"Best Job I Ever Had"

So my husband loves to play World of Tanks, 

so since we are cheap we waited until "Fury" came to the Redbox near us and then watched it as soon as it did. He loved it! After the movie was over he was like, "whoa, they actually had tank maneuvering and everything. That was awesome!" Okay, that's not quite what he said but close enough. 

I, on the other hand, thought it was pretty good though the humor was a bit crude at times I still enjoyed it. For anyone who enjoys tanks or plays World of Tanks I would definitely give this a thumb's up. For anyone on the other hand that likes to suck their thumb I would say don't watch this movie, it's kind of in your face.

"The Grey"

I decided to talk about another movie today, "The Grey". I know it's not "hot" news either but it's the first movie I thought of.

Besides the fact that the graphics were awful, I mean the wolves did not seem real at all, I actually enjoyed the movie overall. It's kind of haunting in it's own way and certainly tragic, however, if you can appreciate artistic beauty I think you will really enjoy this movie. If you are only after happy endings, don't watch it, as you will hate this movie.

One of the most popular and I think best parts of the movie is the poem that Liam Neeson repeats:

Kind of eerie but encouraging at the same time. Actually the whole movie is kind of eerie but it's intense and it makes you feel shock and hope and courage, and I think that makes a good movie. I liked it anyway.

The FOSSA!!!!!

Oh my goodness, I found out today that the Fossa are real. NO kidding. So for anyone that has watched Madagascar they should know that the Fossa is a cat-like creature that lives there, however, this entire time since watching the movie I thought the Fossa was just like a mountain lion and "Fossa" was just the lemurs name for it in the movie.

Wrong. So wrong. Fossa is the actual name of an animal and I felt like a very uneducated person when I found out.

When they get bigger they even look evil, except they have noses that are quite a bit smaller than depicted in the movie:

However, when they are young they are pretty cute:

At any rate, apparently the Fossa are indigenous to Madagascar and that's probably why I've never heard of them before. And get this, the Fossa is not even a cat! It's a Mongoose, which is probably why they look like weasely little creatures. Even though they are related to the Mongoose they can grow to be six feet long, which is probably why they were originally mistaken to be part of the feline family. 

So if you ever happen to visit Madagascar, be careful because the Fossa might get you and don't try to run because it can go up to 35 miles per hour! Though you are probably a bit larger than the prey they normally go after so I wouldn't worry too much!