The people of the little town of Muiden where I used to live have erected a monument for the crew of a Handley Page Halifax JB803, that crashed on May 1st, 1943. All crewmembers perished. They're all buried in the local cemetary, and are remembered each year on May 4th, our remembrance day.
You've got to hand it to the Dutch, along with many others on the continent, they really do, never forget. . Nice one Vulpes.
I'm in France at the moment, and I paid my respects to my great uncle killed in WW1. I placed my poppy at the base of his headstone.
Just saw Fly Me To The Moon (it's a dull damp day here!) - entertaining enough summer popcorn movie, with that same brightly coloured image of the 60's as Hidden Figures. Not the worst film I've seen this year (err, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire?), but there are so few non-superhero non-woke movies these days that you've just got to go when you can!! Twisters next week!!
Just saw Twisters - a really enjoyable summer blockbuster. Obviously loads of special effects, so it was good to see it on the big screen.
It's raining, so went to an afternoon showing of Trap - a so-so thriller, with too much "Taylor Swift-alike" concert storyline, more than you might think from the trailer, but Josh Hartnett is very good and can switch from doting Dad to psycho nutter in the blink of an eye.
Woke up in the lazy boy ? the other night to find ' Resevoir Dogs" happened to be on TV, still good for the odd laugh .... and cringe !
It Ends With Us...... argh, chick flick! I hope I got points for going to see it with my better half! Having said that, at least I got all the way through.... tried to watch The Free Guy on TV recently, gave up after 1/2hr of techy rubbish!!
We watched Horizon two evenings ago and were fairly disappointed. It seemed to meander around and it also seemed like it tried to hard to be an "epic Western". Hopefully Part 2 will be better.
I enjoyed it, but I believe Part 2 is going straight to Netflix or some other streaming service. Shame, I would like to see all the parts on the big screen.
A few posts ago I suggested Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was the worst film I'd seen this year....... I take that back, I've just seen Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!! Hollywood has done it again, they've taken a mildly amusing little movie and beaten the hell out of it! Some of the comments I overheard leaving the cinema included..... "Worst Film Ever!" "What a load of sh*te!" "Where do I get my money back?!" Don't bother.
My daughter and I went to see "Reagan" on Friday afternoon. $26.00 for a large popcorn and two large sodas!!! Ronald Reagan is a personal hero of mine. The movie is based on the book "The Crusader" by Paul Kengor. Oddly, the story unfolds as being told by an aging, retired KGB agent who monitored Reagan throughout his career. Not spoiling anything here. If you see the movie this will become apparent quickly. It was schmaltzy at times, but I enjoyed it. Regan's son said the story was pretty much spot-on. The best thing was some of the actual clips of many historical events that occurred when I was younger. These stirred up many memories, some good, some bad.
We rewatched an "oldie but goodie" two nights ago --The Last of the Mohicans. It's one of Steve's all-time favorite movies and is right up there for me, too.
