Twelve Days of Christmas Wishes: DVD Gift Ideas

Just to clarify, I am not a Depp fangurl. The top two films that I've been wanting to purchase just both happen to have him as a lead. I am a rabid Alice in Wonderland fan, though. And mermaids are just plain awesome.


Alice in Wonderland
An absolute favorite of mine, if you can't tell. I was really hoping that they'd come out with a special whoop-de-do version, so I put off buying the DVD. They haven't released any special ones that would, you know, work on my non-blue player, and I don't really feel a deep need to watch it in 3D at my house, either. So, I guess I'll settle for the simple regular version. You can see it here. Incidentally, I'll be wearing the same green corset that is in my Mad Hatter costume to class on Tuesday. I consider it fitting, since we are finish the Renaissance right now....

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Same issue--I mean, Avast, there be the same problem here: there ain't a nice version to match our limited editions of ye Pirates of the Caribbean from before. Honestly, blue ray just gets annoying, since every special version is just a blue ray/normal DVD combo. Belay that blue ray stuff. Anyway, I highly enjoyed this film, and I would love to own a copy of it. That said, you can see the scallaywags if ye click yer mouse here, matey. Arrr.

Twelve Days of Christmas Wishes: Gift Ideas from Across the Pond

aka, British. These are great gift ideas for someone who is a little bit out of the ordinary--like me!

The Blue Planet: Seas of Life
Don your flippers--or maybe your slippers--for a plunge beneath the waves. Created by the same team that brought us Planet Earth comes a watery series about our oceans, rivers and estuaries. If you haven't seen Planet Earth, I would highly recommend it for your personal DVD collection. It has become a personal favorite, and is a very good documentary about animal and plant life. You can see the DVD set here.

Doctor Who: Season 6 

Of course, I would never pass up an opportunity to remind all of you how much I love the good Doctor. If you aren't aware, Doctor Who is about the best thing since the invention of sliced bread (and he invented sliced bread, too). Also, if you haven't heard, the Christmas Special is most likely going to air on Christmas Day this year, and it happens to be very reminiscent of the Chronicles of Narnia. You can see the DVD set here.

Tee-Eye-Double "Guh"-Ar!

Today, I slipped in my protest vote against Harry Potter. I went to see Winnie the Pooh, and I enjoyed myself thoroughly (besides someone whacking our popcorn over with their purse, of course). Pooh is definitely a blast from the past, and it was nice to see all the old characters back again. The story is the basic story of friendship, along with all the foibles of this motley crew. Rabbit is still a bit OCD, Tigger is as hyperactive as ever, and Eyeore has not been scourged with medication for depression. And Christopher Robin is still a little boy who has a large imagination. An A+ for the film as a whole, which runs for a little over an hour, if you include the short at the beginning.

Take a look for yourself:



I can't finish a post about Pooh Corner without linking you to my two favorite songs. The first is, of course, Tigger's theme song, which came up when one of my friends claimed I reminded her of Tigger when I write.

The other is a song that I have memorized from my childhood. It is "Return to Pooh Corner" by Kenny Loggins. Loggins wrote that he scribbled out the first half of this song while procrastinating before finals one year (sounds familiar). He found it again years later, after he had his own kids, and rewrote it. It is the story of growing up and looking back, and seeing your own children fill your shoes. I love it.