Stone of Destiny.Recommended by HG at The Common Room. I enjoyed this movie based on a true incident in 1950 when four Scots student stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and returned it to Scotland from whence it came back in the thirteenth century.
Bright Star.Also recommended by HG at The Common Room. Based on the life, romantic entanglements, and death of Romantic poet John Keats. This one was a little too sad and hopeless for my tastes; I think I’m developing a prejudice against all Romantic poets. They were all so emo, which I guess was the point.
Les Miserables in Concert. An old favorite that we enjoyed together as a family.
Celtic Thunder: Christmas. We didn’t get this one until after Christmas, but we watched (and swooned) and sang along anyway.
The urchins watched other things, too. They (we?) watch too many movies. I’m working on that issue.
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I didn’t get Bright Star. It was shot beautifully, but I felt that I needed to know a lot more about Keats to fully understand what was going on. It seemed to be mostly for Keats fans.
I didn’t get Bright Star. It was shot beautifully, but I felt that I needed to know a lot more about Keats to fully understand what was going on. It seemed to be mostly for Keats fans.