Bodega Birthday Adventure - The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

After a long wait I made it to Bodega!  And yes for those who took a stab at it, one of my favorite movies is The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.  As always the pictures does not do the experience justice, so you will just have to go for yourself;) 

As we drove down the road towards Bodega I could smell the Eucalyptus oil from the trees in the hot sun, that must have been how it smelled when they were filming the movie.  The trees are old and would have been there as Melanie (Tippi Hendren, her real name)  drove the Aston Martin down the twisting road to Bodega. 

I thoroughly enjoyed my Birthday Adventure and was able to find a great picture of Alfred Hitchcock with the trained seagulls from that actual filming of the movie.  I hope you enjoy the pictures and get a chance to go yourself. 

If you could take a trip and visit; What is the Film Location from your favorite movie?

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Birthday Adventure - Can You Guess What Movie?

I know this is a little off my normal topic but last week I said that we were going to celebrate my Birthday Sun - Mon taking a trip to visit a filming site of one of my favorite movies.  Unfotunately we had to postpone it until this coming weekend due to some last minute scheduling issues.  So I thought it would be fun to give you some hints to what movie it is from.  This is one of my all time favorite movies and it is directed by another favorite.

Although I am a big (and I mean BIG) fan of older movies I have never seen some of the most popular ones.  So this weekend my hubby surprised me with The West Side Story.  I give it 2 thumbs up!  What fun to discover a "new" movie. 

I think the lure of old movies is that they didn't have a lot of technology; they relied on their talent as actors and actresses to convey a story and draw you into the scenes.  The correography and the art of creating props and backdrops were more physical and much more an act of passion and love for what they were creating and not so much how to censationalize a scene.  Anyway this movie reminded me of the beautiful plays I would go to at my college and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

So here are the hints to what movie I love and where I will be visiting this weekend:

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Spiritual and Inspirational Sunday - June 24, 2012

Today's post doesn't exactly follow our normal Sunday's Inspiration but, for whatever reason this morning, I was thinking about the changing times and how our economic situation may seem very dismal to some it still really does not completely mirror the Great Depression. 

 People still spend $600 to go see Justin Beaver and by Coach bags so apparently we are not quite as poor as we think we are.  But it has been very tight for our family (maybe we just have a more frugal personality) none the less it has changed our entertainment habits. 

This of course led me to the look into the differences and similarities of this era to the Great Depression's era and (for my own curiosity's sake) I would like it if you would join me in answering my poll at the end of this post.  

Movies from the Depression Era, 1929 – 1942 (roughly,) were attend at an astonishing rate of approximately 60 – 80 million people each week according to www.digitalhistory.uh.edu.  This is an astounding rate considering that at the peak unemployment was at 25% and the average income of most people was around $1,300.00 a year for the family.  Comparing this to the average income in the USA currently of approximately $30,000 – $40,000.00 annually makes me wonder about our movie going habits during this generation’s economic downturn. 

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At that time the movies were .15 (nothing to sneeze at) but people were willing to pay this to escape the real world and to forget about how scary the future seemed at the time. 
During that time movies would often show dramatizations of the little guy coming out on top, heroes saving the nation, and the theatrical antics of comics like the Marx Brothers.   It was the great escape of The Great Depression and people were willing to pay for it. 

The difference today is that we have so many different ways of “going to” the movies:  we can actually go to the theater, stay at home with a rented video, pick one from the on-demand system or just watch a free one. 
So the question of the day for me is do we, as a society, still physically go to the theater to escape into another world?  Do we stay in our homes and find our own private little escapes? or do we not rely on those wonderful heroes and comedians on the screen at all anymore?

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Freaky Funny Friday - TGIF Let's Just Have Fun! - Looking Forward to Men In Black 3

I am not a big fan of 3D movies (I think it's my age) but I am absolutely looking forward to the new Men In Black 3.  Just when I needed some movies that didn't lead to deep thought just entertained me they start announcing this up coming movie.  I am not a person that likes drama or overly intense theatrical performance; I just want good old slapstick and some weird clean fun and here we go:


 Life can be very intense and stressful; why in the world would I want to watch a movie that is going to draw that to my attention?  To heck with reality; give me some aliens.  I go to movies or when I get a chance to watch television, I do it to remove myself from reality and escape to the land of imagination.  I much rather have my fantasy world full of the three stooges, Adam Sandler and a sprinkling of Sponge Bob rather than find the stars of an After School Special. 

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 So with that being said, bring on the comedy, the happiness, the laughs... 

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