Crash Into Me

My Movie Habits

I feel weird. No, not like that. I feel like I've changed. I was at Blockbuster yesterday going over the literally dozen or so movies I've not seen yet, and thinking how having a son has changed me. The last four movies I've rented are: Gone Baby Gone, We Own the Night, American Gangster, and Michael Clayton. All big movies, mostly critically acclaimed...and all movies I would have FOR SURE seen in the theater 18 months ago. The next 4 movies I have in my mind to rent also fall under this category: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Darjeeling Limited, Into The Wild, and Becoming Jane (for Lacey). None of these I saw in the theater, and I still haven't seen them on DVD, though most have been out for days/weeks. This is quite odd for me. It used to be that Lacey and I would go to the video store and literally SEARCH for a decent movie that we hadn't both seen. Now they are everywhere. This isn't a bad thing...just different. Perhaps I'm growing up. Perhaps I'm becoming more boring. I don't know. But I feel different, and that's ok. My wife and son trump everything, especially stupid movies. But that doesn't mean that sometimes I don't miss my old life :-)