Dunkirk!
Remember me telling you all how much I loved this film? It is nominated for 8 Academy Awards! I especially hope that Christopher Nolan will win for Best Director. (Best Picture would be nice too.)
Pay no attention to the empty box below, I can't get rid of it!
Richard and I also saw "Paddington 2"! We liked it, of course! Hugh Grant was amazing in this! (Stay through the credits, you must not miss the ending in the prison!) And also, Mrs. Brown who was portrayed by Sally Hawkins, is nominated for Best Actress for her role in "The Shape of Water"!
(Do you remember me telling you that her parents are Jacqui and Colin Hawkins and they are well known authors of children's books? Well, I am telling you again!)
Do you like orange marmalade? You know it always figures a lot in the Paddington movies!
Almost a month since Christmas I know but I read a wonderful piece on the BBC website about Charles Dickens and "A Christmas Carol".
You may read it just here. I never saw the movie "The Man Who Invented Christmas"...but I will be sure to see it when it comes out on DVD!
So, how are you all doing? Seen any of the films nominated for Oscars? What do you think? Do tell me!
Looking forward to the Paddington movie, loved the first one. Dunkirk won't win, though it should,not politically correct enough.
ReplyDeleteI hope Dunkirk will win for every category nomination! It was brilliantly filmed, and the fact that it was based on a true life story makes it all that more important.
DeleteI saw The Darkest Hour and loved it, Gary Oldman seemed to become Churchill, brilliant acting.
ReplyDeleteI thought the supporting actors were brilliant as well! You might laugh when I tell you that I sang "Rule Britannia" during the closing credits! (Just a few bars!) I loved doing that, by the way, the theatre was almost empty. I might sing again depending on the movie! :-)
DeleteI don't care much for marmalade. It's much too sweet.
ReplyDeleteI only eat orange marmalade in England, nowhere else!
DeleteMy breakfast almost always consists of muesli and so I never have any type of jam or marmalade at home.
ReplyDeleteI have not (yet) seen any of the movies you mention, but when O.K. will be here this weekend, we might go to the cinema Saturday night - or just stay in and watch a film on TV or DVD, depending on the weather.
Yes, it was Christmas Eve a month ago... Going to a friend's birthday tonight, the third of four birthdays in my family and circle of friends this month - so, no shortage of celebrations :-)
Muesli! I love that when I am in England, it is just not as good here!
DeleteI also meant to say, it sounds nice for all the family and friend celebrations. Your January sounds more fun than mine!
DeleteA friend aged 102 went to see this film. "Nor enough men, they did not look rough enough, and none of them smoked!" were among the complaints. She was in the WRAF I think. She never forgot her time.
ReplyDeletePlease, would you thank her for her service? Thank you.
DeleteI just read a review of Dunkirk in "The Guardian". Gee, what a snooty critic wrote that piece! I thought it was an excellent movie, not a documentary mind you, but a film that should make people want to learn more about the actual event.
I need to go to a LOT of movies in February to get ready for the Oscars on March 4th!
ReplyDeleteDon't eat all the popcorn!
DeleteWe enjoyed The Man Who Invented Christmas. Would you say it is necesssry to see the first Paddington movie to enjoy the second one? The Greatest Showman is my favorite so far, although we did like Dunkirk and especially Darkest Hour.
ReplyDeleteNo, you don't have to see the first Paddington to enjoy the 2nd one. However, I must admit, I liked the first one better. Maybe that is just me! :-)
DeleteHi Kay - Paddington's here ... but I expect I'll catch it when it appears anon ... Dunkirk is excellent. Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteHi Hilary! You know I had to have a photo from Eastbourne looking out onto the English channel!
DeleteI haven't seen any recent films. When I lived in New Zealand I took the children to the cinema sometimes but here the only times I've been for as long as I can remember is to see simultaneous opera productions from The Met or plays from The National Theatre. To make things wors I don't eat marmalade.
