Sad news

Went to the city yesterday, intending to see "Eat, Pray, Love" but circumstances conspired against me. Here we have two old movies.


Speed

Sandra Bullock who can act, paired with Keanu Reeves who at that time, could not act. He appeared to be reading his lines. No matter, he is pretty and it's not Shakespeare. There is a bomb on the bus and if the speed drops below 50, it will explode. Most of the movie takes place on the bus, and is quite watchable. Some clever stuff, some dumb stuff, some unlikely stuff. It's okay.


Groundhog Day

Another one of those movies that messes with the space/time continuum, like "The Lake House", demonstrating the nightmare that is deja vu. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell (her of the hat). Bill Murray's character gets stuck repeating groundhog day over and over. Once he figures out what is going on, he takes advantage of it, becoming deceitful, conniving, manipulative and downright sleazy. Then he gets sick of it and commits suicide many times, always waking up in one piece the next day. Then he uses the time to good effect - ice sculpting, saving lives, learning piano. There is a lovely "Blues Brothers" moment at a party, sunglasses and all. Eventually it ends and everyone is happy. Not so sure about the groundhog though, he didn't look so happy. Perhaps this is a redemption movie, hard to say.



The sad news is that my lovely Marley cat has cancer. I hope that we can keep him with us and comfortable for a good long time. He is a special cat, and much loved.