Best & Worst: Kevin Costner

Back in the days he was actually one of my movie heroes. If you got him as your leading man, you got a solid movie. But nowadays he has to be happy with a supporting role. Here is my choice for best & worst Kevin Costner movie.

It’s very long, but anything but dull. It’s a fantastic movie, which Kevin Costner also directed. Here he show how great of an actor he actually is.
Honourable mentions: “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”, “Field of Dreams”, “JFK”

This is the proof that Kevin Costner was on his way back. I can’t believe he agreed on participating in this movie. I mean, I love Jennifer Aniston, but it’s a weird combination. Costner is too good for this. Oh yeah, to make it even worse, his name in this movie was Beau. God…
Dishonorable mentions: “The Postman”

In My Mailbox (122)

I received nine postcards this week.

A very beautiful postcard of a tiger from Nagoya, Japan. It's a very vintage card, it's pretty unique.

Sent: november 3rd 2013
Received: november 10th 2013
Distance: 9,306 km (5,782 miles)
Travel Time: 7 days

I love Pixar, so this postcard really made me happy. It's the Parr family from "The Incredibles" on holiday. The card came from Taipei, Taiwan.

Sent: september 19th 2013
Received: november 13th 2013
Distance: 9,470 km (5,884 miles)
Travel Time: 55 days

This old street came from Cambridge, Great-Brittain. This card is very nice, really liked it.

Sent: november 11th 2013
Received: november 13th 2013
Distance: 420 km (261 miles)
Travel Time: 2 days

From Liuzhou, China I received this postcard. I don't know exactly what it is, but it looks amazing.

Sent: september 30th 2013
Received: november 13th 2013
Distance: 8,806 km (5,472 miles)
Travel Time: 44 days

New York, New York!!! I have been waiting for some nice New York card for quite some time now. Finally I got one, from Rockford, Illinois, US.

Sent: october 30th 2013
Received: november 13th 2013
Distance: 6,810 km (4,232 miles)
Travel Time: 14 days

From Oulu, Finland came this autumn card. It's autumn right now and you couldn't make me happier! Autumn is the best season of the year.

Sent: november 7th 2013
Received: november 13th 2013
Distance: 1,904 km (1,183 miles)
Travel Time: 6 days

The window of a cathedral in Metz, France is shown on this postcard. I'm not religious, but this is just beautiful...

Sent: november 12th 2013
Received: november 15th 2013
Distance: 231 km (144 miles)
Travel Time: 3 days

This Alice in Wonderland card from Hualien, Taiwan was drawn by the sender. I think that's fantastic. As a fellow creativity nut, I can really appreciate this.

Sent: november 4th 2013
Received: november 15th 2013
Distance: 9,579 km (5,952 miles)
Travel Time: 11 days

Another lovely hedgehog for my collection. So sweet. It's from Novosibirsk, Russia.

Sent: october 30th 2013
Received: november 15th 2013
Distance: 4,903 km (3,047 miles)
Travel Time: 16 days

Thanks Renee, Yun, David, Opps, Caroline, Sirpa, Florian, Zoë and Ira for your beautiful postcards!!

In the Picture: The Characters from "Blue Valentine"

This movie sounds like a romance, something to feel good about. Well, think again. It's a pretty depressing film actually, but amazing. Only two main characters, but plenty to talk about.

Dean Pereira
Played by: Ryan Gosling
Dean is a high school dropout, working for a New York moving company. Later in life he starts painting houses and he's pretty content with his life. He's a loving father and he also loves Cindy, but sometimes he takes things for granted. Dean tries to persuade Cindy to give the relationship another chance, because they used to be in love with each other so much. He thinks a night together in a motel solves all their problems, but when Cindy has to leave for work Dean freaks out. Although Dean has good intentions, he thinks to lighty about things.

Cindy Heller-Pereira
Played by: Michelle Williams
Cindy is a pre-med student living with her unhappy parents and caring for her grandmother. When Cindy becomes a nurse, she thinks Dean drinks too much and he lacks ambition. She doesn't know if she wants their daughter Frankie to grow up in a home with parents who are so hateful to each other, because Cindy doesn't feel any love for Dean anymore. Cindy is troubled, confused and filled with all sorts of emotions.

Favorite Character: Cindy Heller-Pereira

Top 5 Thursday: Movies from 1988

Back to the 80’s. Let’s see what great movies were made that year. Turns out that 1988 was a fantastic movie year! Here are my five favorites of that year.

5. A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese and Michael Palin, both Monty Python member, are a great duo. And how amazing was Jamie Lee Curtis. And don’t get me started on Kevin Kline as Otto, what a ridiculous bad guy. This is one hilarious movie.

4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
This was a big deal, a real life action movie mixed with cartoons. When I was younger, this movie came on television at least once a year. Now…. I don’t remember when I last saw this. It’s funny, so ppppplease…. I want to see it again.

3. Big
Tom Hanks who acts like a child, if that isn’t great I don’t know what is. One of my favorites of Tom, top ten material. It’s so much fun how he and Robert Loggia are jumping on that giant floor piano.

2. Gorilla’s in the Mist
I love this movie even more now that I’ve been there myself. I’ve seen gorilla’s in the wild and I really respect Dian Fossey. This is also a very sad movie…

1. Die Hard
The number one action movie! It’s still great, even after watching it so many times. And Bruce Willis is awesome. Did you know that Richard Gere was considered to play McClane? As much as I love Richard, Bruce is the perfect man for the job.

They Almost Made the Top 5: Rain Man

50 Books Challenge 2013 Update

As you know I'm in a book challenge. Lately I haven't read any books, at least not enought to reach my goal this year. I read 37 books so far, but I'm way behind, because it's only a month and a half away from the new year. My job is taking all my energy at the moment, so reading isn't something I do very often. I do relax from time to time, because I still write, scrapbook and watch movies. My mind is set for those things, I think at any time, but reading just isn't. So I'm no longer doing this challenge, but that doesn't mean I will never read again. It's just reading without the pressure of completing a goal or reading a certain ammount of books within a timeframe.

Weekly Photo Challenge 2013 - Theme # 45: Drinks

Here is this weeks theme.

This picture was taken when me and my friend Nandy went to Maastricht. We enjoyed the nice weather with some drinks. The white wine is mine.

DVD Collection Update (8)

I got some new DVD's for my collection. One new movie and some great classics. I'm very happy with these new additions!

The first film I got only cost me 1 euro. That's practically for free. It could be that it was so cheap because it's total crap, but I was always charmed by Ioan Gruffudd and ALbert Finney is a good actor.

I've heard so many great things about "Beasts of the Southern Wild". And now that I saw it myself I understand why. It's an amazing movie. Quvenzhané Wallis, the kid who plays Hushpuppy, is so talented!

I'm most excited about this one! I just loved the first movie "Monsters Inc.", so I pre-ordered "Monsters University" as soon as it was available. It's not as hilarious as the first, but still genious! And I love Mike Wazowski!

This is an absolute classic. And it's the perfect movie for the fall, because in my country that's when it rains a lot (I secretly don't mind at all). I can't wait to rewatch "Singin' in the Rain".

I always like a good detectvie story, but there is no one like Clouseau. The complete "Pink Panther" collection, with all the movies starring Peter Sellers. So none of the crappy remakes or the one with Roberto Benigni.

And finally I found "The Big Lebowski" and what a cool edition this is. It comes with a slipcover. This is such an awesome movie, with off course one of the coolest movie characters ever. They don't call him "The Dude" for nothing.