NEWLOVE

so, from day one, when jannone and i would see the preview of this film, we’d groan.  it may be one of the worst titles in history - definitely the one that has kept me most from actually diving in and watching the film.  i was thinking, “hokey love story between widow and best friend of dead husband.”  but no.

it was actually a touching story (maybe i was PMSing) of tragic events that preceded the building of a life-long friendship.  SPOILER ALERT!!  they don’t get together.  THANK GOD.  at least not during the span of the movie.  but it’s a nice story of loss and of forgiveness.

then, as i watched the credits, i realized that susanne bier and many other fellow danes worked on this movie.  so, OF COURSE the title was horrible!!  english is not their first language and they don’t understand how shitty the title was!

but people, this may be a chick flick and maybe you only want to watch it some weekend when you’re home with the flu, but it’s a decent movie and the acting/makeup/sets/lighting/wardrobe is unobtrusive and totally bearable - meanwhile, the story is touching and beautiful.

oh, and PS - PAULA NEWSOME totally rocks!  (sorry if the lobby nazi was ever mean to you.)

brad finally saw her for the first time.

he was more impressed with the NEW little mermaid

brad has finally added another word to his danish vocabulary bring up the total word count to 15. bussemand.

here’s today’s photo - also taken with photobooth on my mac out the window of my sister’s apartment in copenhagen.

here’s a photo of the view from my sister’s window - 7pm today. i used photobooth on my mac to take the photo - hence the my shoulder, the mirror image and the reflection of my computer screen in the window.

we’re back in copenhagen. this is brad’s first trip during the summer months. we were excited to show him how fun it is with everyone outside drinking and getting crazy but the weather is not cooperating! 60º F!!

we tried to give brad a little taste in hilton head a couple of weeks ago when we joined 20 other danes to celebrate eva’s 60th. we played lots of shubidua for him. here’s one of his favorites - maybe because it’s the only one he can understand!

the video is crap but you can hear the intense modern vocal stylings of one of denmark’s most famous bands! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shu-Bi-Dua

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