I’m still not dealing well with the incredibly cold
temperatures following my serene tropical sojourn. Yesterday the winds returned
with a vengeance which meant two more snow blowing sessions with the driveway
from hell. If you give this hilltop a couple hours with some serious wind it
feels compelled to fill up the driveway to the tops of the snow banks with
blowing snow. The issue is that those snow banks are well over six feet in some
locations. So this basically – sucks.
Buddy granted permission to leave him for a couple hours to
check out a movie last night. Kingsman, The Secret Service turned out to be the
first big pleasant surprise of 2015. The best word to describe this flick is
fun – it’s a hoot from beginning to end. Colin Firth (who can do anything) is a
senior and very lethal secret agent who recruits a young ne'er do well. The
movie moves relentlessly but never loses its sense of fun (there’s that word
again).
Samuel L Jackson is in full camp mode as a lisping super
villain ably assisted by a young lady with razor sharp prosthetics (you kind of
get the idea). The movie is very violent but in a cartoonish way that makes it
entertaining. Seeing the usually staid Firth clean out a church full of red
necks armed only with an umbrella and then the biggest head exploding panorama
in cinema history will give you an idea of what awaits you. The young lead
actor, Taron Egerton, took a while to grow on me but he held his own with
Firth, Mark Strong and Michael Caine – no mean task. Plant you tongue firmly in
cheek and go see this movie – just so much FUN!!!
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