Monday Blurbs ~ Second Edition.

All right gals and guys, well, mostly gals anyway. ;) Let's see what my family and I watched over the weekend!

On Friday evening we watched The Lost World. No, not the Jurassic Park one, the other one based on the Arthur Conan Doyle book. This mini-series was made in 2001 and it's pretty epic, complete with T-Rexes of course. Like all things Hollywood they had to throw in a girl for the goofy but lovable Malone to fall for and the film-makers did this in a fairly clever, understandable way by having them meet up with a lonely missionary who has a lovely jungle-wise niece who tags along on the adventure. It's really very good and better than the 1925 movie. Other versions of this classic adventure story include a 1992 film and a TV show, neither of which I've seen nor probably entirely want to see. Lord Roxton, needless to say, was my favorite character in both book and movie but especially in the movie. ;)

When that was over we watched the hilarious but classic black and white version of Pride and Prejudice. While it does stick to the book as far as Mrs. Bennett, Lydia and Kitty's outrageous behavior is concerned and all the other primary characters {save for Darcy who comes across as more lovable than the other film versions portray him as; bet ya you didn't know he actually smiles in the book!} are fairly close to their classic roles in both other film versions and the book, this movie doesn't follow the book too closely. For one thing, the gals' costumes are just plain hilarious! Elizabeth makes quite a few animated facial expressions which was obviously what Kiera Knightly modeled in her take on the classic heroine but her manner and speech pattern are so....unreal that I just crack up every time I watch this movie! I like it well enough though. ;)

On Saturday morning my brothers watched the cartoon movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars while I had breakfast and tried to figure out what to do with myself. While I'm familiar with the characters in that movie from the other Star Wars films we've seen and from the books I've read, the cartoon film doesn't really flow well with the other Star Wars stuff out there. It's also the pilot of the TV show so it ends with a TV episode cliffhanger. I do, however, like how Anakin is obviously haunted by what he did the last time he was visiting his home-planet {if you've seen Star Wars Episode 2 then you what I'm talking about}. It was originally made in 2008. Ugh, now I feel old. *rolls eyes and grins*

We also watched Inception for the second time since getting it from the library a couple weeks ago. Made in 2010, the award-winning film is mind-blowing, to say the least. It certainly makes one think about dreams differently. I liked seeing Leonardo DiCaprio in something other than Titanic and The Quick and The Dead {the only movies I can remember last seeing him in} and in a more grown-up mature role, even if his character's heart is broken. The other characters - architect Ariadne, best pal/side-kick Arthur, the humorous Eames, the client Saito, that other guy and Robert who is the guy whose head they're trying to get into - are all very well drawn and colorful. I think I liked Ariadne, Arthur and Eames the best; especially the last two guys who provide most of the laughs this film gave my family and I. I haven't decided if I'm gonna write a review on it or not.

We also watched MI5. Typical that the character I liked went bad and died. Ah well. I'll find another spy thriller to keep me occupied eventually. Also watched the NASCAR Nationwide race which Carl Edwards won. Go Carl!

On Sunday after church and a fun but tiring potluck afterward my mom and I watched the second episode of Masterpiece Mystery's new show Zen after dinner while my siblings watched Ice Age 3 which they've already seen before and are quite delighted with. But first things first. This second episode of Zen, while entertaining and interesting, just wasn't as good as the first episode. Which was a little disappointing for me. Hopefully the next episode will be better. ;) I still really don't like all those mushy kisses and what was up with the girl changing her clothes while Zen was trying to ask her some questions concerning the case?! So didn't need that or the end scene either. *rolls eyes* Ah well, what I can I do about it now? Still, it was fun to watch and hang out with my mom.

Ice Age 3 err, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, was originally made {or released rather since animated movies take longer to produce than live action ones} in 2009 and featured Manny, Sid, Diego, that silly squirrel Scrat, Ellie and those two weasels or whatever those things are all heading off into another adventure. Manny and Ellie, the mammoths, are expecting their first child and Diego is feeling lonesome while Sid just wants to be part of a family. He gets everyone into trouble by adopting three T-Rex hatchlings and then getting kidnapped by the mama dinosaur who drags him down into a subterranean tropical world. Intent on rescuing their wayward buddy the gang follows him down and meet this crazy guy who provides a lot of laughs. Just so you know I get all of the Ice Age movies mixed up and Diego is my favorite character. ;)

That about sums up my weekend, as far as watching things on the television is concerned. Tune in tomorrow for my weekly Round of Interesting Blog Posts. Catch ya all later!