Friday Felicities ~ August 28, 2009

Things that make me happy...

• A trip to the Wilson Co. Fair tomorrow.
• Fishing/throwing rocks at the lake by our house.
• God's grace and patience...it gets me through EVERY day.
• Jordan trying out for choir and her sharing her beautiful voice with others.
• Labor Day next weekend!!...I love having a 3-day weekend to look forward to. :)

Link up over at Becky's with things that make you happy...

Review ~ The Last House on The Left

Ok, as much as I like scary movies...I was not a big fan of this one. This is a Wes Craven remake of his own 1972 movie...which I have not seen. For some reason - some directors/producers/writers believe there has to be lots of boobs for a movie to be scary. I cannot tell you how many scary movies I have tried to watch with just nonsense nudity in them. "IT'S NOT NECESSARY!", I want to scream to them! It's just stupid...and for that reason alone - it lost a star. Another reason was the rape scene...not a fan!! I know it happens - and it accurately depicts what evil things bad people do...but that doesn't mean I want to watch it....you lost another star. I did like the fact that the good guys prevail. I watched another thriller-type movie a while back and all the good guys died...what kind of movie is that?? Who wants the bad guys to win?? This wasn't the worse movie I've ever seen...but I won't watch it again. And...it wasn't scary. For some reason...I thought scary movies were supposed to be, um...scary?


Synopsis:
John & Emma Collingwood are on vacation at their lakeshore house when, by a bizarre twist of fate, they give shelter to the sociopaths who have just assaulted and nearly killed their daughter. Upon discovering the truth, they exact a chilling revenge on her attackers...

Review ~ The Uninvited

This movie - rated PG-13 and released on January 30, 2009, was very good, in my opinion. I must preface this with the fact that I "love" scary, suspensful, thriller-type movies. This one wasn't too scary - but very suspensful and had an ending I just wasn't expecting...another huge plus for me.

Basically a film of unknown stars - I only recognized David Strathairn, who played the father - it was well acted. It wasn't cheesy like many "scary" movies tend to be. They managed to keep me waiting to see what would happen and rooting for the underdog.

Anna (Emily Browning) is commited to a mental institution after an attempted suicide following her mother's tragic death. When she is released, she learns her father is planning on marrying the woman who was her mother's nurse, Rachael (Elizabeth Banks). Rachael seems to not have the best intentions and seems to be hiding something. Anna begins seeing her mother's ghost - and Anna concludes that it was not just an accident...that she was murdered.