movie night

[ellen_datlow]

I watched 28 Days with Sandra Bullock, Steve Buscemi and (yum) Viggo Mortensen--hearing that he's in it made me rent it. Sandra Bullock is pretty good as alcoholic and drug user and general party-going mess settled into a very bad lifestyle with her cute, alkie/druggy boyfriend. I gather from the netflix sleeve that she's supposed to be a journalist of some sort but you could have fooled me--we never her working or hanging out with friends who seem to work (granted most of the movie takes place at the rehab center). Painful drunkenless ick ick ick. Ruins sister's wedding --ick ick ick. Drunken mom memories--ick ick ick. And the whole thing about AA and the higher power stuff always rubbed me the wrong way--but strangely (and luckily, as far as I'm concerned) they dropped most of that for therapy sessions about 1/3 of the way into the movie. Viggo cute as a button. So-so.

Then I watched Sense and Sensibility directed by And Lee and with Kate Winslet, who I adore, Emma Thompson, who I adore, Alan Rickman (WIA) and Hugh Grant, who I may not adore but like an awful lot...oh yeah and Hugh Laurie (whoopie). I laughed I cried --just kidding I cried and cried--having not read the book I really wasn't sure if it would end sadly or happily. For those who haven't read the book or seen the movie, my lips are sealed. But I enjoyed it a lot. I was going to watch the last movie My Neighbor Totoro but decided to save it and work instead. So what the heck am I doing posting???? tsk tsk.

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[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yes. I could have watched it last night but decided to start fresh this evening ;-)