Fundy Does the Movies: "Silver Linings Playbook"

We did again!  
In spite of our best intentions, 
we found ourselves scrambling 
to make it to see Silver Linings Playbook
at the AMC theaters at Southlands Saturday morning.

Check Out That Four Corners Colorado Blue Sky!

I mean, what's with a movie starting 
at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning?
Siri informed us of this disconcerting fact at 9:03 a.m.
I hadn't even finished my first cup of coffee.

I suppose a little more advance planning
would be in order; but,
we passionate people are too often
blind to the world when lost in our passions!

So it was the mad gallop to the theater, again;

Galloping Beauty

I was looking for an image of galloping people, 

but I saw this beauty, and I couldn't pass him by!

Pretty boy!

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mishimala_forma_d%27un_sentit.jpg

but this time at least, 
Terry had swallowed a few Cheerios,
and I had stuffed a left over chicken sandwich 
into my purse, along with my camera.
Strictly popcorn and cola - 
no $16.00 pair of movie hotdogs w/cola,
even if they are very good hotdogs!

And we were both in our seats
as the previews began to roll!
I have learned to run flat out 
up the stairs in the darkened theater
without dropping a kernel of popped corn
or spilling a splash of cola.
This is the way Terry likes it -
no wait time!

Silver Linings Playbook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_Linings_Playbook_Poster.jpg

Movie magic again!

From start to finish, this movie did not disappoint!

For starters, Silver Linings Playbook
has an excellent cast:
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, 
with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, 
Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles in supporting roles.
The cast has been showered in accolades.
Not since 1981 has a single movie been nominated for
Academy Awards in the four acting categories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Linings_Playbook)

Best Actor	Bradley Cooper
Best Actress	Jennifer Lawrence
Best Supporting Actor	Robert De Niro
Best Supporting Actress	Jacki Weaver

(Do not ask me what those funny white vertical bars are; I have no clue, nor do I know how to get rid of them!)

The characters in the movie are compellingly real.
  
When Bradley Cooper looks you in the eye and tells you 
that he has things under control,
you believe him!

When Jennifer Lawrence looks you in the eye, 
you can look nowhere else, 
because her eyes smolder and trap yours!

When Robert De Niro sits on the bed beside his son,
and speaks to him of football and family, 
you can feel his pain as he tries 
to understand and to communicate with his son;
and, in his pain you can feel, 
the struggles of all fathers and sons.

When Jacki Weaver tries to hold her family together
and roll with the craziness,
you feel the struggle of women everywhere 
as they fight to maintain sense and sanity in their lives.

 Major and Minor Arcana

                         Credits:  Bradley Cooper  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bradley_Cooper_2011.jpg)

                                       Jennifer Lawrence  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jennifer_Lawrence_TIFF_2,_2012.jpg)

                                                    Robert De Niro  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_De_Niro_TFF_2011_Shankbone.JPG)
                                                    Jacki Weaver  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jacki_Weaver.jpg)
                                       Chris Tucker  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chucky_and_Chris_Tucker.jpg)
                                                    Julia Stiles  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Julia_Stiles_by_David_Shankbone_cropped.jpg)
                                                    Anupam Kher  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anupam_Kher_%28cropped_from_Bhairavi_Goswami
                                                                   Anupam_Kher_From_The_Audio_release_of_%27Mr._Bhatti_On_Chutti%27_%284%29.jpg%29.jpg)
                                                                   and  (http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/index/searchphotos/q/ANUPAM%20KHER/day/0/page/1)

The plot is pretty straight forward, 
but I don't want to give away any delicious details!

Suffice to say that it begins 
with Patrizio Solitano's release from a mental health facility 
into the care of his mother and father, 
a pair that has its own zany issues.
  
Patrizio's father has lost his job, 
and he has become a bookmaker 
to support his family and 
to earn money to open a restaurant.

Patrizio's mother Dolores is a loving and supportive 
mother and wife 
who just wants to wrangle her family 
into happiness and success.

And Pat, who suffers with bipolar disorder,
just wants to get his life back
after an eight month stint in the mental health facility.
He is determined to win back 
his wife Nikki who left him
after a violent event that landed him in the facility.

With this, the plot thickens 
into a romantic comedy that
is stirred repeatedly by Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour."

No offense to Stevie Wonder or My Cherie Amour,
(I love them both); but, for me,
for perfectly selfish reasons, 
the musical piece de resistance in the movie
was a duet by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash,
a cut from the album Nashville Skyline:
"Girl from the North Country."

If you've been following my blog, 
you'll know why this song is a major favorite of mine!
Just saying, I think Nashville Skyline 
is one of the best albums ever!

Nashville Skyline Jacket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bob_Dylan_-_Nashville_Skyline.jpg

Dylan and Cash:  Girl from the North Country

Bottom line:  Just see this movie!  It's great, 
                       and it deserves every award it garners!

Girl from the North Country

with Rip

Portree, Margaree Valley, 1969