Well it's old news by now, the Artist taking best film, along with 4 other wins. I was glad about that. Out of the 9 movies nominated, there were only 2 that I wanted to see again immediately after watching it, The Artist was one, The Help was the other.
I can't believe the whole show ended 20 minutes ahead of schedule. I can't believe there was no singing number, and I can't believe they didn't have the Cecil B DeMille award.
The speeches were definitely short...too short, some of them. I really think Octavia Spencer could have said more, and I really wanted to hear what she wanted to say. It was her first win after all.
There were some stunning women out there - Glenn Close, Penelope Cruz, Michelle Williams. There were no hideous, out-there, over the top, see-thru Cher-like gowns this year, only the usual Jennifer Lopez-like "what can I get away with" dress worn by...oh yeah, Jennifer Lopez.
Every year I have a "God vs. Mom" tally from acceptance speeches. Been doing it for years. In the last few years, God hasn't been doing very well. Unless Denzel Washington happens to be winning something, He hasn't gotten any credit. Why is that? Actually, Mom hasn't been getting as much credit either. And now that the axe-man is standing below the podium making the cutting action across his throat when the winners are giving their speeches, we now may only hear, "I'd like to thank the Aca..."
I miss Steve Martin as emcee. Billy Crystal is definitely a step back up from last year. How about Billy and Steve together?
They've been working hard at keeping the show entertaining while fulfilling what they must in presenting awards. But really, at what age does a person starts watching the Oscars (if they watch them at all)? I've been watching them since I was a kid. I remember the TV Guide used to have a ballot printed in it which made it exciting. I loved checking off the boxes as names were read. I still print a ballot off each year so I can make my guesses and circle the winner. And it's still exciting to me. When the Oscars are approaching, I get that holiday feeling in me. 30 days or so before it airs, it's movie-crunch time and I watch as many as the movies as I can that are accessible. I start planning the food I'm going to prepare for the little Oscar party I have (I think there are only 3 or 4 of us in the whole of Australia that watch it). I read reviews, have Oscar chats with my sister - it's serious stuff.
What's the thrill and draw to it? Tradition is one. But mostly it's seeing recognition get made for the work behind the screen, for the talent displayed, for the films that moved me, made me laugh or cry. A lot of these people I have grown up with. I've known Meryl for almost 30 years now. I first saw Christopher Plummer when I was younger than 16 going on 17. Steven Spielberg has introduced aliens and heroes to me. We watch dreams come true for these people when they sit in those theatre chairs and hope their names are called. Perhaps we dream a little ourselves and imagine what it would be like to hold one of those statues or be among the glitz and glamour for one night. I wouldn't even mind being a seat filler. Whatever it is, I'm unashamedly drawn in and grabbed for a few hours, being part of the Oscar entertainment.
So do you watch the Oscars? What are your thoughts on the whole glitz and glamour evening? Why do you think people love the movies?
Let's talk movies and don't forget the popcorn!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Movie Review - Moneyball
Just in time for the Oscars, I finished watching Moneyball: "Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players." (IMDB) Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill both delivered fine, Oscar nominated performances. I don't always go out of my way to watch sports movies but I have a few on my shelf, generally because the story is inspirational. That's what sports does to people - it inspires them. There is nothing better than seeing the underdog score the winning goal in the last 2 seconds of the game, or fire off a ball over the fence in the bottom of the 9th. But in Moneyball, irony plays her hand and the main guy never quite wins. He gets close lots of times, but he never wins. Instead, others win using his formula that changed the way some look at baseball.
I think Brad deserves his nomination - he gave a really good performance. I didn't really like his character though. When the chips were down I never found myself cheering him on to get up. I can see why his movie wife Robin Wright left him. I can see why he exasperated those around him. I never was exactly convinced where his heart was.
Jonah Hill was quite good and I liked him. He was contained and eventually found his voice when he needed to but there was often a lot said by the expression on his face. This is his first Oscar nod and I'm glad to see him step out from roles like Knocked Up and Superbad.
I found myself nervous a couple of times in the film because I didn't know how it would pan out. I even found myself getting out the computer and looking in Wikipedia to read about Billy Beane and this shot in his history - suspense kills me when the story is true. I have to know what happens. And if you happen to wonder if I sometimes read the last few pages of a book when I'm only half way through, the answer is yes. I have to prepare myself for bad news or I look forward to good news. I have to be put at ease.
