Anyway, I've been stressed out at work, and I'm fighting off an early summer cold. Grr. Which, apparently, means I was ripe for a good cry. Flipping channels this afternoon, I got sucked into THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS. Sweet, implausible little movie (well, the pants thing was implausible--as if reed-thin Alexis Bledel and curvaceous America Ferrera could ever fit into the same pair of jeans), but it made me sob in places. I didn't think it would be my kind of movie, but I have to say I enjoyed it. Well, during the times I wasn't crying like a girl.
Then, as if I hadn't already cried enough for one day, I watched HOPE FLOATS, which kills me every time poor little Bernice sobs for her daddy not to leave her. Ack, the selfish SOB. But dang, that Harry Connick Jr. is a fetchin' young fella, ain't he?
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I was in movie mode this weekend. Skip A New World unless you are a Christian Bale fan. He's in the very last of the movie and he looks sooo fine!
I love Hope Floats. I haven't seen "Traveling Pants" yet.
I find myself watching "Steel Magnolias" when I want a good cry. Last night I caught myself completely riveted by "Cellular" which I didn't see in the theaters because it looked stupid. Turned out to be a really good movie IMO.
I ALWAYS cry when Bernice begs her dad....I have the soundtrack of Hope Floats.
Dixie, I am with you. Could it have BEEN more boring?
Ack, Jen--Steel Magnolias! I can't even watch the last thirty minutes of the movie unless I have plenty of Puffs Plus nearby and a lot of stress that needs relieving! :)
I love finding movies that are unexpected treats. It took me forever to talk myself into watching BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, for instance, but now it's a favorite.
I also like movies that tell me an old myth in new ways. KING ARTHUR did that for me by giving us a different, exciting and more historical (as opposed to domestic) drama for Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot.
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