Colin Firth should be enough when explaining what encouraged me to see this. :-P
But this aside, the wonderful photography and scenery of Genoa/Genova were big drawcards. Loved the way it was filmed in a very natural, immediate way. The colouring of the film was very muted and unsaturated - I liked that because it seemed to provide a sense of 'realness' and stopped it from looking like a travel brochure.
Also loved that it was not about starring roles or big parts but it was a vignette of everyone, in particular Mary, the little girl. What a wonderful little actress. She really did a great job. And Colin's Joe was very real, played in an understated way.
Things I didn't like? Kelly the older daughter was so brittle, a horrible teen but that was her expression of grief I think. I thought the actress was toooo skinny, and she was dressed way too provocatively but maybe that is exactly what a teenager would be wanting to wear, plus her mother wasn't there to see and her father was somewhat distracted. It wasn't that I disliked the character or the actress but I was more aware that I was thinking about these things, whereas the others seemed to inhabit their characters and the actor disappeared. But maybe this demonstrates what a great little actress this girl is because she was so thoroughly horrible at times.
So, nice day. Caught up with my friend and we had a lovely few hours watching this movie, having lunch, chatting and browsing round a shop full of nic nacs. Left her to do the school run as I dashed off to one of my fave spots for a bit of a wander - Ikea. Yup, I do love this barn of a place. It provides so many cool and versatile things. My thing today turned out to be Christmas decos. A few good candles, Swedish style ornaments and bargain wrapping paper. Way more there this year than in the past so it was a little tricky getting me to stop with the buying!!! Here's a few of my cute finds:
Yes, there are a few common themes emerging here ..
:::::dala horse, moose, bird:::::
hmmm, a tad predictable is moi, non?
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