I don't think this movie will win Best Picture but it's very enjoyable. And you don't even have to like baseball or understand it. It was a bit bothersome to see how players are treated though. They are traded as easily as bubble gum cards and discarded as thoughtlessly as the wrapper if they don't keep up their standard. But I love one part in the film where a very overweight player is shown smacking the ball pitched to him. It was explained that he's usually afraid to run to second, but after that hit, he tries. He rounds first base and then falls and crawls back to first and owns it. He won't let go of it. The first base coach and short stop are laughing and grabbing at him. What the player doesn't know is that he hit the ball over the fence and they were trying to get him up to finish running the bases to home. As it was then asked, "How can you not get romantic about baseball?"
The movie is rated PG-13 (M) for low-level language (2 F-bombs and a couple of other words) and content.
As a point of trivia, in the film Brad Pitt's character Billy wears a wedding ring though he is divorced. This made me wonder if he was still devoted to his ex or something. Actually though, Billy got remarried but you never see his second wife.
So do you have any favorite sports films? If you saw Moneyball, what was your opinion of the movie?
Let's talk movies and don't forget the popcorn!
I think Brad deserves his nomination - he gave a really good performance. I didn't really like his character though. When the chips were down I never found myself cheering him on to get up. I can see why his movie wife Robin Wright left him. I can see why he exasperated those around him. I never was exactly convinced where his heart was.
Jonah Hill was quite good and I liked him. He was contained and eventually found his voice when he needed to but there was often a lot said by the expression on his face. This is his first Oscar nod and I'm glad to see him step out from roles like Knocked Up and Superbad.
I found myself nervous a couple of times in the film because I didn't know how it would pan out. I even found myself getting out the computer and looking in Wikipedia to read about Billy Beane and this shot in his history - suspense kills me when the story is true. I have to know what happens. And if you happen to wonder if I sometimes read the last few pages of a book when I'm only half way through, the answer is yes. I have to prepare myself for bad news or I look forward to good news. I have to be put at ease.
I don't think this movie will win Best Picture but it's very enjoyable. And you don't even have to like baseball or understand it. It was a bit bothersome to see how players are treated though. They are traded as easily as bubble gum cards and discarded as thoughtlessly as the wrapper if they don't keep up their standard. But I love one part in the film where a very overweight player is shown smacking the ball pitched to him. It was explained that he's usually afraid to run to second, but after that hit, he tries. He rounds first base and then falls and crawls back to first and owns it. He won't let go of it. The first base coach and short stop are laughing and grabbing at him. What the player doesn't know is that he hit the ball over the fence and they were trying to get him up to finish running the bases to home. As it was then asked, "How can you not get romantic about baseball?"
The movie is rated PG-13 (M) for low-level language (2 F-bombs and a couple of other words) and content.
As a point of trivia, in the film Brad Pitt's character Billy wears a wedding ring though he is divorced. This made me wonder if he was still devoted to his ex or something. Actually though, Billy got remarried but you never see his second wife.
So do you have any favorite sports films? If you saw Moneyball, what was your opinion of the movie?
Let's talk movies and don't forget the popcorn!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
My Own Personal Chick Flick Night - Might Contain Spoilers!
In one of my more sappier, hormonal moments, I had a weepy evening at home instigated by taking my favorite chick flicks from my shelf and watching the last 10 or 15 minutes of each. I had wanted to do this at a girl's evening but it never came to pass, so I had my own personal girly evening. My husband thought I was crazy.
I started with the ultimate weepy movie Beaches. Just thinking about it makes my eyes water. Any time that movie is mentioned in conversation among women, the reaction is always the same: "I love that movie! It's so sad! It always makes my cry." So the moment I put it in and found the spot where Bette Midler's character brings Barbra Hershey to the beach, the tears started falling. Hearing Bette sing "Wind Beneath My Wings" kept them coming (that song always gets me choked up because I dedicated that one to my dying mother 9 years ago). Tears are so cleansing. Even when they're artificially induced.
Next on my list was the Lakehouse, with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. I love that movie. I love movies that are narrated, and I love looking at Keanu Reeves, even wooden that he may seem. I find him very handsome, or maybe it's just his dark eyes and dark hair...I don't know. And his voice. My husband is convinced that he smoked too much stuff as a teenager. But the point is, I love the ending cuz they meet each other, finally, and he is so purposeful in seeing her.
