A Reminder

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What's Up?

 What I'm reading: 

The Measure of a Heart by Janette Oke

What I'm listening to:

Phillip Phillips. I love how I can't decide whether he's Folk/Country, Rock, Pop, &tc. There are also Jazzy elements to a few of his songs. Some of the lyrics are, eh...just eh. They aren't outright inappropriate, but test the limits. There's no foul language however, and no drug or alcohol references. (That I've caught...)

What I most recently watched: 

Valentines Day

Not necessarily a movie I recommend to anyone. This is one of those films (in case you've never heard of it) where there are about ten different stories going on at the same time, and most of them are somehow connected. And a few of the stories are bad. But I think if you had a Clear-play DVD player it would be a fun movie to see. I personally just skip or ignore or go make popcorn when a questionable scene comes on.

What I'm anticipating:

A relaxing weekend

What made me laugh:

A child's description f Tim Burton's Frankenweenie.

''It's the story about a dog that dies. And his owner wants to make him alive again. That's why it's called Frankenweenie. It;s like Ben Franklin only the name is different.''

A Film Review: Sense & Sensibility (2008)

You may have noticed the blog button to my right....top right. Miss Laurie of  Old-Fashioned Charm is hosting a Period Drama Challenge. Go check it out for the rules. This is my first post for the challenge. I aim to be a period film fanatic (12-15 films + reviews). But I may fall short.

Sense & Sensibility

For those of you who don't like to read lengthy posts detailing the pros and cons of a film, I'll simply say this: I recommend this film. It was superbly written, acted, and filmed. I give it four and a half stars (out of five) as a period film.

Disclaimer: I shall try as hard as I can not to compare this film with Emma Thompson's interpretation, only comparing it to Jane Austen's. Though I am sure some comparisons shall make there way into this post, despite my best efforts. So if you'll bear with me, I shall start right in.

The dialogue, while certainly not being copied directly from the book (something I had actually expected, as it had been the case with Andrew Davies' Pride & Prejudice), was good. You may be asking yourself.

''What makes it good when it's not entirely accurate?''

Well I'm glad you asked...

It boils down to this. Not a single line was out of character for anyone. Nor was it out of place for the plot. Besides, there was a bit of dialogue that wasn't included in the book. Dialogue that I was disappointed not to be able to read. Andrew Davies took the time to know the characters and it shows in his writing.

As I said, the characters were very accurate. I absolutely loved that Davies focused on Brandon and Marianne's friendship. He seems to want to emphasize the same things I like to think about. That Marianne could have, and would have loved him sooner, had it not been for ''Mr. W''. 

I am very glad he emphasized Marianne's respect for his opinion, and his true appreciation for her music.

The plot was spot on, and there was only the opening scene that was unnecessary. Nothing major was left out or forgotten, and no great liberty was taken with the story. 

*Again, there was one scene in the beginning that needed to be skipped. While Austen always handled her more, sensational affairs, with delicacy, Davies does not. He likes to be sensational.*

Now, as to the film-making aspects. The music was beautiful, the filmography stunning, the scenery breathtaking. Costumes were accurate (I fell in love with Elinor's entire wardrobe, not to mention her hair!!). 

Hope that helps!! 

A Little Scribble #2

    Stacy pushed the desk drawer closed and heaved a great sigh of relief. In the three years she had worked as Jack Keller's receptionist, she'd never had a more stressful day. She was sure of it.

   She had a lot of work ahead of her tomorrow, just to catch up on what she should have done today. She would have loved to stay late and just get it finished but she knew that Mr. Keller would not approve and that even if he would, she still needed to run a few errands tonight before going home. 

   Stacy sat back down and thought over the days happenings. She didn't suppose the day would have ended up being so horrible if only she hadn't been late picking up the usual coffee order this morning. She couldn't justify to herself the frustration she had otherwise. She was normally a very easy-going young woman. But her alarm clock had decided to give up the ghost that morning and she had woken up an half an hour late. Therefore, she had been late to pick up the coffee order and had had to wait ten minutes for two new cups. 

