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A Night at the Movies
A Night at the Movies
I couldn’t bear to watch the election returns last night, thinking Health Care Reform might be going under the knife, so I got a bag of Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs and Magic Mike at Wal-Mart.
Channing Tatum really can dance. He was hands down so much better than the rest of the strippers. That said, it was a sad, seedy movie, the way sex without love is always sad and seedy. You start with such high hopes!
We really need to do something about jobs for knuckleheaded boys, like my son and the other 20 yr olds with no skills or education, so they are not drawn into the creepy world of male exotic dancers. I don’t suppose that was the take-home message the movie producers intended, but maybe it was! MM did an excellent job of acting a corrupt soul.
I’ve noticed lately that I don’t agree with the movie critics much, and I’ve started to wonder about that. I adored Battleship and I adored Rock of Ages.
Who could possibly not like Battleship? Good-looking boys in Navy uniforms, big guns, bad guys getting butts whipped, Rhiannon with her finger on the trigger- she was a very authentic Navy girl, a nice little love story that ends happily. What is wrong with people that the critics panned this movie? This was an old-fashioned Saturday Matinee shoot out, and surely we aren’t all so sophisticated we don’t love a shoot-out? With the biggest guns in the world?
I also loved Rock of Ages, and oddly enough the hair and music didn’t seem dated at all! Maybe that’s because I was 25 in 1985? I knew the words to all the songs and sang along while the kid slid down in his seat and tried to look invisible. I forgive Tom Cruise for everything, all his weirdness, because this movie reminded me he is an absolutely frigging wonderful actor. Oddly enough, this movie was also about the old sex vs love conundrum, with loud guitars! I will ask again, what is wrong with people that this movie was panned?
But this last weekend I went with my kid to see Cloud Atlas. Hands down the best movie I’ve seen in years. I think with a really complicated story like this one, movies are the perfect medium. I was able to follow the shifting storylines easily. It was beautifully shot, beautifully acted- I can’t say enough about how rich and heartfelt this movie was. Oh, it was about love. I’m getting the idea there is a theme here! Oh, well. Romance writer. I know what is most important in the world. This morning I feel sick from eating half a bag of Cheetos, but at least my kid will get to keep his health insurance for a few more years.
I couldn’t bear to watch the election returns last night, thinking Health Care Reform might be going under the knife, so I got a bag of Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs and Magic Mike at Wal-Mart.
Channing Tatum really can dance. He was hands down so much better than the rest of the strippers. That said, it was a sad, seedy movie, the way sex without love is always sad and seedy. You start with such high hopes!
We really need to do something about jobs for knuckleheaded boys, like my son and the other 20 yr olds with no skills or education, so they are not drawn into the creepy world of male exotic dancers. I don’t suppose that was the take-home message the movie producers intended, but maybe it was! MM did an excellent job of acting a corrupt soul.
I’ve noticed lately that I don’t agree with the movie critics much, and I’ve started to wonder about that. I adored Battleship and I adored Rock of Ages.
Who could possibly not like Battleship? Good-looking boys in Navy uniforms, big guns, bad guys getting butts whipped, Rhiannon with her finger on the trigger- she was a very authentic Navy girl, a nice little love story that ends happily. What is wrong with people that the critics panned this movie? This was an old-fashioned Saturday Matinee shoot out, and surely we aren’t all so sophisticated we don’t love a shoot-out? With the biggest guns in the world?
I also loved Rock of Ages, and oddly enough the hair and music didn’t seem dated at all! Maybe that’s because I was 25 in 1985? I knew the words to all the songs and sang along while the kid slid down in his seat and tried to look invisible. I forgive Tom Cruise for everything, all his weirdness, because this movie reminded me he is an absolutely frigging wonderful actor. Oddly enough, this movie was also about the old sex vs love conundrum, with loud guitars! I will ask again, what is wrong with people that this movie was panned?
But this last weekend I went with my kid to see Cloud Atlas. Hands down the best movie I’ve seen in years. I think with a really complicated story like this one, movies are the perfect medium. I was able to follow the shifting storylines easily. It was beautifully shot, beautifully acted- I can’t say enough about how rich and heartfelt this movie was. Oh, it was about love. I’m getting the idea there is a theme here! Oh, well. Romance writer. I know what is most important in the world. This morning I feel sick from eating half a bag of Cheetos, but at least my kid will get to keep his health insurance for a few more years.
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