Advantages: Inspirational, funny and fantastically eye-opening Disadvantages: Not a single thing
Author: The Dalai Lama
Publisher: Abacus
Original Published Date: 2002
Pages: 560 (Split into 2 books of 314 pages and 264 pages)
Genre: Autobiography/Mental Health guide
>>>Summary<<<
The Path to Freedom is two books rolled into one.
The first book, Freedom in Exile, is the autobiography of the current Dalai Lama. Through this, we learn of how the Dalai Lama was selected as a small child as the reincarnation of his predecessor, how he was prepared for the responsibilities he had inherited and how, after being exiled to India in his teens he led his people through the impossibly difficult times under the control of communist China.
The second book, Ancient Wisdom, Modern World is a spiritual guide that promotes well-being through kindness, compassion and our individual responsibilities to help reduce human suffering in ...
Advantages: Feel Good Film , Christmassy , Romantic Disadvantages: Hugh Grant Plays Usual Character!
Christmas is fast approaching , and so beings as I havn't written a new review for around two weeks , I thought I would write a review on something Chrismassy and this is where the film Love Actually comes into it.
Love Actually is a British film which comes under the romantic comedy genre. It was released in the United Kingdom in 2003 and was directed by Richard Curtis. The film stars many 'big names'
including Hugh Grant , Keira Knightley and Alan Rickman as well as a few other well known actors and actresses. Running time of the movie is 135 minutes ( two hours and fifteen minutes)
The film as the title suggest is based on love. The storyline revolves around a number of couples or potential couples rather than just one couple. I won't say anymore because I think that this would give the plot away and therefore spoil it ...
Advantages: Great acting, Gritty atmosphere, Good character development Disadvantages: Some parts are abit boring.
~ Love Triangle ~
The Edge of Love was released last year and I received it through Lovefilm. I sat down with my mum Friday night to watch it with the fire on and a glass of wine. I don?t realty tend to watch a lot of romance drama films and generally like action and comedies but both me and my mum thought it looked pretty good. I had seen an advert on the TV a while back about it and it was intriguing. It didn?t give away anything and was just random images.
I was also interested in the film as it was set in the Second World War which is an interest to me. The film also had some highly respected actors which grabbed my attention. The two leading roles from Kiera Knightly and Sienna Miller was a bonus to attract my attention. It also starred lovely blue eyed Cillian Murphy and well known actor William Rhys. So with a good cast ...