The King's Speech

WOW! This was such a great movie!! Steph recommended that we go see it, and I am so glad we did. The movie is about King George the VI who had a speech impediment and the speech therapist that helps him along the way. The acting is phenomenal, the story is moving, and hey it's about history and I liked it so its gotta be good.

It is up for best picture, actor in a leading role for Colin Firth (which he better win), actor in a supporting role for Geoffrey Rush, actress in a supporting role for Helena Bonham Carter, art direction, cinematography, costume design, directing, film editing, original score, sound mixing, and writing (original screenplay). Yep that's 12 awards. When you see the movie you will understand why!
9/10

Lost

Andrew and I went through this series quite quickly (thanks to a week of snow days) and I was very impressed. When Lost originally aired I was not into it and I thought it was overrated. When I saw it was added to netflix though, I decided I would give it a try. WOW! What a compelling show. I could not have imagined watching it while it was airing and having to wait week to week, or season to season to continue watching.

As I am sure you know, it is about a plane that crashes on a mysterious island. A lot of the show consists of flash backs on the people's lives before the crash, along with what happens to them on the actual island, then as you get later on flash forwards. The characters are so compelling and the show is quite hard to predict. It leaves you with A LOT of questions episode to episode, but by the end they are all pretty much answered. If you were like me and against Lost when it aired, you definitely missed out and should give it a try.
9/10