The Adjustment Bureau. Matt Damon always delivers!

Who would have thought that The Adjustment Bureau would be a love story?  It had all the suspense of Matt's other movies like, The Bourne Identity, etc., but it was due to his need to be with the one he loved in spite of the threat to have his mind "reset" by the higher-ups who keep the life plans of people running smoothly.

It was non-stop suspense, but, I still found myself wanting to fast forward through it a little.  Kind of long in order to flesh out the details of this "adjustment bureau."  They kind of worked like one of the solitaire games I play that tells you whether the game is winnable or not winnable after each move you make.  They make adjustments to people to be sure they stay on the correct course planned for them so they can make the correct contributions to the world.  Matt and his love are not supposed to meet and be together.  It will change the future planned for them.  But, in the end a love worth sacrificing everything for, wins out.

That Old Feeling

Ahhh, this movie is so much fun!  I saw the last part again of That Old Feeling with Bette Midler and Dennis Farina (who I love), last night and remembered what a great movie it is.  I have seen it several times and love it just as much each time.  A bride's divorced parents, now remarried to other people, come to her wedding and find they still have that old feeling and can't resist each other.  They are all over each other, sneaking away to the parking lot where they steam up some car windows. The daughter marries a straight-laced young politician and, with her parents' help, realize they don't really love each other.  She falls for the photographer who follows her famous mother around after her mother and father lock them in a hotel room together overnight.  Lots of bedlam and hilarious hijinks throughout the movie as the mother and father try to run away from everyone.  Directed by Carl Reiner, the cast is perfect.  I have always liked Dennis Farina.   Would love to see him in more romantic/comedy roles. This is my favorite Bette Midler movie, too.  Always laugh throughout this movie and love the ending.  Even with two people who have trouble getting along with each other for more than five minutes, it is nice to see love win out over all else in the end.  

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. ATTRIBUTION: The Mourning Bride by William Congreve

A note explaining some of the music choices, like the perky version of Dixie or the marches.  I was searching you tube for videos on metal detecting and came across this one in Kansas that had a fabulous version of Dixie.  It is so lively and fun to listen to and always improves my mood (I am from the North, but I love Civil War history and respect the heck out of the people who fought on both sides)!  The tune was a popular minstrel song before the South adopted it as their anthem during the Civil War.  But, hey, they picked the best tune for getting the tired, disheartened soldiers going again.   I also liked the John Phillip Souza march of Dixie. Really, you can kick your depressed mood by listening to these versions of Dixie and soon be whistling along!

Some of the others are just favorites from my youth like Quicksilver Messenger, In the Country by Three Dog Night, Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Moody Blues, Wishbone Ash, David Crosby, etc.  I would have more videos of Led Zeppelin, my number one all-time favorite band, and some other favorites but they tend to be removed from youtube more due to copyright issues.

The others are just favorite songs I have found over the years.  My partner and I got to know each other over Soulful Strut by Hugh Masekela.  An old boyfriend who was a good bluegrass guitarist always said Windy and Warm by Doc Watson was my song.  I liked the way my boyfriend played it even more than Doc Watson.  It was a little slower which allowed a little more emotion to come through, I think.  I heard Glen Campbell sing I Remember You about the time I was getting married and I fell in love with it.  It is still my favorite version and we played it at our wedding.  (I saw an interview recently with Glen Campbell talking about his recent diagnosis of Alzheimers and he still looks great and sings great at 75). Yeah, marriages don't always last but often the friendship does.  I appreciate them all!

I have lots more favorite songs and artists but haven't loaded them on the player, yet.  Oh, I've added another big favorite, Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo!

The movie clips are either favorites from movies I have posts about or are to show how sexy or romantic some actor is or some song or scene is!  That is why I have Elliot Cowan who played Mr. Darcy in Lost in Austen, Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, Brendan Fraser, the hottest Tarzan, in George of The Jungle.  And I only put Christopher Lee on there as Dracula to illustrate how he was the hot vampire in my youth like the hot vampires in the current phase of vampire and fantasy movies.

I recently added the song and video for You and Tequila, by Kenney Chesney and Grace Potter.  It is hypnotic and they do it so well.

Music transports me to lovely places and times.  Hope you find some you enjoy.

Hereafter with Mat Damon

Kind of a nice, quiet movie.  I like that even though his psychic ability interferes with his ability to have a normal life or relationship, he finds in the end that it doesn't prevent him from finding the "one" he is destined to be with.  The one who is of like mind, the one who understands without saying a word, the one who is part of his soul.   I like that idea.  Hope it is true.  Nice to think that no matter how screwed up any one of us are or our lives are, we might still have a divine plan for our lives that puts everything right.  Let's hope so!