Karen’s Opinion

to understand the movie we watched the other night. Hubby and I rented The Other Man starring Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, and Romola Garai. The actors spoke in low tones and we had trouble catching on as to what the plot might be. We turned the volume way up and finally figured out what “might” be happening. I don’t think we are that old!

The movie had an interesting theme, what would you do if you found out that your wife had an affair. If you could find the “other” man, would you want to meet him? What would you have to say to said man? What you think you would do and what you would actually do might surprise you. I recommend this movie, if you are really bored.

We watched a cute movie, Leap Year, starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. I enjoyed this movie! The woman that Amy portrays decides, after hearing that it is okay to propose to a man on Leap Day, she is going to get a ring on her finger by asking her long time, dragging his feet boyfriend to marry her. According to Irish tradition, a woman can propose to a man on February 29 during a leap year. She travels to Dublin where her boyfriend is attending a conference. Every type of setback is thrown in her path. Figuring out the phones, rail systems and other travel methods is an adventure that is fun to watch. I enjoyed watching Amy walk on very rough terrain in the highest heels you can imagine. The bits of romance were very nice. I had never heard of Matthew Goode but my daughter has seen him in other movies. He was nice to look at. A very funny movie with beautiful scenery. I recommend it!

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Before we all get wrapped up in yard work and ball games, write down April 9th, 2010 on your calendar. This is the release date for the hilarious Date Night Movie, starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey.

Have you heard about this movie? You may have heard about the four-and-a-half minute kiss experienced by the talented actors. LOL

The movie tells the story of an everyday couple who, like most married couples, need to put a little romance back into their marriage. The couple has three children and if you have kids, you know how parents become nonpersons, with their needs pushed aside. They need some time to themselves and decide to have, what they deem, a date night. Things seem better but they find their bi-monthly dates becoming as routine as their parenting with each ordering the same foods, talking about the kids and complaining about the in-laws. Date night becomes one more evening of routine ritual until one particular date night. The night becomes an evening that includes a wild car chase, a shootout and a showdown with an underworld boss at a strip club. Let me say, the marriage had more excitement than bargained for at the end of this date!

Watch the following movie trailer to see a few of the antics in Date Night:

Check out the movie and hope your date night never goes haywire like this one does!

While the kids were home this Christmas, we watched the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. While I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, I think I would have enjoyed it more had I been able to follow the character lines.

I think I need to re-read all of the HP books. Do you know how long that will take me? Does anyone have any cliff notes?

If I am not around, it is because I have my nose in a book.

It is hard to believe that 4 years ago around this time of the year, we had a tornado go through our town on a Sunday evening. It leveled a modular home, moved houses off their foundations and knocked down a lot of trees. I felt so bad for the people who had to clean all the mess. There were electrical lines down. It was very eerie to look at the apartments where we lived when we first got married and see that the roof was gone. We could actually see the refrigerator in one of the apartments. Thank the Lord no one was killed. It was a miracle. We didn’t even know it had happened since it was on the opposite end of town. We had a lot of wind while watching the movie Haunted Mansion. I remember being engrossed in the movie and being scared out of our wits when the bathroom door slammed shut. It happened during a scary part of the movie and made us all jump.