12 Excellent Reasons to See Olympus Has Fallen

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Aaron Eckhart, ANGELA BASSETT, COLE HAUSER, Dylan McDermott, Gerard Butler, Melissa Leo, Olympus Has Fallen, Rick Yune

Monday night I attended an advance screening of

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

scheduled to open this Friday, March 22, 2013.

ACTION ~ DRAMA ~ SUPER WEAPONS ~ BADASS HUNKY HERO

AND

SMART, TOUGH & PRETTY WOMEN

What’s not to like?

 

GERARD BUTLER – Actor

GERARD BUTLER

1) GERARD BUTLER

AARON ECKHART – Actor

AARON ECKHART

2) AARON ECKHART

MORGAN FREEMAN – Actor

MORGAN FREEMAN

3) MORGAN FREEMAN

ANGELA BASSETT – Actor

ANGELA BASSETT

4) ANGELA BASSETT

ASHLEY JUDD – Actor

ASHLEY JUDD

5) ASHLEY JUDD

MELISSA LEO – Actor

MELISSA LEO in The Fighter

6) MELISSA LEO

DYLAN MCDERMOTT – Actor

DYLAN MCDERMOTT

7) DYLAN McDERMOTT

COLE HAUSER – Actor

COLE HAUSER

8) COLE HAUSER

RICK YUNE – Actor

RICK YUNE

9) RICK YUNE

10) Lots of action with disturbing theatrical scenes.

11) Interesting story line will make you wonder.

12) OMG! ~ SO GOOD!

That is if you like fast paced action that makes you cheer, gasp, clap, and speak out loud all while experiencing a range of emotions from sad & devastated to happy & proud and still all the while feeling disturbed & thoroughly pissed off!

If you like your heroes tough (good girl, way to go Ruth!), if you like badass, hot and hunky heroes & smart, tough AND pretty woman, then clear this Friday and see OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN.

BRUCE WILLIS – Actor

DANIEL CRAIG – Actor

Think Bruce Willis / Die Hard meets Daniel Craig /007 Bond meets Jamie Foxx / Django. Think war movie meets 911 tragedies – that’s the aspect that evoked unbelieving gasps and comments from the audience and connected you to your neighbors (in the seats around you). That’s the aspect that made you want to cheer for a hero who was about kicking much tail and taking no prisoners.

DANIEL CRAIG

Was it a little over the top? Well, yes, of course! But it is after all just a movie people, designed to entertain us and we were entertained and we loved it!

As we were verbally polled while exiting the theater, I heard not one negative response nor from the chatter of the crowd.

If I had to say anything toward a weakness, I think we all would have liked (or maybe just me) our leadership to have been portrayed stronger and less like deer in headlights. But, of course, at the end of the day, they made mostly good decisions.  Also, there would have been no need for a badass, hunky hero otherwise!

JAMIE FOXX – Actor

JAMIE FOXX

Beyond that, one of my early thoughts was ~ OMG, please don’t give them any more ideas!

Some scenes were really difficult to watch. Let’s hope that nothing like that could really happen (scary stuff) and that it doesn’t really take that long (see the movie) to get to the White House.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO – In Django Unchained

♦ OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

♦ A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD

♦ DIE HARD

♦ SKYFALL

♦ CASINO ROYALE

♦ DJANGO UNCHAINED

HOPE YOU ENJOY TOO!

(Perhaps you will drop me a line and let me know.)

Thanks for Reading

~ XXXX ~

♥♥

SUCCESS

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Christopher Morley, happiness, Life, personal well-being, success

SUCCESS

“There is only one success… to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.”

Christopher Morley, Where the Blue Begins,1922
US author & journalist (1890 – 1957)

Author Christopher Morley

 

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ANYWAY

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acts of kindness, False friend, genuine enemies, happiness, love, Mother Teresa, Paradoxical Commandments, personal well-being, succeed, understanding, unfaithful friends

DO IT ANYWAY

By Mother Teresa

 

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26.8.1919-5.9.1997); at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn, Germany (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

~~Reportedly written on a wall in her home for children in Calcutta, India.~~

 

 

 

 







People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.

FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

BE KIND ANYWAY

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.

SUCCEED ANYWAY

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.

BE HONEST AND SINCERE ANYWAY

What you spent years creating, others could destroy overnight.

CREATE ANYWAY

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.

BE HAPPY ANYWAY

The good you do today, will often be forgotten.

