Weekend Movies March 10, 2008

Boom and I had a very laid back weekend - when he wasn’t working, we just hung out.  And on Sat and Sun we rented movies.  Two very different (from each other and most other) movies.  In the end, both were uplifting, but I am not quite sure how they got there.  I liked them both, but especially “Once”…

“Once” won an Oscar for Best Song “Falling Slowly” and made us want to download the soundtrack.  It was also a sweet movie - and I loved it b/c there was nothing sexy about it at all.  Not that I am aganist sexy, but it was refreshing to watch a movie where that was not at the center of all things.

“The Darjeeling Limited” was very random and quirky.  I enjoyed it as well.  Had the same sort of feel as “The Royal Tenenbaums” (same director) and “I Heart Huckabee” (tho I realized that I may not have seen that movie yet).

Western February 25, 2008

After Boom got home, we rented 3:10 to Yuma, with Christian Bale. He looked pretty good, for a scraggly farmer. But his character in the movie was kinda dumb. He made a lot of mistakes and in the end, a lot of people died for nothing. Wasn’t our favorite movie, but there wasn’t much in the way of selection at Blockbuster. and it cost nearly $6 to rent this one, measly movie! We are thinking of doing Netfix like other smart people.