Feb 29

the-other-girl.jpg”The Other Boylen Girl” is a wonderful movie to watch taking us back in time where the richly embroidered clothes and love shines very brightly. I was so excited to see the previews. It is based on a bestselling novel by Philippa Gregory   http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/308015  and is opening in the theaters today, February 29, 2008. http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/theotherboleyngirl/

The story is about two sisters who battle between themselves to win the kings favor and for one of them it proves fatal. Mary Boleyn is played by Scarlett Johansson http://movies.go.com/scarlett-johansson/b732331 , Anne Boleyn by Natalie Portman http://movies.go.com/natalie-portman/b734752 and King Henry Tudor is played by Eric Bana http://movies.go.com/eric-bana/b740498 . The story is set in the court of Henry VIII is shows the backstabbing and decapitation. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/353090_other29q.html

The costumes are beautiful the story line exciting and interesting.  Anyone who likes to see costume movies will definitely enjoy it, I know I will.

Costume movies take us back in time and show different world, not necessarily better but different. The clothes are beautiful, the love stories zesty - that moves our imagination and takes us back through time to let us learn about lives during the past era. The characters have the same issues/problems that people in today’s world face maybe the circumstances are a little different but problems are the same: broken hearts, money, achieving goals without caring about other peoples feelings.

The movie’s reviews are good:

The Critics’ grade is B http://movies.go.com/other-boleyn-girl/r898255/drama#critics

So go see for yourself, you probably will enjoy it. 

And just in case you want to pretend that we are living is that beautiful world dress up in those wonderful costumes and pretend to be royalty.  Just for Fun !http://www.realmcollections.com/c137/medieval-dresses.html

 

 

Feb 28

The One RingSo many issues arose just from the One Ring in “Lord of the Rings” that the adventure quickly made itself known and people discovered their new hero. Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Aragon, Boromir Pippin and Samwise all help the action-seeking Frodo to destroy The Ring. While adventures arise, their troubles and actions lead to new problems and action-filled resolutions. Many replicas from Lord of the Rings are spread throughout many stores and website seeking the needs of the customers to buy their products since each is so unique and relevant to the story. Many famous rings and swords featured in the actual movie are compiled together to get the views of the people and make their heroes well-known:  http://www.realmcollections.com/c143/lord-of-the-rings.html.

While one becomes more and more attached to the the replicas and the favorite characters in the movie, http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/movielinks/index_fan.htm offers a lot of discussions, pictures and videos especially designed for people seeking adventure and more information on this Academy Award winner movie.The names for the unique swords and the characters in Lord of the Rings are every unique and appealing to the times where the weapons of the Middle-earth are not just the tools but also a form of the entire back stories and histories. Much is decided to by the force of arms and the character of those that choose to use them. A sword was only a one with bones of the earth as the potential but its maker decided to use the material from the mountains of the Middle-earth. The origin of all metal weaponry and armor came from the iron-rich rock that the sword was officially made from. Just as “Lord of the Rings” was a truly amazing movie, its movie replicas are also aspiring especially when their origins reach as far as the Middle-earth times. http://www.lordoftherings.net