I then went to Ever After, the Cinderella story with Drew Barrymore. She had loved him, he loved her, he publically humiliated and dumped her, she felt horrible and worthless, and he comes back to rescue her and sees her for who she really is, though just a peasant. I love when he slips her mother's beautiful slipper on her foot, after pulling off her tattered one, and asks her to be his wife. All her dreams have come true because her true self has been found. (And I also love how the evil stepmother and stepsister get theirs too. Very satisfying.)
With a smile on my face (and my husband shaking his head), I put in Shall We Dance? with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon. She is misunderstanding his thing for dancing and is feeling left out and distant from him, and he is feeling guilty because even though his life is good and he loves his wife and children, he's apologetic that he feels bored with the mundaneness of it all and therefore loves to go to his dancing lessons. Though not at the end of the movie, the heart-stopping, breath-holding moment of him dressed up in his tuxedo, holding a rose, coming up on an escalator, looking for his wife, does it for me every time. When my sister and I saw it in the theatre, we both audibly gasped when we saw him in that scene. He's not just physically attractive (note: dark hair, dark eyes), but he's handsome (can I say sexy?) because he's coming for his wife, the woman he has been "dancing" with for 15 years.
I then popped in "Sense and Sensibility" a movie I have watched many times (though all these movies I've watched over and over again). I started it in the place where Edward (Hugh Grant) comes over and all the Dashwood women run around in a panic. Thinking he's married, he gets around to telling them that he's not. Elinor Dashwood, who has loved him from the beginning and held in her feelings and pain because he was engaged to someone else, finally lets all come out. She hysterically cries, sobs, and gasps, realizing all at once that he's available and he's there for her. I love that. It all comes together and her long silenced suffering is rewarded. My other favorite part is earlier, when Colonel Brandon, also a long time sufferer in love with Marian Dashwood, is finally recognized and acknowledged by her. His face tells it all, though he stays a lot more composed than Elinor did.
Which brings me to my last movie, Emma, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam (again, dark). When she finally realizes that she loves Mr. Knightly and thinks he loves someone else, she is devastated. When he turns an awkward conversation into one she's been waiting for and asks her to marry him, she can hardly believe her ears. I love his expression right before he kisses her. She is shy and awkward, and he's ready to gobble her up. The music throughout this movie is one of my favorites as well. It's a beautiful orchestral swirl that I have often listened to over and over again.
I'm not sure where this brings me. I was once concerned and over-analyzing of myself after watching all these chick flicks, thinking that maybe I wasn't happy enough at home. I have the most wonderful husband, and although he's not dark haired or dark eyed (love his blue eyes though), I wouldn't trade him for anyone. He is so devoted to his family (which, BTW I find very attractive) and is the most faithful of men. So I was relieved to find within myself that my heart is where it belongs and is happy.
When I look at these particular movies, there is a common thread of good, honest people who are long-suffering who finally get their hearts' desires, or of loving friends who look after each other, or of people who see that love has always been at home and it's worth fighting for. And so I think that's what I like and that's what I believe in. Love. True love is patient and it is kind and it bears all things. It protects, trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. And true love never fails. So for this reason I will always love chick flicks. Bring on the sappiness and the tears and I'll unashamedly cry and watch them over and over again.
So if you love chick flicks, what are some of your favs? And if you don't like them, why not? What is it about them that girls (and some guys out there somewhere) love?
Let's Talk Movies and don't forget the popcorn!
I started with the ultimate weepy movie Beaches. Just thinking about it makes my eyes water. Any time that movie is mentioned in conversation among women, the reaction is always the same: "I love that movie! It's so sad! It always makes my cry." So the moment I put it in and found the spot where Bette Midler's character brings Barbra Hershey to the beach, the tears started falling. Hearing Bette sing "Wind Beneath My Wings" kept them coming (that song always gets me choked up because I dedicated that one to my dying mother 9 years ago). Tears are so cleansing. Even when they're artificially induced.
Next on my list was the Lakehouse, with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves. I love that movie. I love movies that are narrated, and I love looking at Keanu Reeves, even wooden that he may seem. I find him very handsome, or maybe it's just his dark eyes and dark hair...I don't know. And his voice. My husband is convinced that he smoked too much stuff as a teenager. But the point is, I love the ending cuz they meet each other, finally, and he is so purposeful in seeing her.
I then went to Ever After, the Cinderella story with Drew Barrymore. She had loved him, he loved her, he publically humiliated and dumped her, she felt horrible and worthless, and he comes back to rescue her and sees her for who she really is, though just a peasant. I love when he slips her mother's beautiful slipper on her foot, after pulling off her tattered one, and asks her to be his wife. All her dreams have come true because her true self has been found. (And I also love how the evil stepmother and stepsister get theirs too. Very satisfying.)
