Outbreak

I finally watched it! I've had this movie home for over a year . . . (Our Adventures kids watched it before Christmas break LAST year) and have finally viewed it. It's over two hours long and goes incredibly well with the book "The Hot Zone" (which I read last year). The movie stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, and many others! What a great cast. I'm glad it's fiction, and I hope we never ever have to deal with such a deadly virus. Last year, the ebola outbreak was so timely and relevant to our students' study of viruses. Great movie, though I got a bit tired of Dustin Hoffman's "angry yelling man" character . . .

Daddy Long Legs

First, I need to say that I am horrible about movie blogging . . . as in, I shouldn't even bother trying! It's not that I watch many movies. It's just that watching them is usually more of a kick-back, relax, escapism moment. However, I blogged about the books related to this movie AND I grabbed an image of the cover, so I'm impelled.

I don't find Fred Astaire to be very attractive, but he is an amazing dancer. I like more old-fashioned movies too. But the movie is quite a bit different from the book and I'm not a huge fan of older guy attracted to younger gal. Still, it was fun to watch.