Monday, January 23, 2012

During and after the rain




We made cookies and ate them for both breakfast and lunch. We watched True Grit, and I was taken by surprise given all the gun-shooting, western stuff. Can we talk about this movie? I know I'm late to the game, but was that the most incredible and incredibly weird and wonderful stilted and formal writing and speech you've ever heard in a movie? I loved it. Jeff Bridges? I love him. That girl? I loved her. Matt Damon? I loved him and his silly Texas ways. Iris Dement singing at the end? I loved it. That last shot? Gorgeous.


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13 comments:

  1. NoanJanuary 23, 2012 at 4:27 PM

    I completely agree!

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  2. From the KitchenJanuary 23, 2012 at 5:20 PM

    I love Iris Dement. All the rest, not so much.

    Oh, I do like the idea of cookies for breakfast and lunch. Dinner too.

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  3. Denise Emanuel ClemenJanuary 23, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    Absolutely agree.
    About cookies for breakfast and lunch, too.

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  4. Ms. MoonJanuary 23, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    I GOTTA watch that movie.
    I wish I had some of those cookies. I haven't had supper yet and it's time for bed and they would be perfect.

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  5. BirdieJanuary 23, 2012 at 9:55 PM

    Cookies in the middle of the night too. Calories don't count between midnight and 8 a.m.

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  6. gretchenJanuary 23, 2012 at 11:03 PM

    Why do your chocolate chip cookies look so much better than mine? Oh that's right, you ARE a pastry chef. Forgot. I think I need your recipe. Really!

    My dear friend Belinda's very first scene, in the very first movie she ever did, was a nude love scene with Jeff Bridges. Could you imagine?!! She said he was very sweet and respectful. And sexy.

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  7. Steve ReedJanuary 24, 2012 at 1:45 AM

    I haven't seen the movie, but I read Charles Portis's book years ago and I loved that. I'll have to check out the film now. (I thought it never rained in California? Was that '70s pop song lying to me?)

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  8. BLOOM - Parenting Kids With DisabilitiesJanuary 24, 2012 at 7:07 AM

    Yum! I haven't seen the movie either.

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  9. bakerfamily5January 24, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    Can we have the cookie recipe? They look delish!!!!

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  10. 37paddingtonJanuary 24, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    so now i have to watch true grit because, on your recommendation, i am obsessed with breaking bad.

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  11. L. PetersJanuary 24, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    Happy Snow Day to you and the gang. What a great idea.

    My husband likes the original True Grit with John Wayne but like you, I am more partial to Jeff Bridges!

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  12. karioJanuary 24, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    Sounds like a perfect day.
    So pleased you took it.
    Love.

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  13. UnknownJanuary 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    yeah that was a really really good movie - but I was sad in the end

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