What Have You Seen Lately

In the last month we have watched 12 discs from Netflix. They fell evenly into 2 groups of six, one group of British TV show discs and 6 movies. In that same time frame we also watched all 17 episodes of Season 5 of TDTVS and all 8 episodes of Series 4 of Doc Martin.

At yesterday’s MMC gathering when it came time to swap movie recommendations with the usual suspects, I could only come up with one of the six movies, Doubt. Looking back on the list, it was the most memorable, but there were a few more that deserved a good word. Here are a half dozen twitteresque movie reviews in the order of my appreciation of them:

  1. Doubt – Did he or didn’t he? The nun thinks she knows for sure.
  2. (500) Days of Summer – a pleasant light-hearted comedy that is not really a love story. Pay attention to the numbers.
  3. Priceless – Sort of Breakfast at Tiffany’s with a French accent.
  4. Charlie Bartlett – Take one cup of Rushmore and mix with 3 cups Harold and Maude.
  5. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Funny animated movie for the first 30 minutes and I might have finished watching it if I was 12 or under.
  6. My Blueberry Nights – Rent a Norah Jones music video disc instead.

Addendum: Also yesterday we got a tip that we should try a new this season show on CBS, called A Good Wife. It’s a lawyer show with a case a week, but what makes it different is the lawyer’s back story and its continuous repercussions on the current. Thanks Patti. <- Here is where I’m sure if I need to use the new sarcasm punctuation mark or not because we just spent the entire afternoon and evening mainlining the first 7 episodes…

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2 Comments

  1. We dropped netflix, but have done a couple of Redbox rentals lately. “The taking of Pelham 123” was intense. “My Sister’s Keeper” was a chick-flick and I predicted the ending about 1/2 way through. But it wasn’t all bad.

  2. Pelham has been in and out of my rental queue twice, I can’t make up my mind if I really want to see it or not. My problem is I’m such a fan of the original that I’m not sure I want to “ruin” it by watching the update.

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