Movies

I've loved watching movies for a long time. I still love watching movies. I remember my friend Allison asking me what movies I haven't seen. I also have been told that I am a picky movie-watcher. Now that is not entirely true. I'll pretty much watch anything (ask Paul) but I definitely won't always like it. If it bores me, I'll do something else while the movie is on in the background. If I really don't like it I'll turn it off and find something else to do. Usually I'll stick with it just to say that I watched it (and so I can give a real opinion on it. I just realized I don't do that with books. I don't mind just stopping in the middle of a book and never reading it again). Anyways, I've been watching a lot of movies lately since we finally have internet at our place (yay!), we finally sent back our Netflix movie since we have a new address (yay!), and the library (provo and goodfellow) is full of awesome FREE movies. (also I am unemployed and not going to school). So I thought I'd do a little review of the movies I've seen lately.

Invictus. Netflix DVD. I watched this with Paul this afternoon. I didn't really like it. I'd give it 2 stars (the "I didn't like it" rating) ... but if there were half stars for Netflix ratings, I would give it 2.5, which would be half-way between "I didn't like it" and "I liked it". Voila, the "I didn't really like it" rating. (this is out of 5 if you are unfamiliar with Netflix). I started playing bejeweled on Paul's phone during the final game of the world cup. Yeah, it was boring. I spent more time being a dork looking up South Africa, Nelson Mandela, William Ernest Henley and Rugby on Wikipedia than watching the movie (all of those topics are actually quite interesting. look them up). I especially liked the poem ... "I am the captain of my soul". What did you think about it?

Inception. Theaters. I went to this on Tuesday ($6.00 day, yay!) with Paul. and I loved it. Loved it. Usually I get bored with movies that are longer than 2 hours. Longer than 1.5 hours actually. But this was so good. SO good. What can I say? The plot was wicked sweet awesome. Trippy. Really trippy. Okay. I'm liking this one-word description thing. It's about dreams people. The subconscious. Reality. Truth. Perception. The mind. After the movie Paul and I talked about all of these topics for hours. Also, the cinematography was awesome. Anti-gravity fighting scene was COOL. My favorite part though (spoiler alert) is that the whole movie could have just been Leo's dream. Also, technically, since it was just a movie, it was someone's dream. Someone's mind created that movie. and it was really good.

The Aviator. Library. Go Leonardo DiCaprio. I liked this movie well enough. Yes, Martin Scorsese is unique and kind of disturbing, but you need that element in a movie about a guy who has obsessive-compulsive disorder. I thought it was well acted. I did get a little distracted with Wikipedia again (Katherine Hepburn, OCD, Howard Hughes etc). All-in-all I thought it was good. I probably liked it more than I would have normally because I saw Inception right after it and it fueled our discussion about reality.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Library. I watched this the other day with Paul. It was amusing. One of those movies that I wouldn't mind watching again, but really wouldn't mind if someone knocked on my door and I never got around to finishing it. One of those movies that I watched just to say that I've seen it. It's classic ... (so what? I say.)

Baby Mama. Library. Seen it before, but think it's hilarious. Hilarious. Just watch it.

Ladyhawke. Library. I can't believe I watched this. 1985 fantasy film. The music made me laugh. The plot was ridiculous.

(sidenote: Paul's actually introduced me to a lot of 80's films: Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, So I Married and Axe Murderer, Never Ending Story, Clue, Top Gun, E.T. ... wow, at first I was going to say that all 80's movies are weird (which, yeah, okay, true statement) but now I realize that they really do have endearing qualities. maybe I kind of like 80's fantasy films!)

Other awesome movies I have recently seen: Live Free or Die Hard, Casablanca, Miss Potter

And for your TV entertainment delight, please take my advice and watch ABC's Modern Family. You won't regret it.