30 before 30: Rocky & the Godfather

One movie related item on my 30 before 30 list was to watch 5 movies that I feel I should have seen before now – including both Rocky and The Godfather. How I had managed to not see either of these movies is totally beyond me since they are on TV all the time.

First up: Rocky.

I can finally say I’ve seen Rocky (er, rather, all of them… how can you stop after just one Rocky?) and I really enjoyed most of them, though the first is definitely the best. A full and beautifully written script by Stallone combined with his unique acting style really brought Rocky to life with more dimensions than I expected. Rocky is not just a boxing movie. It’s a movie that happens to have boxing in it, and that is why I like it. Not that I don’t occasionally dig the sports movies but rather this one was so much more than that which makes it special.

The rest of the Rocky movies were okay, only one was really absolutely terrible, but until the last one they don’t really hit the same tone of the original.

Next: The Godfather.

So far I have only seen the first Godfather, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I kept recognizing actors that i previously had no idea were in this movie and quickly was pulled into the drama of it all. Great acting, interesting story and great characters.. watching Michael’s character arc throughout the movie was intriguing and well done. Several people have told me that the second is even better, so I’m looking forward to adding that to our Blockbuster que and continuing the Godfather adventure.

Over all I’m glad I’ve finally seen these movies and I think I liked Rocky more than Godfather, but enjoyed both. Movies still on the “should have seen by now” list are : Blade Runner, Alien and Annie Hall. Stay tuned!

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26/365 Let’s Go to the Movies

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February Goals, 2012

January felt like a productive month, but let’s take a closer look:

Wedding: Secure DJ and Officiant, make Save the Dates, try on pretty dresses, research for more inspiration.  We have secured DJ and JP, designed our Save the Dates (not printed yet) and I have found THE perfect wedding dress. Oh, and we booked our honeymoon hotel.

Home: Pack up Christmas things and clean my desk/work storage areas.

365/blog: My new rules are that I must take 7 photos a week, they do not have to be taken one a day. Also, begin editing and listing on Sundays so that the blog gets a fresh photo each day   Mostly successful, a couple photos behind but I have plans to work on this.

fallenpeach: Make 5 more pendants to list; sort photos and decide on 5 new bookmark images. FAIL.

custompeach: List more custom options (portraits, superheros etc) and celebrate launch somehow. FAIL.

Health: Read two chapters from Idiot’s Guide/Nutrition; Wii fit 2x a week; research other work out Wii games.

30 before 30: Mark off those things that I did but forgot to mark off, choose two items to accomplish for January.

Okay, so it was a productive Wedding planning month, I’ll take that!

February Goals

Wedding: physically make Save the Dates and Send them, work on ideas for centerpieces, schedule cupcake tastings, start to plan honeymoon, research registries.

Home: Winter Cleaning and Dusting Time!

365/blog: Keep up better with photos, maybe make a list of things to take photos of for February. Keep publishing on Sunday, that works well.

fallenpeach: have a big bookmark sale, officially decide on designs that I will no longer be making, check in on the Spa selling my work.

custompeach: list more portrait offers.

health: read two more chapters in Idiots Guide/Nutrition. SERIOUSLY  START WII FIT 2 x A WEEK!!

30 before 30: choose two goals to accomplish and set deadlines.

And there we go, I’m filling my February to the brim, here’s hoping I get a lot done!

The Meetup is led by Liz over at Athena Dreams, for more information click here.

 

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