Films & Books

I think I’m going to lay low this month

It’s not out of choice, believe me.

The lockdown over the North Wales coast coupled with a month filled with night shifts have effectively pushed me into a cul-de-sac of antisocial activity. 

The night money will come in handy. 

The invoice from Mary’s vet came today 😳

At least her infected ear seems better

It fucking well should be for £180 !!

I have decided that I will have to fill the void with some old fashioned winter pursuits, namely reading and video watching. The reading of good books has been put on the back burner since Chris left so over the last two days I’ve done some research and have ordered a load of second hand books on Amazon

Giovanni Room by James Baldovir, Tales of the City by Amistead Maupin, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

All gay themed and interesting sounding.

I’ve also bought a whole plethora of esoteric dvds  Such as  some Korean Horror movies  like The Wailing and Flu as well as a selection of classics that I feel I know but have never watched 

George Cukor’s The Women, John Ford’s Stagecoach, Fellini’s La Dolce Vita are just a few films on order 

I’m almost impressing myself 

Let’s hope the reality is as impressive

from Going Gently https://ift.tt/36rAXzR

Poem

😃

 Pray

And

Be still

My soul

from R's rue https://ift.tt/2GmyEDx

The Walking Dead season 10 finale ( spoilers)

 

Old friends Carol and Daryl

I found the finale on YouTube last night

This happens sometimes if you are lucky 

So I watched it before it could be deleted.

It airs in the US on Sunday

Only read on if you want to know what happened

I guess with Covid rules applying to filmmakers, it is understandable that the finale lacked some of the epic feel of those past. Beta for example gets killed in a somewhat underwhelming way that if you sort of blink and you’ll miss it. The same can be said for Maggie’s return, which seemed totally filled with serene smiles and as for the collective populations of Oceanside, Kingdom, Hilltop and Alexandria all climbing Unseen down a lift shaft to safety, well you have to use your imagination for that.

No the finale was somewhat of an anticlimax  but it had its strengths 

The scenes between Daryl and Carol were movingly observed as were those between Carol and Lydia perhaps finally Carol can mother the daughter she needs so much.....we have only one more series to go to see.

It’s time for The Walking Dead to finish now

Of the entire franchise it’s had the best characters and the best plot lines but it has also suffered from some  Mistakes in storytelling which disappoint and spoil the whole.

But I was still moved with what I saw last night

from Going Gently https://ift.tt/34mGjK9