Sunny 9 for 2005 June 17

(5) Fri Jun 17 2005 17:35 I'll have the usual: I have seen lots of new movies lately. In the theatre I have seen Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The girl on there was Emily from General Hospital, so that was a blast from the past (b/c I used to watch the show religiously). It was ok, but not my type of show.

I also saw The Longest Yard which was funny, pretty vulgar for me though b/c the prison lingo was very demeaning and foul. I don't think I would have watched it in the real theatre, maybe dollar or rent, but since my in-laws treated us I can't complain.

I also watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith and I was impressed with the way they had a viable plot. From the previews I was skeptical how they were going to carry out that sort of plot for 2 hours, but it turned out to be funny and entertaining. A little violent. I think Angelina has gotten prettier with age. Sometimes she is just funky looking and sometimes I think she is gorgeous.

I also rented the movie Rabbit Proof Fence from Netflix. It was very sad and moving. A very good film. It is about Australia and the Aborigines and how they used to take away children that were biracial with white and Aborigine from the natives and put them in this camp. It wasn't necessarily to be mean, these people thought they were doing a good deed, but they were so ignorant. They would keep them away to try and breed out the "half caste's" they would call them and thought eventually if they mated with white people enough, the Aborigine blood would be drowned out. It's sad how ignorant people can be.

I also saw Spies Like Us which I had been wanting to watch again since the last time I saw it was when I was little and I didn't get the humor. Some parts are funny, but I still don't love the humor of Chevy Chase, John Candy, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd. I mean I like slap stick, but more the Dumb and Dumber kind. As I grow up my taste has been evolving though. I still love movies like Uncle Buck and Groundhog Day though.

And finally I saw American Graffiti with the young Richard Dryfuss, Ron Howard, and Rookie Harrison Ford. I started it at Alyson's house in KS a year ago, but the DVD was acting up so I finally got to finish it. It is a feel good classic with an amazing soundtrack. I mostly just loved to fifties music. It makes me feel so happy and like society was so wholesome.

So there you have it...tomorrow Aaron and I are going to see Batman Begins, a movie Aaron has been dying to come out. I don't love Katie Holmes' acting let alone how ridiculous and immature she has been acting in her personal life, so we will see. (I have a hard time separating people from their characters but not the other way around. Like if an actor is annoying in real life then I usually think they are annoying in a film.) I love Christian Bale though; he will always be my Newsie and Swing Kid. It has gotten good reviews so far so maybe they went in with low expectations and were impressed. I think I will take that approach for the sake of enjoying myself while I am there.