Duvet Snuggling and Movie Watching

This weekend C and I have been feeling slightly under the weather; well he's been feeling like crap, and I've been feeling only slightly better... All you can really do when feeling like that is snuggle under a duvet and watch some movies.  It did mean however that I got to work on my goal of watching movies from my 1001 films to see before you die book. : )

The first film we watched was Mon Oncle, a kinda silent movie by Jacques Tati. We went to a film festival focusing on his films last December and I loved the ones I saw, so was more than happy to watch this one (C loves him : ) It was lovely just like the others, funny, and just so easy going and easy to watch. It's a french film, with very little talking, about a guy and his relationship with his adoring nephew, his sister and his diapproving brother in law.  It doesn't require much attention to be paid which means  it's a great film to watch if you're feeling not great.  I just find all of his films so comforting and heartwarming : ) Check the trailer out here - and see for yourself.

We also watched Spirited Away. I know I'll get accused of being behind the times, I mean it came out a good couple years ago now, but was just never in the mood to watch it... Can't believe I waited so long, it is superb, great storyline, wonderfully beautiful and even scary animation at times, a modern day Alice in Wonderland, it was wow...  I could gush for ages... Needless to say, I loved it!!! : ) Again great for when you're not feeling so brilliant, just a truly superb film! I'd recommend watching it in Japanese with Eng subtitles, it felt more like how it was supposed to be seen if that makes any sense?  I'm now really wanting to see "My Neighbour Totoro" by the same director, can't wait... If I can only persuade C... hmmmmmmm Here's the trailer...

The last film we watched was Play it Again, Sam, the first Woody Allen/Diane Keaton film - so funny, and again, just beautifully done. NOT set in NY as I thought but in fact San Francisco, but still beautiful. The basic premise is a guy left by his wife and his quest to find love again. The two of them work so well together, I loved Annie Hall and Manhattan and this was just as good in my opinion. It's a quintessential Woody Allen movie and awesome. You do have to have a small suspense of disbelief to believe he's 29 tho : ) If you haven't seen Casablanca, I'd recommend watching that first as the ending features pretty heavily, as does Humphrey Bogart as Rick, although that's no bad thing : ) I'm not gonna post a trailer cos all the ones I found show the ending which would pretty much spoil it for you! However, if you like Woody Allen films, or want to give them a try, this is definitely one to watch : )

So, that was my weekend of duvet snuggling and movie watching,
Peace and Love,
C