While I was in the library a few days ago, I also looked for new series. I found a series from BBC that is called "Lark Rise to Candleford"which is a costume drama playing in Oxfordshire in the 19th century. I like these BBC series very much, I also saw all episodes from “Upstairs Downstairs". It's about a young girl named Flora who comes from a small village named Lark Rise and moves to the local market town Candleford to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress. In this series it's of course a lot of drama but it's very nice. I especially like the character "Dorcas Lane" in this series who is her boss and owns the post office of Candleford.
The entire post office is very cozy and I especially like the kitchen, where they all meet for tea:
This series is very nice for these cold winter days in the evening, when you sit on the sofa with a cup of tea and a blanket and you just want to see something nice and if you likelovely clothes and a charmingly old-fashioned way of life and lovable characters.
You can watch all episodes from this series on youtube:
The days between Christmas and New Years Eve are perfect days for watching a movie in the cinema. Tim and I wanted to watch the movie "the Hobbit" already on the 12th of December when it came to the cinemas in Germany, but we didn't have time. We went to the cinema that shows the movies in the original versions in Munich and it was in 3D.
The first thing that was unexpected was the way the movie was filmed. We thought that it was due to the 3D version that it looked strange but now I read that they used a High Frame Rate with 48 frames a second instead of 24. This gives the film the look of a sitcom, rather than a movie. It was strange and it took some time to get used to the look.
The movie itself was at some parts a little bit too long with parts where nothing happened and then all of a sudden there was one action fighting scene after another. All in all the movie was good and funny in some parts thanks to the actors, but it's not the same like Lord of the Rings, it's only similar.
My cousin in Sweden likes to watch the remake of the series "Upstairs, downstairs " which is called “Herrskap och tjänstefolk" in Swedish (The German title is "Das Haus am Eaton Place"). She gave me the 2 DVD boxes and I just started to watch the first episode of the first season. Already know that I will watch the next episode immediately :)
Haven't been in the cinema for a while and when I came home from work today I saw two cinema tickets laying on the table in the living room. My fiancé has bought these 2 tickets for the new James Bond movie "Skyfall" which has just started here in Germany.
I think that the old James bond movies with Roger Moore and Sean Connery have more charm. But it's the 50th anniversary and I found a review from Katja Presnal which makes me curious:
Skyfall included the jetsetting around the world in the beginning of the movie, just to get Bond sipping a martini and to get the girl, but it is mainly set in London and Scotland and has a strong British vibe. Interestingly one of the underlying themes of the movie is appreciating the way things were done in the old days, and that sometimes the old ways of doing things are the best. The message suits well to the 50-year-old Bond.