With a smile on my face (and my husband shaking his head), I put in Shall We Dance? with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon. She is misunderstanding his thing for dancing and is feeling left out and distant from him, and he is feeling guilty because even though his life is good and he loves his wife and children, he's apologetic that he feels bored with the mundaneness of it all and therefore loves to go to his dancing lessons. Though not at the end of the movie, the heart-stopping, breath-holding moment of him dressed up in his tuxedo, holding a rose, coming up on an escalator, looking for his wife, does it for me every time. When my sister and I saw it in the theatre, we both audibly gasped when we saw him in that scene. He's not just physically attractive (note: dark hair, dark eyes), but he's handsome (can I say sexy?) because he's coming for his wife, the woman he has been "dancing" with for 15 years.
I then popped in "Sense and Sensibility" a movie I have watched many times (though all these movies I've watched over and over again). I started it in the place where Edward (Hugh Grant) comes over and all the Dashwood women run around in a panic. Thinking he's married, he gets around to telling them that he's not. Elinor Dashwood, who has loved him from the beginning and held in her feelings and pain because he was engaged to someone else, finally lets all come out. She hysterically cries, sobs, and gasps, realizing all at once that he's available and he's there for her. I love that. It all comes together and her long silenced suffering is rewarded. My other favorite part is earlier, when Colonel Brandon, also a long time sufferer in love with Marian Dashwood, is finally recognized and acknowledged by her. His face tells it all, though he stays a lot more composed than Elinor did.
Which brings me to my last movie, Emma, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam (again, dark). When she finally realizes that she loves Mr. Knightly and thinks he loves someone else, she is devastated. When he turns an awkward conversation into one she's been waiting for and asks her to marry him, she can hardly believe her ears. I love his expression right before he kisses her. She is shy and awkward, and he's ready to gobble her up. The music throughout this movie is one of my favorites as well. It's a beautiful orchestral swirl that I have often listened to over and over again.
I'm not sure where this brings me. I was once concerned and over-analyzing of myself after watching all these chick flicks, thinking that maybe I wasn't happy enough at home. I have the most wonderful husband, and although he's not dark haired or dark eyed (love his blue eyes though), I wouldn't trade him for anyone. He is so devoted to his family (which, BTW I find very attractive) and is the most faithful of men. So I was relieved to find within myself that my heart is where it belongs and is happy.
When I look at these particular movies, there is a common thread of good, honest people who are long-suffering who finally get their hearts' desires, or of loving friends who look after each other, or of people who see that love has always been at home and it's worth fighting for. And so I think that's what I like and that's what I believe in. Love. True love is patient and it is kind and it bears all things. It protects, trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. And true love never fails. So for this reason I will always love chick flicks. Bring on the sappiness and the tears and I'll unashamedly cry and watch them over and over again.
So if you love chick flicks, what are some of your favs? And if you don't like them, why not? What is it about them that girls (and some guys out there somewhere) love?
Let's Talk Movies and don't forget the popcorn!
Movie Review - Extremely Loud and Up Close
Today I saw the Oscar nominated movie Extremely Loud and Upclose. The premise is easy enough - it's one year after 9/11 and a young boy is trying to make sense out of "The Terrible Day."
A lot of reviewers didn't actually like the film too much, but I did. I can usually find something I like in the movies I watch. There are some worth seeing again and there are some that get the honor of being bought and finding space in my bookshelf. If I want to see a movie again, most of the time I rent it and see it a second time that way. There are the chosen few I'll actually pay twice to see on the Big Screen (The Help was one of those). This film I will see again, by rental.
But back to Extremely Loud. I was impressed by the young actor Thomas Horn who played Oskar Schell in the film. Amazingly, this is his first film. Before this, his five minutes of fame was on Jeopardy! where he won $31,000US on kids week. Somehow that win led to this movie. Hopefully it won't be his last. Something tells me he might be a bit similar to the character he plays in the movie in that he had to be some sort of whiz kid to win all that money, and in the movie he's a walking encyclopedia.
I'm wondering to myself why he wasn't nominated for his role. There have been a few other child stars that have been lucky and talented enough to walk the red carpet - Tatum O'Neil (youngest to win a supporting actress Oscar, at age 9) and Anna Paquin (the second youngest to win in the same category). (Can you name the movies they were in?) I think young Thomas is deserving of an Oscar nod, and I'm sure there are people definitely looking his way in any case.
