{"id":697,"date":"2006-12-21T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-22T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2006-12-21T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-22T03:27:00","slug":"recently-watched-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Recently Watched Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that school is out Brian and I are catching up on some movie watching. We’ve watched almost a dozen movies in the last couple of weeks. Last Saturday Brian and I watched The Pursuit of Happyness<\/a>. We went home and decided to play a couple of movies as we wrapped gifts. We watched The Break Up<\/a> and Accepted<\/a>. Needless to say, we were up until the wee hours of the morning.<\/p>\n

Today we watched Eragon<\/a>. It was a lot better than I expected. I was thoroughly entertained. The little dragon was really cute.<\/p>\n

On the drive home Brian made the comment that we’ll probably discover in sequel that Arya is really Eragon’s sister, which made me realize that the story is a lot like Stars Wars. Eragon was left to live with his uncle much like Luke Skywalker. Arya was raised as a Princess like Princess Leia. There are a lot of parallels in the two stories. Eragon had to rescue Arya from Durza’s castle like Luke rescued Leia from the Death Star.<\/p>\n

The Varden were like the Rebel Alliance, Brom was like Obi-Wan, Murtagh is the Han Solo character, King Galbatorix is Darth Vader, his army are like the Storm Troopers, and all we are missing is a wookie. Then again, there is a sequel! Let’s just hope they don’t bring Jar Jar Binx. LOL. This is just the beginning. There are a lot more similarities but I won’t ruin the movie for you because it really is a must see. The visuals are breathtaking.<\/p>\n

Kidding aside, here are my thoughts on the other movies that we have seen lately..<\/p>\n

The Pursuit of Happyness<\/a> was good but I expected more out of it. The movie previews kind of built it up so much. It made me cry but it wasn’t the bawl-fest that I expected. Not that it’s a bad thing. It’s probably good that it didn’t make me cry as much as I Am Sam<\/a> did. I don’t think there was a second in that movie that I wasn’t crying. Anyway, The Pursuit of Happyness<\/a> is an inspiring movie. It shows that hard working people prevail against all odds. Believe in your dreams and persevere. Happiness will follow.<\/p>\n

The Break Up<\/a> was disappointing to say the least. It wasn’t funny and it wasn’t enlightening. I could relate to some of her concerns and his concerns but none of it was entertaining. Why would I want to watch something that I experience in my daily life? It was a waste of two hours. Thankfully, I was productive. I was wrapping presents as I watched the movie so at least my time wasn’t completely wasted.<\/p>\n

Accepted<\/a> was pretty funny but it’s not the kind of movie that I would really go out of my way to see. Obviously, this one came from Brian’s Netflix<\/a> queue.<\/p>\n

The movies that I borrowed that we (or I in some cases because Brian refuses to watch some of my films although I always watch his with him) watched recently include, Intimacy<\/a> (a foreign film), Somersault<\/a> (foreign also), and Girl with a Pearl Earring<\/a>. I have a thing for foreign films.<\/p>\n

Intimacy<\/a> is a French film and had lots of nudity. I’m not sure I quite got it. I think I was distracted by all the sex scenes.<\/p>\n

Somersault<\/a> is an Australian film. I really only rented it for one reason. I wanted to see Abbie Cornish, the girl that Ryan Phillippe cheated on Reese Witherspoon with. I figured she has got to be something special. She’s okay. She is youthful and vibrant, but probably not someone worth throwing a marriage away for.. Somersault<\/a> is a pretty good movie, as indie films go. What he did, though.. Cheating on his lovely wife, who I love and admire dearly… That was really stupid.<\/p>\n

I watched Girl with a Pearl Earring<\/a> because I love Scarlett Johansson. We’ve had it in our movie collection for a long time but I’ve not had a chance to watch it until now. It’s a good period piece and even better considering that the movie is about a woman in a Vermeer painting.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how many movies I’ve seen in such a short period of time. Even crazier is the fact that I have so many more to watch because we are completely behind in our movie watching.<\/p>\n

If I don’t post another entry until after Christmas, I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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