The Digital Bonnie

Okay, I’ve been at the movies, of course and enjoying…
Here’s some of my highs and lows:

Christmas Day Movie Pick: It’s Complicated!

I’ve been waiting for this movie for months, from the first time I saw Meryl sharing a drink with her x, Alec Baldwin. Just got my DVD copy of Julie and Julia.

What a combination!

And  written/directed by Nancy Meyers, creator of my favorite, Something’s Gotta Give. Come on, of course it’s for me. I didn’t give it a second thought that it wouldn’t live up to my expectations. I can’t say the same for Tuvia, but for me, a woman the exact same age as Meryl,
Meryl at 60. Can you believe that?  And she let’s us see her at 60 in all her real  glory, without (much) work on her lines and wrinkles.

Her Jane has been divorced for 10 years after Alec(Jake) left her for a younger woman, yes, sounds very familiar. But he comes back, disillusioned and ready to let Jane take her swipes at him and challenged  to win her,  and his  grown up family back. He yearns to be “home sweet home”.  She is thrilled at first, to be sought after, but she is a successful woman in her own right. She owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant; a cool, passionate chef. Wow, can she make a sexy chocolate croissant! And there’s also Adam(Steve Martin, in the mix, recently divorced and designing Meryl’s home renovation.

It’s complicated!

I laughed OUT LOUD for most of the movie.  Stopping only for  the last 20 minutes when we headed for home, focusing more on the necessary resolution.

No surprise-I loved it:Meryl’s look, her girlfriends- I would have liked to see more of them, and a bit about her kids and how they have to continually deal with the family divorce, Alec’s honesty. Now  Steve- I missed the funny Steve Martin but he did have to tone himself down to create a character. He could have upstaged everyone but didn’t.

I can’t wait to see it again. Is that enough of a thumbs up? I’m still laughing…smiling at least.

Yesterday, Sherlock Holmes. Like It’s Complicated, I loved the early trailers in October and November but as we got closer to its opening on Christmas Day, even though the box office was impressive some of the reviews concerned me. Of course, I love Robert Downey, Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams and yes, my memories of Basil Rathbone’s SH are still vivid  So from the start it was hard to understand Amercian Robert Downey’s  attempt a proper British accent for over two hours. I wondered if it was me, but no Tuvia too was having trouble with his muttering to sustain his approach.

Like many modern adventure films the violence is non-stop so the mind of Sherlock Holmes took a back seat to this Sherlock’s rock ‘im sock ‘im approach to solving a crime. Sorry, but I pined for Sherlock of old.  I missed the cerebral Sherlock, the calm and collected guy of Baker Street.

Oh well…it was just for the entertainment but no thumbs up, sorry.

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