The film took place in New York. I was thinking while I was watching it that I'd like to research how many movies have actually taken place there, how many of the shops, stores, etc. that are featured are actually real, and what actor has been featured in the most movies taking place in New York. I know, who cares right? That's my trivia thirsty brain on overload. And I'd also like to make a list of places to visit when I go to New York someday, that have been featured in films, like Central Park, and those boulders that you see being climbed with the skyline in the background. In Extremely Loud there is a swing set that is near those boulders. Are they really there? Cuz if they are, I want to swing on them!
Watching a film that takes places after 9/11 made me think through that day again. It made me think about the people who experienced it, who didn't survive it, the surviving thousands of people personally there that will never be the same because of it, who inhaled dust for days after being in the same vacinity as the collapsed buildings, the terrible noises of the planes crashing and the buildings imploding and people screaming and ambulances screeching and fire trucks blaring, and about the people of New York that looked each other in the eyes after that day with a different type of look, a knowing and understanding.
Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks offered strong roles along side Thomas, as did Max van Sydow. Viola Davis (The Help) was among the many people given less screen time, but not without importance. I liked the many people that Oskar Schell meets on his journey - all who were somehow touched by 9/11 and who were touched by Oskar. This movie identifies with pain and the importance of finding a way through it and past it, and allowing others to share and help in the process. None of us are excluded from pain in our life, but how we find hope on the other side of it is important.
Do I think this movie will win the Oscar for Best Pic? No. Do I recommend you see it? Yes. Either in the theatre or at home will do. I think it's a good movie for teens to see that can lead to some good discussion, though younger children might find it a bit long and might be disturbed by some of the movie's images of 9/11. (Just because there is a young boy in it doesn't make it a kids movie.) Rated M, mostly for content and subject matter, with one F-bomb if I remember correctly, and a couple of other milder expletives used in playful bantering.
Questions to ponder or to answer, if you'd like.
So, if you've seen this movie, what did you think? Have you been to New York and what do you recommend for sight-seeing (this California girl needs suggestions!)? What do you say to someone who is going through emotional pain that needs help and hope?
So let's talk movies and don't forget the popcorn!
A lot of reviewers didn't actually like the film too much, but I did. I can usually find something I like in the movies I watch. There are some worth seeing again and there are some that get the honor of being bought and finding space in my bookshelf. If I want to see a movie again, most of the time I rent it and see it a second time that way. There are the chosen few I'll actually pay twice to see on the Big Screen (The Help was one of those). This film I will see again, by rental.
But back to Extremely Loud. I was impressed by the young actor Thomas Horn who played Oskar Schell in the film. Amazingly, this is his first film. Before this, his five minutes of fame was on Jeopardy! where he won $31,000US on kids week. Somehow that win led to this movie. Hopefully it won't be his last. Something tells me he might be a bit similar to the character he plays in the movie in that he had to be some sort of whiz kid to win all that money, and in the movie he's a walking encyclopedia.
I'm wondering to myself why he wasn't nominated for his role. There have been a few other child stars that have been lucky and talented enough to walk the red carpet - Tatum O'Neil (youngest to win a supporting actress Oscar, at age 9) and Anna Paquin (the second youngest to win in the same category). (Can you name the movies they were in?) I think young Thomas is deserving of an Oscar nod, and I'm sure there are people definitely looking his way in any case.
The film took place in New York. I was thinking while I was watching it that I'd like to research how many movies have actually taken place there, how many of the shops, stores, etc. that are featured are actually real, and what actor has been featured in the most movies taking place in New York. I know, who cares right? That's my trivia thirsty brain on overload. And I'd also like to make a list of places to visit when I go to New York someday, that have been featured in films, like Central Park, and those boulders that you see being climbed with the skyline in the background. In Extremely Loud there is a swing set that is near those boulders. Are they really there? Cuz if they are, I want to swing on them!
Watching a film that takes places after 9/11 made me think through that day again. It made me think about the people who experienced it, who didn't survive it, the surviving thousands of people personally there that will never be the same because of it, who inhaled dust for days after being in the same vacinity as the collapsed buildings, the terrible noises of the planes crashing and the buildings imploding and people screaming and ambulances screeching and fire trucks blaring, and about the people of New York that looked each other in the eyes after that day with a different type of look, a knowing and understanding.
Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks offered strong roles along side Thomas, as did Max van Sydow. Viola Davis (The Help) was among the many people given less screen time, but not without importance. I liked the many people that Oskar Schell meets on his journey - all who were somehow touched by 9/11 and who were touched by Oskar. This movie identifies with pain and the importance of finding a way through it and past it, and allowing others to share and help in the process. None of us are excluded from pain in our life, but how we find hope on the other side of it is important.
Do I think this movie will win the Oscar for Best Pic? No. Do I recommend you see it? Yes. Either in the theatre or at home will do. I think it's a good movie for teens to see that can lead to some good discussion, though younger children might find it a bit long and might be disturbed by some of the movie's images of 9/11. (Just because there is a young boy in it doesn't make it a kids movie.) Rated M, mostly for content and subject matter, with one F-bomb if I remember correctly, and a couple of other milder expletives used in playful bantering.
Questions to ponder or to answer, if you'd like.
So, if you've seen this movie, what did you think? Have you been to New York and what do you recommend for sight-seeing (this California girl needs suggestions!)? What do you say to someone who is going through emotional pain that needs help and hope?
So let's talk movies and don't forget the popcorn!
So Let's Talk Movies!
I thought it would be fun to talk about movies. I love movies and always have. I grew up in a household of women that loved movies. When I'm feeling a bit blue or hormonal, I watch movies. My favorite website is IMDB (International Movie Data Base) because I love to know about the people who make movies. I love information. I love trivia. So when I am watching a movie I often have IMDB open so I can be looking up the stars and co-stars and seeing what other movies they're from and any interesting facts and bloopers as well. Does anyone else do this out there?
And I love getting my kids in on the action. I often ask them while we're watching something where they've seen the leads actors before. It's fun to see whether they can put a voice to a name when we're watching an animated movie.
I don't expect to share anything new but perhaps it'll help someone out there or will start conversation. What I post is only my opinion. I don't confess to know anything about professional movie critiquing, but I'm just an average person who likes to watch movies and likes to have conversations with other people about them too.
Whenever I get out of a movie, I'm dying to talk about it with someone. I like feedback, I like to see what other people thought of what I just saw and compare notes.
So let's see what happens.
I might also talk about some of my favorite movie stars and my favorite movies I have in my collection and see what are other people's favorites. I'm not deep and philosophical but I love to see other people's talent and what they're trying to bring across the big screen. I love to be moved to tears, I love happy endings, it's necessary for the good guy to win at the end, I love justice, but I also love eccentric, quirky, subtitles, and sci-fi. I pay attention to details sometimes - I love to look at the background of room sets and see what's on the bookshelf or the wall. If I could be handed a movie set job, it would be set decorator or continuity director. Not to say these jobs are easy or the people who have them aren't brilliant already, but I think it would fun, which is probably showing how much I don't really understand about those jobs.
So there might be some chatting about different film genres, favorite movie sets or locations, wardrobe, and favorite movie lines.
But, I don't just see movies to see movies. I generally avoid MA+ rated movies ("R") in the theatres but I might rent one from time to time and keep my thumb on the fast-forward button of the remote. I avoid very violent, evil, or raunchy movies (which will tend to be MA+ anyway). I will read reviews on these sorts and ask people their opinion of the movie and most likely, will still not see them. I'm a very visual person so lonnnnngggg after a movie is over I will still see pictures in my head that I wished I wouldn't have seen. Sometimes just a movie short will do it for me. That's why I've never seen Pulp Fiction, Hannibal Lector, or Heath Ledger as the infamous Joker.
It's important to know our weaknesses and to avoid them at all costs. It's important to take care of our spirit and to watch what goes in so what comes out is good and encouraging. That's why I love happy endings, but I don't want to compromise to get to them. Even if Hannibal and the Joker get their just desserts at the end (which I don't know if they do since I've never see the films) I don't want to see their evil and mayhem first. But again that's me. I don't mind seeing an alien blown to oblivion by a tough, gun-toting chick, but I hate seeing guns held to human heads and having the trigger go off. I love seeing two people fall in love, but I don't want to see how Hollywood gets them to express it in the bedroom. And if a character even looks evil, I'll probably avoid the movie (hence not seeing Silence of the Lambs or Dark Knight, which says a lot for the makeup department!).
So for starters, what are your favorite sort of movies? Are there any you purposely avoid? If your name could appear anywhere in the credits, where would we see it? Let's talk movies, and don't forget the popcorn!
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