  And if you weren't so stubborn she rolled her eyes and had kept your own coffee, maybe you'd have made it the whole day through without the headache. Things had gone down hill from there. Her boss was never in a good mood after his brother's visits, but today it had seemed worse then normal. Jack seemed anxious, not just annoyed. 

  At that moment Stacy glanced toward Mr. Keller's office. The janitor was emptying a coffee cup into the sink. It appeared nearly full and for a moment Stacy felt smug. Serves him right, not excepting my cup. 

  Shocked at her alarmingly spiteful thoughts, Stacy tried to shake off the feeling and wrap up the last tasks of her day.

Jack sat at his desk, his eyes on something beyond his open door, his focus on something much farther away. He was vaguely aware of the janitor walking around the room. A sudden noise caught his attention. When he looked, he realized the grey haired man had snorted.

   ''It's no wonder you didn't drink this!'' He said, indicating the cold coffee in his right hand. He'd pulled it from the garbage can and opened the lid. Jack realized he must have looked puzzled, for the man explained with a chuckle.

  ''Have to dump it out so the pesky creatures like ants 'n rats don't show up!'' The man chuckled to himself as if he'd told the funniest joke, and moved toward the sink in the kitchenette. Movement in the corner of his eye caused Jack to turn and look out of his door again. He saw his receptionist watching the janitor spill the contents of the cup into the sink. Something flashed across her face, an expression of contempt, if he didn't know better. But it was gone in a flash and in its place was one of shock. And maybe a little shame. 

   She hadn't realized he was still here, so he took the moment to look more closely at the woman who'd worked for him for so long. She wasn't very tall, but she had the appearance of height because of very good posture. She moved to quickly to be called graceful, but there was some grace to her movements or she would have been called abrupt and clumsy. Her hair was light brown, and fell in thick, natural waves down her back. Her mouth was wide and set in a sarcastic smile that would have been called scornful on many other women, but the humor of her eyes softened her expression. It took Jack a few second to realize the humor in her eyes was directed at him. He'd been caught ogling... 

  

Veggietales Game!

There are five sections to this quiz, and five questions for each section. Different amounts of points will be given for each type of question, but they are listed before each section (Did that make sense?). 

The total you can earn is 300 points!

Silly Songs! 

Which episodes of Veggietales do these silly songs belong to? And what are the titles?

(100 points for this section)

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

Who Am I?

Who plays these people in these ''mini-sodes''? What movie? And what was the lesson/theme of the episode?

(150 possible points for this section)

1) Dr. Jiggle

2) The Italian Scallion

3) Toto Baggypants

4) Nebby K. Nezzer

5) Sweetpea

Inspired By...

Which Bible stories are these episodes based on?

(50 points)

1) Duke and the Great Pie War

2) Moe and the Big Exit 

(For an extra 5 points, what is the other 'western' that this is a continuation of?)

3) King George an the Ducky

4) Josh and the Big Wall

5) Dave and the Giant Pickle

Who's Line is it Anyhow?

Can you name the characters who says this...

(50 points)

1) ''Can't you just play your harp and I'll throw things at you?''

2) '' Larry, you've got an oven mitt on your head.''

3) ''I'm a talking weed, you're a talking carrot. Your point was?''

4) ''Why is there a piano on my cake?''

5) ''Look, I need a favor from you Julia, first, a chocolate Malta.''

What's my name?

Can you name the character described here?

(50 points)

1) I have a red bow-tie (bow-ties are cool), I'm a foreign veggie.

2) I have very expressive eyebrows, I'm from New Jersey, I hang around with a deep voiced pickle.

3) I am great at math, I used to be very sour, I have freckles.

4)  I have no speaking lines but I play a very important role in every episode, I'm not a veggie.

5) I had a tree house once, I have learned the value of a thankful heart.

I'll review comments, and comment on the post with scores as long as you are answering. I'll post the answers and final scores next Tuesday. Happy Guessing!

P.S. I mixed it up, ''Little Scribble #2'' is tomorrow and the movie review is Thursday. Sorry!!