No Country for old men
Out of all of the Cohen Brothers' films I only really had time for Fargo(1996). This is because the majority of their tales seem dreadfully bleak and depressingly heavy. Fargo on the other hand has a beacon of goodness and hope in its story, in the character of rural police chief Marge Gunderson ( the terrific Frances McDormand). Gunderson's open eyed gentleness and maternal softness offset the rest of Fargo's mean,sick and evil characters which gives the whole piece a sense of hope. In the end we actually went to see Hallam Foe (2007) instead of the Cohen's latest, and despite being a confusing mixture of indie flick Catcher in the Rye and a study of teenage grief (the indie flick worked better), we kind of enjoyed it.
Jamie Bell was quite good as the "complicated" teen as was Sophia Myles ( as a H.R. tart -with-a-heart) trouble is that director David Mackenzie didn't know just where to lead the story, so in the end, the whole thing seemed to parody itself and get lost somehow.
Duck eggs
Another first today! Maude or Nell have dropped their first egg! and a beautiful blue it is too.Checked on the ducks this morning and gave them a mite dusting and wing clip. Picture is of Walter looking rather glum
The egg was waiting for me when I let them out
this morning, so hopefully when they have started we will have a whole set of ducklings by the spring Slept for a hour only this morning after work, off to the pics tonight with Hazel to see No Country For Old Men.
Katy Jurado
I always remember that she had a big deep voice
Didn't realise that she was married to Ernest Borgnine!
Eggy Bread
Now I am not trying to be all "fluffy bunny", but sometimes it is good just to enjoy( and realise that you do) little simple things in life. It is 10.30 am and we are having a lie in! Ok Chris was up at 6.30am walking the dogs and I was up at 7.45 doing the hens and ducks but after feeding and watering 36 animals, I brewed coffee, made tea and cooked "eggy Bread",(pic) and rather guiltily we had breakfast in bed!
Yesterday teatime we went to Llandudno and had a great meal and wine at Osborne's and this afternoon we are going to Roger'Jones aution house this afternoon to look for kitchen tables (http://www.rogersjones.co.uk/ ) so it has been a lovely weekend even though I will be on nights this evening!
Spring Dawn
It was quite beautiful this morning when I let the girls out, so I spent the beginning of the day digging out the new potato patch. Makes a lovely change not to be cold and wet!
3.10 to Yuma
Now I always enjoyed the original film 3:10 to Yuma . Filmed in 1957 with Van Heflin' as dirt rancher Dan Evans bringing in no-so-bad killer Ben Wade Glenn Ford, the black and white western was dreadfully tense and remarkably psych
ological in its study of redemption and pride. Mind you I always get Yuma mixed up with the similar High Noon , as I always loved Katy Jurado's dignified performance as a real classy tart with a heart!
ological in its study of redemption and pride. Mind you I always get Yuma mixed up with the similar High Noon , as I always loved Katy Jurado's dignified performance as a real classy tart with a heart!Anyhow the remake "Yuma" filmed last year with a gaunt Christian Bale as Evans and Russell Crowe as the intelligent and manipulative Wade, is an excellent "modern" telling of the tale, with both leads breathing extra depth to what seems like on the surface to be a simple morality story. Evans is a man who has lost faith in himself and is pitied by his 14 year old son ( the wonderfully swearing Logan Lerman) where as Wade is an contradiction of brutality and brains; as the two men come into conflict both realise inner qualities that they thought long forgotten. Bale and Crowe match each other scene for scene as the relationship between the two men develops, with Crowe just coming out best with the acting honours. I thought it was an excellent piece of work!
Beach 3.30pm
Just playing with Chris' camera! Blustery day here in Wales with gales all day.I love this picture pity Maddie wasn't bring up the rear! from left to right, William,Meg and of course little George trying to keep up
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