Some Movies NOT to Watch...

It seems David and I have hit a streak of movies we probably would have been better off not watching.  That happens sometimes.  I guess you have to see some really rotten ones to appreciate the really good ones.  Anyway, I thought I'd let the two or three of you that read this blog know what not to watch.

There may be spoilers-which really is ok because you really don't need to watch either of these movies... I just had to be fair and warn you regardless.

First:  The Killer Inside Me (Internet Movie Database) (see this link for cast and plot summary)  Great cast.  Interesting story.  Horrible violence.  This movie really disturbed and upset me.  I can handle aliens popping out of chests, or most of anything Quentin Tarantino can throw at me.  The violence in this movie wasn't unlike what you would find in a Tarantino movie, but it was different.  It wasn't choc-a-block full of violence either, it was just a few scenes (and quick flashbacks).  I guess it was the subject matter.  The main male character beat two women to death and it was incredibly graphic and upsetting.  My poor David was just as shocked as I was, and was at a loss to deal with how it upset me.  If I could remove/edit those scenes I would actually recommend the movie.  The acting was good, the story was interesting.  But the movie in its current form is just too upsetting.

Second:  Life During Wartime (Internet Movie Database) (see this link for cast and plot summary)  Another movie that had a good cast.  The trailer looked like it was going to be a off-kilter comedy.  The movie ended up not being so funny.  It kind of drug on and on and on...and never really went anywhere.  (Drinking did not make it any better.  Seriously.)

So what have I been watching that I have actually enjoyed?  Well, let me tell you.  David and I got hooked on The Tudors, the Showtime series.  I'm kind of hooked on that time period and just finished reading The Tudor series by Philippa Gregory (she wrote "The Other Boleyn Girl").  I just get sucked into the different possibilities of what King Henry was like, and what the lives of his many many wives must have been like.

Ok.  I should get back to my list of things I want to get done around the house.  Just had to take a minute and say hello!

~Emily