I'm starting to think that I'm burnt out on movies. I just can't get up the effort to go see a movie that I know in my heart is mediocre, let alone rent one. And the money required to see what might be a really good movie, but would be about the same viewed 3 months later on my big screen is really making it hard to justify. Then they come out on DVD and I'm wondering whether it will even be worth the time spent. So we end up lazing around, watching old Seinfelds or the latest season of Scrubs to hit DVD. Something about TV shows is just more appealing these days than the latest piece of crap outta Hollywood. I don't know what my apathy stems from, it's just there. Maybe it's the backlash of spending 4 straight unmarried years watching everything. I don't know. I do know that once we get the gumption to pop in a flick, it generally turns out pretty well. I've seen some good movies lately. It's just that nothing has struck my fancy as really "great" in a while. Anyhoo, here's what we've seen lately.
United 93: An excellent movie. Heart-pounding, sad, brimming with courage. See it.
The Rainmaker: Lacey read the book recently, and although I'd seen it, I promised her we could watch it. It's Francis Ford Coppola (I'd forgotten that!) with an all-star cast, but really not that great. Ok though.
John Q: This movie pissed me off at times, and got me teary-eyed at times. I hate how they make health care the bad guy with stupid crap, but the father-son scenes were excellent. I dunno, it was good and bad. Coulda been better.
I'm planning on seeing The Departed and The Prestige soon, both of which could definitely restore my faith in movies. Nolan and Scorcese are geniuses (a given) and probably my two favorite directors at this moment in time. BTW, Leo is fast becoming one of my favorite actors. Who woulda thunk it?
Update
Lacey correctly mentioned that we also saw Friends With Money recently, with a pretty great cast. It was interesting, odd, and forgettable. That's pretty much it, unfortunately.
Posted by jmmelton at October 2, 2006 11:06 AM | TrackBackYou forgot about Friends with Money....not that it's worth saying much.
Posted by: Lacey at October 2, 2006 12:05 PMThomas and I have been sticking to TV shows as well. I think we watched the second season of House twice this summer, on DVD and reruns.
This weekend we actually rented a couple of movies. Though Jack and Gaby were good, The Sentinel wasn't all it could've been. I blame Michael Douglas. I hate that guy. We also watched Lucky # Slevin, starring your fave MT. I gave it a shot, for Bruce's sake, and, aside from the two porno scenes in the beginning, really liked it.
Posted by: emily at October 3, 2006 10:37 AM