Happy Easter

Hello!

Happy (nearly) Easter People! To kick off this post and keep things thematic I thought I would start with one of my favourite Family Guy scenes of all time. When they basically insinuate that jesus's miracles got a little bit blown out of proportion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX8IRCz-7s4

Anyways, back to the movie thing....

Ive been thinking recently that when people ask me for film advice/recommendations the list I provide would often resemble one of a serial killer. Which, as an FYI, I am not. Though I do have a penchant for very dark/horror films. Usually the more creepy (the orphanage/the shining) as opposed to the depraved (Saw V etc) but I'll watch them all - call it thrill seeking I guess. If I havent already alienated any female readers as yet, try this - I hated the Sex and the City movie. It was crap. Annnywayyy... this was a more of an aside!

So just to update you on a few rather good films I have seen of late: Firstly (yes a rather dark film), The girl with the dragon tattoo, based on the award winning crime novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson, the first in his "Millennium Trilogy". I usually wholeheartedly object to seeing a film before reading the book, but I made an exception and it was absolutely brilliant.

The summary from IMDB

"Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger's are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves."

The main actress, in all her sinewy glory, was fantastic and the plot was amazing. Its complexity kind of reminded me of Tell No One, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/ and was gripping from start to finish in exactly the same way. Its very violent but not in an offensive or indulgent kind of way, in my opinion - but as mentioned earlier I border on the cusp of weird/sadistical with films.

Interesting article on it here.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/mar/15/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo

On quite a different note I watched a rather sweet film called 'Once' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/ kind of a heartwarming musical about a bond between an immigrant lady and a musician. At first I thought it was a bit weird and budget and made me want to sick, but once you meet the leading lady you completely fall in love with her. She is one of the most naturally charismatic and likeable characters I've seen ages. Its very sweet and the songs are also lovely, so would definitely recommend it for that warm fuzzy feeling inside.

On my list to see now is Shutter Island, The Green Zone, Crazy Heart and The Blind Side. The latter I saw a trailer for today and it made me cry - but that's not hard to do. It actually looks way to sentimental to be fair. Americans are good at that.

Hope you all have a fantastic Easter. I will be spending it mostly eating chocolate, cake and biscuits as gave them all up for lent!

xx