It’s not been a bad start to the new year and one that seems to have meant that most people have stayed away from work until (I guess), tomorrow. This means for those of us who haven’t jetted around the world at Christmas, we get to bed into the new year with some decency and with space to breath.
The new year brings some form of rail service and we have managed to get into London on the weekend and spent some of yesterday at Westfield having a look around the shops. Richard must have been relaxed as he agreed to have a hand massage at L’Occitane – it was all about the Shea Butter apparently 😉
Sadly the annual post Christmas TV depression ensues and the selection on all the channels has been absolutely dreadful. We resorted to watching two movies last night. In fact it’s been a weekend of movies as we went to the cinema today.
I am not sure what this selection of movies says about us but here goes:
Horrible Bosses – Richard bought me this for Christmas and we both enjoyed it. I cannot say we enjoyed it as much as we thought we would be it was a good enough romp to while away a couple of hours. Richard also bought me Transformers 3 which we will watch at some stage.
Captain America – Great nonsensical film which has a fair amount of action in it and the not to be missed topless scene of Chris Evans looking all ripply and delicious. This film was spoilt by the service offered by Sony’s film on demand service (which comes straight into our Sony Bravia TV via the web). Sadly in the most action packed part of the film the sound crapped out – is it any wonder Sony is losing money and market share?
The Iron Lady – This is a film which is acted wonderfully not only by Meryl Streep but the whole cast – including such surprises as Richard E Grant playing Nigel Hesseltine. An interesting dramatisation of Thatchers reign of power but not a film I felt totally comfortable with as the writers chose to depict it through the eyes of a woman with dementia. Having had a grandparent die a slow drawn out death due to Alzheimer’s I feel this is a sensitive subject and no matter who they are, they should be treated with dignity and respect. I am sure the writers could have come up with something else as a vehicle for the story.
A varied selection of films as you can see and this evening will probably be punctuated with Sherlock Holmes on the BBC.
I like weekends like this as we have done quite a bit but also had the opportunity to take time out and to relax. I just hope it lasts!
Keith Tomlinson Photography 