Do & Don't
Every once in a while a movie comes out that I know I must see. Sometimes it feels so personal that I actually kind of want to see it alone. I mentioned this movie to Steve a few days ago and he didn't know anything about it. (Apparently it wasn't covered on ESPN or in the Sports section of our newspaper.) Then I got it in my head to go see it yesterday afternoon since I'd taken the day off and Steve had to work. I asked if he minded and he didn't.
I was prepared for it not to live up to the hype - but it did. And true to other theaters I've read about, people applauded after Effie's big emotional number and also at the end of the film. You don't see that every day. And this was a half-filled theater at the 1:00 matinee. (Love $5 movies!)
Forgive me for adding to the hype but I must. I cried during the movie and even teared up in the car on the way home, thinking about it. I downloaded music from iTunes last night. I know part of the big draw for me was seeing Jennifer Hudson be so successful. On a side note, my blog stats shot way up the day the movie opened and I see a bunch of hits on my 04-27-04 entry where I wrote about her getting voted off American Idol. Don't view that entry in Firefox, it's better in IE.
The other thing I love about this movie is they got every single detail just right. As someone who paid attention to music during that era, it was fascinating! I mean, I don't know about the facts of the movie - being "loosely" based on The Supremes, but the look was absolutely perfect. The casting was perfect. Eddie Murphy was the coolest!
I told Steve if he found himself wanting to see it, I'd gladly see it again. He told me the reverse was true, if I wanted to see it again, he'd be glad to go. I'm thinking there may be another viewing in my near future - like this weekend, even. I've never said that before. (Except I did sit through back-to-back showings of To Sir with Love in 1967 when we lived in Ridgewood, New Jersey.) I don't want to water down my current love of the movie though so I'm not sure. I don't know if it works like that or not.
So that's my "do" - see Dreamgirls.
My don't? Don't ever watch the movie About Schmidt. We watched the DVD recently and we've never seen a more boring movie. I admit to putting it on our Netflix queue because the movie's claim to fame is Kathy Bates' flash of nudity. I love her and she's very brave for doing that - but I seriously regret losing those 2 hours of my life forever.
Forgive me for adding to the hype but I must. I cried during the movie and even teared up in the car on the way home, thinking about it. I downloaded music from iTunes last night. I know part of the big draw for me was seeing Jennifer Hudson be so successful. On a side note, my blog stats shot way up the day the movie opened and I see a bunch of hits on my 04-27-04 entry where I wrote about her getting voted off American Idol. Don't view that entry in Firefox, it's better in IE.
The other thing I love about this movie is they got every single detail just right. As someone who paid attention to music during that era, it was fascinating! I mean, I don't know about the facts of the movie - being "loosely" based on The Supremes, but the look was absolutely perfect. The casting was perfect. Eddie Murphy was the coolest!
I told Steve if he found himself wanting to see it, I'd gladly see it again. He told me the reverse was true, if I wanted to see it again, he'd be glad to go. I'm thinking there may be another viewing in my near future - like this weekend, even. I've never said that before. (Except I did sit through back-to-back showings of To Sir with Love in 1967 when we lived in Ridgewood, New Jersey.) I don't want to water down my current love of the movie though so I'm not sure. I don't know if it works like that or not.
So that's my "do" - see Dreamgirls.
My don't? Don't ever watch the movie About Schmidt. We watched the DVD recently and we've never seen a more boring movie. I admit to putting it on our Netflix queue because the movie's claim to fame is Kathy Bates' flash of nudity. I love her and she's very brave for doing that - but I seriously regret losing those 2 hours of my life forever.
The plaza in which I saw Dreamgirls houses a Michael's so I stopped in afterwards to browse. And walked out with $94 worth of picture frames. And that's at half price. I knew I was in trouble when I hit the frame department and realized I needed a cart. Can't wait to get busy and fill those puppies up!
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Labels: Movies
posted by Stefani at 10:37 AM
5 Comments:
I knew I wanted to see Dreamgirls, but, after reading your review, I know I HAVE to see it!
Oh Stephanie - this movie has you written all over it! While I was watching it, I kept thinking that people unfamiliar with that era would think the costumes and dancing were over the top - but au contraire. It was Just Like That.
(You'll be downloading Dreamgirls iTunes for your new red iPod in no time!)
I went back and read your old post about Jennifer and realized what I've been missing on your new blog.
Your dinner menu!!! I loved to see what you were cooking - it inspired me because as I've told you before, I do not enjoy cooking!
If I added a dinner menu item now it would be so boring! The last couple of years I've been bored with cooking. It seems like it happened when Simon started working and not being around much. I'd really just be happy to eat a sandwich for dinner every night. But in the last couple of weeks I've been working to raise my cooking from mediocre to adequate.
Yawn.
I have been waiting for this movie, and unfortunately sometimes with being a stay at home momma, you forget the there is an outside world and that taking a night off now and then to go to the show with a friend is perfectly acceptable! So I will be doing just that! Thanks for the review... And as an answer to your question, somewhere between 2 to 3 hours a night. At this point I am just used to it. I still seriously need the caffeine in the afternoon, but it's just the way I am now.
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