The YD and I went to a theatre after this retail therapy and saw The King's Speech. Highly recommend this film. Excellent acting, although I think the Queen Consort is somewhat miscast. It's probably specially affecting and interesting if you know your 20th century British history, but I think it would be a good movie even if you did not have the background.
I am also posting two more pictures - taken on our beaver ponds yesterday afternoon with my nice new little camera. Good thing I did not take the biggie as I got a lot of snow dumped on me getting to the ponds, but little guy was safe in my pocket, wrapped in a spare mitten. I thought the sunset shots would be the best, but in truth I like the dark aftermath of sunset the best.
111/365 Blue Winter World
The tiny black blob in the centre of this shot is JG out on the ice chopping holes with an axe to test the ice thickness. It's skatable! Whee.
love them both, but agree that the post sunset one is a better picture.
ReplyDeleteMQ is dying to go ice skating!
we saw The King's Speech today, thought it very good. Which Queen Consort (I had to google that) didn't you like, Mary or Elizabeth?
I didn't think Bonham Carter was a good Elizabeth. Too edgy. But probably more my perception of her than an actual criticism - she did a pretty good job. She didn't look right (the YD said she was too thin.)
ReplyDeleteps Mary was the Queen Dowager at that point. (or the Queen Mother, if you prefer, but that's used more for Elizabeth than it was for Mary.)
ReplyDeleteshe was the Queen Consort at the start of the film, though, yes? ;)
ReplyDeleteI liked HBC. My hubby said she had a nice edge to her, which he had always heard she had. My aunt lives in England and has talked about how people just adored her as "the Queen Mum", and that she was very much the "people's queen" I did notice as the film went on that they made it appear that she was getting thicker.
Wow! Two posts in a row. Does this mean that MG is officially back in business.
ReplyDeleteLoved the film. It's amazing how good a film can be if you leave out chase scenes and shootouts. I'd include nudity, but I'm still not sure about that. lol
What the heck is an iron? Something to do with golf? I'm confused. You plug in golf clubs and beat tablecloths with them?
I love both your pictures--espicially the sunset.
ReplyDeleteI love my cordless iron!
I want to see the Kings Speech too--I hope I can find someone to go with me.
must have missed this one when you wrote it, oops! love those pics, I've been skating out here in WA too, but I left my ice chopper behind at home watching the dogs (and working), so I just had to trust that the other skaters were heavier than me (they turned out to be kids, whoops) but all was well :)
ReplyDeleteAmericans have no concept what they are missing, do I ever miss that store!