Mirkwood Reflections

Here are some movies that came out in 2009 that I saw on DVD during the past year. My reactions are given and I've put the ones I recommend in BOLD to make it easy on ya! Amelia - bleh An Education - bleh The Blind Side - LOVED IT! Bright Star - LOVED IT! Couple's Retreat - a stinker Dance Flick - a few laughs, but mostly distasteful Extract - Yuk Fame 2009 - Boring The Hurt Locker - Turned it off a few minutes in Ice Age 3 - can't remember if I actually watched it or if the kids just did, lol The Lovely Bones - SO suspenseful! Me And Orson Welles - Very good ! New Moon - um, well... It was Twilight. New York I Love You - a stinker Pippa Lee - good acting, rotten story Precious - same thing as Pippa but worth watching Sherlock Holmes - enjoyed very much! Star Trek 11 - liked it far more than I imagined I would Up in the Air - liked it until the ENDING - AUGH!! Where The Wild Things Are - loved it! Whip It - very compelling The Young Victoria - A WONDERFUL MOVIE!

I've missed posting here monthly, but quarterly will have to do for now. Maybe soon I can post more regularly. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - 9/8/2010 Excellent - Classic Re-read (AUDIO version) Catherine Morland visits Bath and falls in love. I am so glad I read this again. The girls I am teaching are reading all 6 of the Austen novels this school year and I'm reading along with them, of course. Northanger Abbey was first. The reading experience was so much richer this time around. Listened to the librivox version . I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman - 9/10/2010 Good - Suspense Eliza Benedict is contacted by her kidnapper/rapist 25 years later because he wants her testimony to save him from the death penalty. Interesting since it deals with the aftermath of a serious crime - not just the immediate results, but the long term effects on a victim's life. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - 9/20/2010 Good - Young Adult Katniss becomes a reluctant leader in the Rebellion...