ReplyDeleteWhat, not even the ones I tell you to see?
DeleteI also don't eat marmalade, only when I am in England!
Nor, as you can see, do I check my comments before I send them.
ReplyDeleteI check mine, but I am a lousy proofreader. Dang, I tried to type "poof"reader to be funny and it auto corrected!
DeleteWell done for Dunkirk - we thought it was excellent too. Never seen a Paddington movie, but as I love orange marmalade, and actually quite like Hugh Grant, maybe it's time :)
ReplyDeleteHugh Grant was good in this film!
DeleteHope you saw the photo of the cardinal in the snow in one of my recent posts!
The trouble with both 'Dunkirk' and 'Darkest Hour' is that I know what happens... bad jokes aside, both are excellent - though I feel 'Dunkirk' is more a cinematic experience than anything - it really is amazing to watch, though. I found the historical inaccuracies in 'Darkest Hour' irritating and unnecessary; but, despite that, it is really good, gets the general story across extremely well, and both Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas are astonishing - you believe they are Winston and Clemmie. Not seen P2 yet - it sounds hilarious; and I want to see 'Post' - I like stories with a mission!
ReplyDeleteYes! I also thought Kristin Scott Thomas was excellent. The actor who portrayed Neville Chamberlin was very, very good as was the actor who was Lord Halifax. I am sure that Gary Oldman will win the Oscar. I wonder what Winston would have to say about that? (Something very humorous, I am sure.)
DeleteI love orange marmalade, Kay, but even better is ginger marmalade. I haven't seen any of the movies ~ I've just been on the move too much. It looks like a great bunch of movies this year. I've never forgotten Kristen Scott Thomas in "The English Patient." Wishing you a great rest of the week!
ReplyDeleteI liked Kristen Scott Thomas in Four Weddings and A Funeral!
DeleteGinger marmalade sounds wonderful, I love ginger. xx
My family (and I) saw Paddington 2 on Friday night and again on Monday night. Delightful!
ReplyDeleteDelightful! Yes, that is the perfect description of this film. As always, thank you for your words!
DeleteStarted by a Scot from Paisley (a former thread mill worker) and his wife in the mid 1800s and a Scottish then a British brand of marmalade for 150 years as they expanded. Think it was sold off to international owners in the past decade, like everything else successful in the UK. I remember as a child having a range of Robertson jams over the years as they were my local jam company just down the road. Seen the first Pad film this year.
ReplyDeleteRobertson...you know I had to look it up! Interesting company, shame that it had to be sold to a US company.
DeleteI also like the strawberry jam when I am in England!
Oh Lord Robinsons Marmalade. I just bought Marmalade today but I just know it does not compare. Were they the ones who used to have a "Golly" on them way back when. We loved our Golly's but they are no longer appropriate. .......I also miss Cadbury Flakes. I have adjusted to most things but there are still a few things, Aero bars, that are just not available here.
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Yes! I do remember the Gollys on Robinsons' Jams and Marmalades I read the history of them on their website and they were not meant to be racist in any way but I can see how some might think that they were.
DeleteCadbury Flakes and Aero Bars, you are making me "homesick" for England! xx
I haven't been to the movies is ages but will catch some of these flicks on DVD. They all sound really good. There's a man who lives in Ashland who's production company's film was nominated. It's called "Vincent" and it was nominated in the animation category.
ReplyDelete"Loving Vincent" is a film that I would love to see! It is really 65,000 oil paintings with each painting a single frame. (The paintings are by 115 different artists in the different styles of Van Gogh.)
Delete"The most visually daring movie" is one way I have seen it described...sounds amazing.
My sister is coming next weekend - I want to catch up on movies with her.
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you see! And try to catch that old film with Danny Thomas and Doris Day, "I'll See You In My Dreams". It's wonderful.
DeleteSad to say I haven't seen any of those although we had made plans to see The Shape of Water. We'd still like to see it. I'm really not one for War movies though. I get so depressed seeing them.
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