To the alter and down the cove

I may be overwhelmed with work and trying to fit in as much of Discovery's Shark Week as possible, but I found myself in a romance sort of mood today. So I flipped on the PS3 and searched through Netflix's recommendations and what should I find but two actors that I enjoy watching: David Tennant & Kelly Macdonald in the feature, The Decoy Bride. Tennant plays this writer suffering from writers block who is to wed this famous actress (currently set to take her retirement and trying to avoid the press). They go off to a Scottish Island that they believe to be remote and hire a decoy bride (thus the title of the film) to throw off the paparrazi. One thing leads to another and the decoy and Tennant end up actually married and trying to find the real bride on an Island full of paparazzi. The movie is absolutely adorable with great advice directed at the heart broken of us out there (myself included). Some great quotes from the movie that were a bit uplifting were:
* A life spent making mistakes, 
is so much better than a life spent doing nothing. 
*It's better when people love you back.
It's a great and light-hearted movie and of course I may be biased with my heritage but I'm a sucker for both British and Scottish accents <3 
I give The Decoy Bride a 8/10! 

Change Your Fate

Disney is notorious for having Princesses that are weak and needy, always needing a Prince to save them and to fall in love with. Not Brave, Disney Pixar's first feature length film featuring a female lead, an independent one at that. Brave's princess hales from Scotland and her name is Merida (played by Kelly Macdonald). She carries a bow and arrow and rides freely on her stallion, Angus. She is certainly a free spirit and her personality matches that of her fiery hair.

The story unfolds as Merida becomes of age to become betroved and her mother insists on her marrying one of the three clans of Scotlands heirs. Merida doesn't agree with this of course and sets off into the wilds where she meets a witch and begs for the witch to change her mothers mind. I won't go into specifics, but I will say this is a movie fit to be seen on the big screen! It is beautifully done, rich colors and attention to detail are stunning and leaves you awestruck. Brave is definitely one to be added to the collection as soon as it comes out, especially since my picky daughter loved it. I give Brave a 10/10! Check it out!!!