10/10 for good attention to the reader who emailed me to ask what I thought of The Sound of Music as I blogged when I was about to watch it, then said nothing. Well, as seems to be the case in my life right now, things didn't go as smoothly as planned and to cut a long story short I only got to watch half. Two months later and I've now seen to the end - hurrah! I do like my films to have a heart warming message rather than blood guts and gore, so it was of course right up my street. As were the other 2 films I watched in my 2 day holiday - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Horton Hears a Who. Maybe I'm just still a kid. I don't understand why watching violence helps anyone bloom. I understand that there are horrors we need to know of, rather than pretend don't exist/didn't happen. And I've heard before how people need a safe outlet for otherwise overwhelming feelings of rage - is that what film makers are doing?
I don't know and don't have the space right now to have an intellectual in depth discussion (with myself. although I have had 2 comments now this year that weren't from myself!!)
So I'm going to stick with my kids films. And TV episodes - I enjoyed the Mr Men last night.
And my mantra for today as spotted on facebook is:
"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor"
Tho the occasional smooth sea as an opportunity to reflect on my developing skills is always welcome!!!
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