Happy New Year!!
Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
2004 Ray
starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix
plot – Jamie
Foxx is outstanding in the role of Ray Charles. This movie takes us throughout his initially troubled
life to fame.
This was an amazing movie. I never knew that Ray Charles was a
drug addict and womanizer. He
eventually freed himself from his bad choices, which was a relief. I really enjoyed the movie.
2006 The
Departed
starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,
Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen
plot – An Irish mafia King,
Jack Nicholson, gets a man inside
the police department at the same time that
the police send an undercover officer into the
mafia. The movie shows the struggle to remain
hidden in the enemy camp.
At first, I really didn’t enjoy the movie, but it wasn’t long
before the great acting drew me in to the storyline. This movie is filled with
super star actors and it paid off!!
See it.
2004 Sideways
starring: Paul Giamatti,
Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke
plot – A groom-to-be and
his best friend go into wine country
to relax the week before the wedding. Jack,
the groom-to- be, is out for a week of final fling before he weds. Things go wrong for both
men.
This was a frustrating movie for me. I hated that Jack’s motive
showed me that he wasn’t ready for marriage.
2004 Finding
Neverland
starring: Johnny Depp, Kate
Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman
plot – This is the story of
writer J.M. Barrie and what led to him creating Peter Pan. The inspiration for Peter
Pan came to him when he befriended a family
of four boys.
This was a fabulous movie. I love Barrie’s relationship with the
family, even though it led to end of his marriage.
2005 Crash
starring: Karina Arroyave,
Dato Bakhtadze, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Tony Danza, Matt Dillon
plot – Many intertwined
stories of people in Los Angeles. There
is a lot of racial issues and tension, as well
as learning from mistakes.
I totally disliked this movie. It was too many stories going on at
the same time and I only bought in to a one or two of them. I like a story that
helps me connect with the characters and this movie didn’t accomplish that goal
for me.
1928 7th
Heaven
starring: Janet Gaynor,
Charles Farrell, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Gladys Brockwell
plot – The story of an
abused woman who is helped by a sewer cleaner. He takes her in and eventually they
fall in love. He is off to fight in WWI.
I can’t believe that I am writing how much I LOVE this movie.
First of all, it is a silent picture, which usually makes me nuts. This story
is one of despair, empathy, love, and hope. My favorite moments came when
separated by war, the two characters stopped whatever they were doing and
silently talked to each other holding their church medals.
2003 Lost
in Translation
starring: Scarlett Johansson,
Bill Murray, Akiko Takeshita, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe
plot – Bill Murray plays
Bob Harris, a movie star, sent to Japan
to film a commercial. He meets a young woman,
Scarlett Johansson, who came to Japan with
her groom. The two meet in a bar and enjoy
each other’s company.
This was an interesting movie about a man and woman who meet in
Japan and just become good friends. The woman is married to a man with her in
Japan, and the man’s family is back in the states. It was refreshing to see
them enjoy time together as friends.
I spent a small fortune on storage bins and
I have lost my second bathroom is an enormous
The sewing room is almost empty!
The stamp rack is cleared off,
I have SOOOOOOO many things.
The dining room is now holding all of the boxes
