Great movie that I got to see yesterday. It is getting near the end of its run, but is still playing locally at the Kentucky this week and perhaps elsewhere. Slumdog Millionaire was made in India and set in India. It has a little bit of a different feel then a typical Hollywood flick of the same style and probably hints back a bit to an older age of Hollywood in some ways. Everyone in it is Indian as far as I know and I have no idea of any are stars or not. Regardless, well worth cost of admission if you get a chance.
For those of you have missed it completely, this another Clint Eastwood movie. He both directs and stars in it in what is in my opinion one of his better roles for sometime. It is, I believe, the fourth movie he has directed in the last two years and they just seem to get better as he rolls along at an age that most of us would be looking to retire.
Over the weekend had the opportunity to go out for a movie with friends. When we left, slowly making our way to the cinema, the plan was for one movie but by the time we got there, dinner, a few calls, and perhaps a hundred text messages later Seven Pounds was the decided upon feature we would see. Now I agreed to see it without really knowing what it was about but figuring that Will Smith has been good of late. I had seen the previews, (why do they call those a trailer, they are always in front of – the movies as previews, prior to the release of the movie on television and the internet?) but those only left me wondering is it an action thriller where someone looses it or what?
I was out a bit ago having dinner on the cheap and the phone rang. It was a dear friend of mine who particularly wanted to call me because of the hub-bub that was being caused in her store by the appearance of certain famous person. Turns out Erin Brockovich was in her store and had apparently caused a big stir in the local community. The funny thing was that Ms. Brockovich was standing in the only parking spot and my dear friend did not realize who it was when she pulled in to go to work and (ahem) politely asked her to move. Only later did she learn who it was and when the friend called Ms. Brockovich was wandering around in the store.
Back sometime in December, probably early December, I caught the movie Role Models with a friend. It thought I had blogged about it back then, but apparently I only made a note (via a draft entry to myself) that I needed to blog about it and what aspects I wanted to hit with. I admit I was a little leery about seeing it as it could be funny but it could just be dumb. I admit that a friend wanting to see it and having gotten a recommendation from another friend pushed me over the edge and I said what the heck.
