Movie Reviews

I have been trying to get in several movies these past couple of weeks before going back to work tomorrow. I went to Dreamer, Elizabethtown, The Greatest Game Ever Played, Harry Potter and today I saw Walk the Line. Walk the Line was definitely the best one of the five; it is Oscar worthy – especially Joaquin Phoenix’s performance – and one I wouldn’t mind seeing again. That’s the true test of a good film for me — if I come out of the theater wanting to see it again. One of the things I liked most was that there was lots of music. Not just snippets to represent the performances, but full songs and lots of them.

The other four were also really good. I loved Dreamer, more a story about a girl and her father than a girl and her horse. Elizabethtown reinforced just how cute Orlando Bloom is, whether he’s wearing pointed ears and shooting arrows, or planning his father’s funeral in a small town. The Greatest Game Ever Played was on the order of Remember the Titans, and very inspiring with lots of tenderness, competition, and humor. Carrie and I have a tradition of going to see the Harry Potter movies together, and we were really prepared to not like this one as well because of all the evil and violence reported by the reviewers. However, we both felt is was not as bad as we were expecting, and we both enjoyed it more than number 3.

Tomorrow is D-Day. That’s Dreaded (or Depression) Day, when I must rejoin the working world. Oh well, it will get me out of the stores where I have been spending way too much of my time — and my money — these last several weeks. I’m glad this is a three day week and the holidays are coming. I can’t imagine anyone taking their sabbatical in November and December and then having to go back to work with no breaks in sight for several months. Now THAT would be depressing!