Roman Holiday

Last night I watched Roman Holiday with my dad (I was on the couch and he came in and was like "I'll watch part of this with you" but ended up falling asleep several times...I woke him up whenever he started to snore). It was SO GOOD. It stars Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn (if you couldn't read that there movie poster.....) and was made in 1953. The whole movie was filmed in Rome (! They don't even do that today!), and supposedly the movie was shot in black and white so that the totally awesome surroundings didn't detract from the gorgeous stars.

Speaking of gorgeous, I love Gregory Peck. Hell, I thought he was really attractive in To Kill A Mockingbird, even though he was in his 40's, was a parent, and rocked some serious 60's glasses. Damn, Atticus Finch, you were hot. But in Roman Holiday he's a lot younger (maybe not a lot...30's?) and really cute. He's kind of an asshole in the beginning (he freaking made a drugged-up Anne sleep on a barely-padded couch, while he took the bed! and when she got into the bed while he was gone, he then returned and pushed her back onto the "couch"!!!! Very ungentlemanly, Joe Bradley), but he gets really adorable--just see the scene with the big face thing in a wall. I'm not really sure what it was called. You'll know when you see it.

The ending is good too, sweet but not sickeningly so. Just go watch it. The scenery is great, Audrey is cute as a button (made me want to get a little gamine pixie cut!), and there are lots of great parts. She won an Oscar for this role, too, by the way. In case you're an award hound like me. I'd give the movie about an 8/10 (it was kind of slow in parts).

P.S.: Now I really want to go gallivant around Rome on a Vespa with a cute guy. Fun!



Also, I spent a lot of today chatting with Lauren, who is in DC (along with Cat) for the inauguration. She got to go to this giant concert with such varied people as U2, Shakira, Beyonce, Tim McGraw, Sheryl Crow, Will.I.Am., and Stevie Wonder (plus tons more) performing. Damn, right? She said it's super cold, but I'd take cold just to see that. Kind of like when Cindy and I went downtown and braved the freezingness to see the Olympic torch go through Indy. I'm really jealous. I watched on tv though...the mall was practically black with people.

I bought this shirt at Target today. It looks better on me than it does on the model, actually. Like the reviewers say, it's tighter than it looks, but I got it in an XS and it's actually perfect. A little shorter than I prefer but it makes my boobs look good! ;]