DO GOOD ANYWAY

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.

GIVE YOUR BEST ANYWAY

In the final analysis, it is between you and God.

IT WAS NEVER BETWEEN YOU AND THEM ANYWAY

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Also see the Original Version of:

THE PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS

by Dr. Kent M. Keith

Kent M. Keith – 1969

Dr. Kent M. Keith – Author

 

written for student leaders when he was 19 and a Sophomore at Harvard College

 

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~ XXXX ~

♥♥

FIFTEEN? COME ON Y’ALL!

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brazil, Countries, egypt, Thanks, World

 

Thanks Brazil and Egypt!

 

Lovely to see you

~XXXX~

HELLO MALAYSIA and SPAIN!

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Countries, Malaysia, Spain, World

Thanks for tuning in!

Thirteen and holding

~XXXX~

“If They Can Do It – What’s Our Excuse??”

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happiness, Hugs & Kisses, love, odd, video

LOVING PAIRS – ENJOY!

♦ Tarra and Bella –

♦ Hugs & Kisses from the King! –

Learn to Fish ~ Teach Your Family

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Education, Family, Financial literacy, Home, Reinventing the wheel, United States

Think your own thoughts

Speak for yourself

Make your own mistakes

Learn to fish

And

Teach your family

 Earn your own money

Incorporate good advice

Learn your own lessons

But

 Don’t reinvent the wheel!

Be Kind

Just because you can

♥♥

 

Hey America – Don’t Forget to Vote

 

Thanks for Reading

~ XXXX

5 ways to increase happiness by Chery Lundenberg

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Chery Lundenberg, Exercise, Good Health, happiness, meditation, Oxtocin, reduce stress

A Reblog ~

Hey Guys –

Check out Chery Lundenberg’s “5 Ways to Increase Happiness” Post

5 ways to increase happiness

Posted on October 14, 2012by cherylundenberg

1.  The Big “O” – Oxytocin: This is the hormone of trust and “love.” It is a natural calming and feel good chemical. It connects and bonds people together and when released will evoke feelings of contentment, reductions in anxiety, and feelings of calmness and security. Simply touching, hugging, and interacting with loved ones can release Oxytocin and enhance intimacy.

2.  Get Moving and Exercise: A proven way to enhance mood is to stay active and exercise. We have to move to be happy. Even a brisk walk can do wonders for our outlook and daily mood. When adults have around 30 minutes of moderately intense physical activity per day it has been shown to be an important factor in not only physical health, but psychological well-being as well.

3.  Breathe Well: An often overlooked source of calm and health is deep breathing. Our breath is always with us and can be used as an anchor to relax our mind and body. Becoming mindful of our breath can be a tool to manage stress and anxiety in any context. Start taking deeper, longer breaths to get more oxygen flowing through your brain.

4.  Gratitude: We all have ups and downs each day, though when we focus on and what we still have and what is going well our mood will be enhanced. Start appreciating what you have and be thankful for the relationships, skills, and opportunities that you have been blessed with. To help you do so, keep a gratitude journal or write a letter of gratitude to someone who has helped you but hasn’t been thanked yet.

5.  Meditation: Many many late researches in brain science shows that a daily practice of meditation increases creativity, intuition, health (by lowering blood pressure and slow breathing) and happiness. It also makes one become calm, laugh a lot, Love and naturally look at the positive side of everything. All those things are seen as major brain changes that are taking place in the time of practicing.

LOVE All.

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Thanks for Reading

~ XXXX

Hey ~ Ecuador Makes ELEVEN!

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Countries, Ecuador, Thanks, World

 

Thanks for stopping by Ecuador!

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Be Kind ~ Be Better ~ Be Engaged ~ We CAN do this World!

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Broadmoor, Chicago, educational inequality, helping others, humanity, justice, Martin Luther King, Miami, MLK Jr. Way, Seattle, South Florida, twitter

While looking for a particular MLK quote for my Twitter page –

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

by Martin Luther King Jr.,

I happened upon the following article and decided to share  (a little sideways of this blog but hey, it’s Sunday!) –

Streets and dreams: Martin Luther King Jr. roadways
By Jerry Large
Seattle Times Staff Columnist

I was driving through South Florida a couple of years ago, headed toward a resort island where I planned to meet my family. I’d just spent a week in a seminar and I wanted to do some laundry before I got to the island, but I was unfamiliar with the cities through which the highway passed.