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Sunday, January 10, 2021
Seasonal Sightings
'Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.'
Karen Joy Fowler
12 Days: Henry Golding in Last Christmas
'Last Christmas I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away'
It's appropriate that Last Christmas would be my last 12 Days post celebrating the Christmas holiday season. Appropriate not just because of it's title, but because I actually put together last January, almost one year to the day. I'd seen the flick in the theatre early in January, and wanted to include the beautiful Henry Golding in the 12 Days series.
Given it was January however, I decided to leave until this past Christmas, but only recently discovered it my draft folder. Instead of waiting until Christmas 2021, I decided to go in and so some edits, and make it the Swan Song for this years series.
There were so many things about Last Christmas to complain about, it really wasn't that great a flick. The reviews weren't great. For some reason, I especially disliked Emma Thompson in this flick, maybe because I love her so much. Her scenes in Love Actually, a Christmas movie I do pull it often, (although not this year) were a highlight in the film, but in Last Christmas, she was more a caricature for comic relief.
One critic called it the worst movie, that you'll end up watching every Christmas. I don't see many pulling this flick out yearly, but there were a few things about it I enjoyed. Although an avid movie watcher, I have to cop to being surprised by the movie's twist. Although the clues were all there, it's surprise packed a mini, but still vivid emotional twist. I also couldn't help but love Emilia Clarke's character Kate, and even her corny singing at the end did tug at my Christmas heart strings.
The beautiful Henry Golding as Tom was the highlight. Like so many of you, I've been thirsting after the talented actor since seeing him in Crazy Rich Asian. It shouldn't be a big deal, yet it sadly is one, and is still incredibly rare to see an Asian actor as the romantic lead in a film, especially Christmas one. Golding more than demonstrates what a colossal mistake that was. He certainly left his mark on me, and many others, even in a so-so movie from last Christmas.
FaVorites: Alexander Ludwig
Most of us, were introduced to Canadian actor Alexander Ludwig in the first film in The Hunger Games series. In the 2012 flick, Ludwig played Cato, District 2's hunky, but fierce and determined tribute. One of my favorite part of doing the 'FaVorite' series, is seeing the changes in the actors, models and performers that I feature.
Although just 20 at the time of the first film, Ludwig was incredibly fit and more than adequately filled out his tribute suit. Even so, Ludwig has gotten even more built and strapping in the last 8 years, evident if you've checked out his recent photo shoots or seen Ludwig in his role as Bjorn in the series Vikings.
https://www.instagram.com/alexanderludwig/
A little Viking moon.
A Baker's Dozen: Cristian
'The minute Cristian turned 18 he was in the studio.'
It was back in 2012, just after his first time in the studio, that Mark from Mount Photography first introduced his work with Cristian to viewers of FH. Expressive Masquerade remains one of my all time favorite features due to Mark's incredible imagery, and the story they told. It also included one of my favorite things about working on the site, being able to visually visit beautiful locations in other parts of the world.
Cristian by Mount Photography
2015-2020
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