Some Movie Talk

I have a huge problem sitting down for two hours and watching a movie now. I can barely do it anymore. I feel like I'm being trapped, wasting away precious hours of my life on a movie with actors playing characters that get on my nerves and plot situations that are basically ridiculous. (But I can sit for HOURS on end watching episode after episode of tv shows on dvd.)
Every time J says "hey, wanna watch such and such?" I say "No!" and run away like I'm trying to escape a prison sentence.

But every once in a while, I'll actually commit to one and sit down to watch it. And last weekend, I actually watched three. The Queen, American Gangster and Into the Wild.

I absolutely loved all three. I had wanted to see The Queen for a while. I love Helen Mirren and I had always wanted to see the movie because it was about how Queen Elizabeth II dealt with the aftermath of Princess Diana's death. One thing I found really interesting was the portrayal of the effects the media/tabloids/newspapers had on some of the decisions that were made. I think people sometimes get numb to the fact that the media has such a strong influence on everything around us.

American Gangster was LONG! It took a while to build up because there was so much story to go through. But the end was absolutely fantastic. There were some pretty intense scenes when everything finally went down. I was like "This is awesome!" because I'm all about the action, baby. The last scenes with Russell Crowe and Denzel were, in my opinion, some of the best movie scenes I've seen in a long time. Kind of like Pulp Fiction in a way with how good Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta were together. Although, not too much could ever come close to those two.

And Into the Wild was so good. This movie had me crying a lot. What a sad story in the end.

Received from Netflix and needing to be watched: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Margot at the Wedding and Deadwood Season 1 Disc 2.