Amazing

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Book Name: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Author: Kim Edwards

Premise:

The story is about this man [David Henry] who has to deliver his own babies. The first one, a son, is fine. The second, a girl, has Down's Syndrome. He tells the Nurse [Caroline Gill] to take the girl to a home for the mentally retarded [the book is starts in the 60s so thats what it is called in the book]. Caroline keeps the kids, brings her up and the book is just about the two different families and how this decision affects them.

AWESOME BOOK. It is such a page turner.... I totally loved it. Best book I have red in 2007. Granted I have read maybe only 5 books but it is so far THE BEST! Get it, read it and see if you dont agree with me!

Lack of Sleep

I couldnt sleep last night and as I was channel surfing, I decided to catch "The Horse Whisperer".
Run Time: 170 minutes

The last time I watched this movie was a long time ago so there was so much I did not catch the first time I watched it. Like the fact that Scarlett Johansson was in the movie, or Kate Bosworth. And may I please point out that Scarlett has really blossomed [that video with Justin sucks though].

Anyway, the movie was very bland, unnecessarily long and the book was much better. It did help me sleep though so for that, I give it 5/10. Ok... I am being very generous. 4.5/10

Oh Dear

Movie: Ghost Rider.
Running Time: A long 2 hrs and 3 minutes
Language: Some form of English

Unless you want to watch poor acting by Nicolas Cage, a less than sub-par love story, a poorly written script.... STAY AWAY.

I give it 2/10. Just coz Eva Mendes is hot and I can appreciate that.

In retrospect, if the movie was written better and they chucked Nicolas Cage and used the guy who acted in The Punisher, it would have been a decent movie.

Memo to NICOLAS CAGE: You.Can't.Act!

Damn! Just DAMN!

~~~~~~~~~~~~SPOILER WARNING~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ok... if you are obsessed with Grey's Anatomy like I am, please tell me you cried last night?? PLEASE tell me I am not the only one who got all emotional........

YOU GUY.... I wailed like a child... and now, my only purpose in life is to live atleast till Thursday to find out the conclusion of this emotional, gut wrenching.... heart tugging three episodes.

Confession: I always felt that Grey's Anatomy would one day become as dry as ER became.... but at this moment, I have high hopes for it....... VERY HIGH.
But what is Grey's Anatomy without Meredith Grey???
Do you think they are killing of any characters?
I think Meredith will live.... do you????


Cross posted on: Life and its General Nonsense

Reasoning

5 Reasons why Jennifer Hudson should not win the Oscar for Best-Supporting Actress

I have not yet watched Dreamgirls. I have caught clips of it on You Tube and it is nothing I would want to watch. Not in a bad way. I am not hating on Jennifer Hudson. I think the girl can sing. But act? That's stretching it abit too much.

1. Her role as Effie other than the singing, is the jilted woman. Now, I know everyone will agree with me when I say that no one and I repeat NO ONE can play jilted like Angela Bassett in Waiting to Exhale [she was so robbed] so there is nothing new we are seeing here and frankly, from what I have seen, I have not been impressed.

2. Yes, we know she is a breakout actress yada yada.... and if we are talking about breakout stars, did you catch Rinko Kikuchi's performance on Babel as the deaf girl? If I was asked, they are robbing her of the Oscar.

3. History has proven that winning an Oscar does not guarantee you big roles, good roles or even any roles. I fear that all the roles that will be sent to Ms. Hudson will be of the feisty "big" girl. [Someone say typecasting?]

4. Her music career? Thats what everyone wants to know. Will home girl come out with a CD? Is she setting her sights on that [a la Jamie Foxx?] Will it turn out to be a one hit CD [again, a la Jamie Foxx, coz we all know ain't nobody going to buy another Jamie Foxx CD]

5. Outside of a musical, I dont think she can act. And how many times do they make movies into musicals or musical movies or whatever? And how many times are those musicals featuring black people?

In other news, shoot me and poke me with a stick but there is no way in this day and age I will watch Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls.

Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Movie

Movie: Pan's Labyrinth
Running Time: 1 hr 50 minutes
Language: Spanish

So, Msanii suggested that I check out this movie. And I did this past weekend. It was a good movie. Well done. A bit too graphic for me [I closed my eyes a couple of times] but the story was brilliant. It was really a good movie. I dont think its for everyone but I do believe it is worth watching most definitely!


Its about this girl [Ofelia] who with her mum[who is pregant] moves to the countryside to be with her mum's new husband [Captain Vidal] is trying to get rid of the rebels who live in the forest. The movie moves from how Ofelia spends her day to the evil that is Captain Vidal and all that good stuff. The ending...... *tear*

PS: I could really have done without seeing the gunshot to the eye. Or the stitching of the mouth. Or the sawing off of the leg. [Those who have watched the movie know what I am talking about]

I give it an 8.5 out of 10

Are you kidding me?

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

So I got around to watching this thing last night.
If I had five thumbs, I would give this movie 5 thumbs down.

Since I have two, I give it TWO THUMBS DOWN!

I want my 90 minutes back!