...

Film value (same as last time): 63.75 ... on the edge of a deep crevasse. ...A moving crevasse, and with cracking noises.

 

[NorthStar]

Life is not eternal; when we say adios, most of the time we don't even have the time to say it properly from the soul and heart.
When we're gone we are truly gone...there is no resurrection and everything we leave behind we have no idea how others will benefit as we worked all our life for it. No two people go through the same path of life exactly the same, and with the same state-of-mind.

We live with passion and that's all we can do. Nothing will make us realize how precious life is until we lose everything that we deeply cherish and that we learn to love with the passing of time. The things we missed will not come back.

Time is a dimension we are inside without knowing how to exploit it with full intensity. That's not the point anyway to know; what is is to live with verve, be satisfied, appreciative and encouraging.

Donald Trump is an entrepreneur, an architect, a business real-estate magnate. Some of his hotels are high class, and he's the perfect candidate to build a Trump skyscraper in Dubai, with penthouses on top, helipad, 299 floors, and decorated with pure gold.

Old buildings made of stones like the pyramids they last longer than the forests and jungles of all continents. When the trees fall down they reveal the cities built underneath from millenniums ago. There is nothing more immortal than the universe itself, more than all the rocks of all the planets and stars.

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Last night I watched this ::

Directed by Tarsem Singh ('The Fall', 'The Cell'), it's the story of a wealthy man on his way to "adios". He lives in a very nice apartment (Donald Trump contributed here, for the apt), but the man is unhappy. He has a daughter but negligence of time and love has taken its toll.
He has connections, scientifically advanced technological secretive connections for people of only his wealth, like Steve Jobs type of wealth.

Then he planned his return from death, and comes back as "Deadpool" (Ryan Reynolds). I can't tell you more because that would spoil the essence.

Anyway, the picture is impeccable, the cinematography, the decor sets, the city, the countryside, ...the actors in top shape and performance, and the concept real cool. Plus, the music score is in harmony...you need to let it roll till the end of the rolling credits. ...It's part of the film's character...the music.

I never care of what other people think about films because no two people are the same receptively.
I never read reviews, or extremely rarely. And when I do I rarely find in them the chords that makes me vibrating the same as when I watch the film.
Look, this is not even a review; it's just an impression.

? Overall (all): 91.5

Last word: Adios, but not really...more than words less than gravity.

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[NorthStar]

I revisited Spectre 007 last night.

Was it better this time around? No. Then why did you watch it again? Because I can and I saw few little details that I missed the first time around, like in the backgrounds. With films it's impossible to record everything that's on your screen, in particular from the better movie directors.
There is more to see in films than in music recordings.

 

[NorthStar]

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I was inspired by Spectre. ...So I went back to the original (nine years ago - 2006).

* Daniel Craig is the best Bond ever, period.

Score? Why not: 007 ;-) -------------------------------- 88

 

[Ronm1]

Started a 'Lethal Weapon marathon 1-->4

 

[NorthStar]

Started a 'Lethal Weapon marathon 1-->4

That's a good/fun one, with Mel & the gang.

 

[Mike]

* Daniel Craig is the best Bond ever, period.

007 ;-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88

Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NorthStar]

Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!

Sean Connery? ...Guy's too hairy.

 

[Mike]

Sean Connery? ...Guy's too hairy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aanBjxHwI4A

 

[NorthStar]

errrff ... must be Saturday Night Live.

 

[NorthStar]

Some people love snow (surfboarding, snowman), some love water (waterskiing, sailing), others like the sun (beach, suntanning).
Some people live in the desert, others in the jungle, and even in igloos of the Antarctic or Siberia.
Some people build the tallest skyscrapers, others the longest walls and bridges.
Some people are leaders of faith, others of deception.
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Part two of Casino Royale, but not as good; missing some important vitamins, and some scenes are better forgotten (childish and not up to Bond's usual/expected caliber).

Le Chiffre, Mr. White, Mr. Greene, ...they'll all lead to the chief mastermind eventually. ...More to come.

When we go along with Bond we go for rides around the globe, with fancy cars, beautiful women, the latest Jacques Cartier watches with the latest lasers and blades and steel cables and explosive dynamite sticks all inside them watches, even poisonous darts and smoke. We fly inside jets, airplanes, helicopters, we waterski in the latest waterski jets, we sail with the most luxurious ships, fully equipped with gold and satin black sheets.
When we're a Bond's fan we climb mountains and we ski down its snowy slopes with zest. We visit some of the best mansions of the most picturesque scenery. We drink some of the best drinks and cocktails and we eat good food and smoke the best Cuban cigars. We fly high when we follow Bond's adventures, and we dream of expensive cars and women, but with love always in control/in-check without forgetting our primary mission; licence to kill, and save the world.

? Quantum of Solace ultimate destiny (rating score): 65

Last word: In the scheme of a grand scheme it measured mediocre @ best.

 

[NorthStar]

<> Last film revisited. ... Last last last ... the sky is falling ... the sky is crying ... the sky is bleeding.

? Overall rating score (everything): 77