According to Louis' Wikipedia page, he passed away on Good Friday this year, which is the start of Easter, which some would debate is the weekend for IFs, bigtime>;-)
I've been wondering what to watch over Easter and have had no shortage of suggestions from cinema and TV streaming companies from e-mails hitting my inbox this Easter.
'The Passion of the Christ' turns 20this year I'm told, but seeing it again was like me reading The Bible from cover-to-cover years ago, once is enough for me for this lifetime anyway;-)
As for 'Watership Down' ... no thanks Doc>:-)
I did start watching my DVD copy of the 1977 TV series 'Jesus of Nazareth'thinking it was a movie, but realizing it ran for something like 328 minutes when I made it to where Michael York enters as John the Baptist.
I'll have to watch the rest before Sunday comes around, since I did start watching it on Good Friday, so spreading the series out over 3 days seems fitting, I think.
The only reason I bought the DVD set in the first place was to see Robert Powell playing Jesus, as I had watched him in'Jude, the Obscure'and couldn't get over how green his eyes looked.
Then I picked up the DVD of 'Jesus of Nazareth'and saw he hadbright blue eyes as Jesus and thought how did they go from green in 'Jude, the Obscure'to bright blue as Jesus?
To me Robert Powell was always Tommy's dad Captain Walker, as I hadn't really seen him in anything I watched growing up over the years, apart from 'Tommy'.
I've been dying to see this moviesince readingAnna McGahan's novel of the same name ... well I'm not getting any younger:-) Although, I do have a lot of reading to do over Easter ... and before I die:-)
I listened to a few more recent podcasts shows featuring Anna McGahan this week, as I stumbled across a DVD at work of the UnderbellyRazor series, starring Anna McGahan, even though I started watching the series on the STAN streaming service recently.
And I'm working on a post about biographies, including Anna's semi-fictional autobiography, as well as a few other people's "real" life stories ... so far.
So, I rang my sons to see if they want to buy some tickets to Trent Dalton's 'Love Stories' in September, as we all liked that book and are curious to see it brought to life on stage.
When I saw that McDonalds in Australia were introducing an Adult Happy Meal to their menu last February, I was curious as to why people would buy them ... so I bought one ... and ended up with the "toy" that I didn't want to get.
I asked when they were getting more in and was told that's it, GAME OVER.
Can't say that I washappy:-)
Ironically, the first time I got anAdult Happy Meal was coming back from the Logan Art Gallery after seeing the exhibition that was on there at the time.
Which was probably why I wanted to check out Kerwin's pop art on the way home, while getting something to eat?
What is it with portraits?
Portraits bore me, even though I admire people who can paint or draw them, as I can't ... or don't think I could, even though I have never tried to.
I prefer trippy art to portraits any day of the week.
The second time I tried getting an Adult Happy Meal was when I was heading home from work and then heading out to my youngest son's place to watch the first Brisbane Lions game of the season on his TV, because we couldn't get tickets to the Gabba, as the match was SOLD OUT.
Seems to be a theme running through this post, do you reckon?-) He is coming over to my place to watch the Brisbane Lions/Collingwood Magpies game Thursday night and I'm paying for pizza ... not McDonalds:-)
And I'm hoping to turn my frown upside down with the Lions first win of the season:-)
One group of losing fans will not be happy after the game on Thursday night, since both teams are winless since meeting in last year's GF, which I'm still not happy about losing:-(
Maybe McDonalds should get Ben Frost to make some art for their Australian Adult Happy Meals?-)
Humans love telling each other stories to the point most people don't know what to believe anymore.
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