My husband and I agree on very little, like for example, the temperature in the house. I’m wearing a parka and he’s wearing shorts. I’m saving for a big ticket item, and Couponman is nickel and diming us from the bargain bin. I’m eating broccoli and Couponman is making reservations. Any way, you get the picture.
So we enjoy making the most of what we agree on — being entertained by movies and grand kids.
We’d seen Inception and realized it required way too much concentration for old people after seven in the evening. The Fighter was an inspiring movie, a little crusty, but we’ve been to Charlestown, so it fit. It was only appropriate that this weekend, we try to fit in a couple of other Golden Globe nominees. We rented Social Network on Friday, and visited the theater on Saturday night to see The King’s Speech. Both were well written and well acted.
Social Network, a fast-paced movie about Facebook and its creators, left me in a pensive mood. I began a Google quest to find more information on Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, and the Winklevoss twins. That night as I uttered my nightly prayers, I apologized for what we had become — a learned, bright generation that had become more greedy and less civilized, looking out for #1 more than our ancestors of the not-too-distant past.
On the other hand, I went to The King’s Speech expecting a slow-to-develop movie, critically acclaimed, but probably not a people favorite. I was surprised to enter a theater filled to capacity for a movie that had been released two weeks earlier. Yes, the build was slow. I may have even dosed here and there a bit. But in its protagonist, I found what I had missed in the movie about “today” — a sense of the greater good, a feeling of overcoming, deep compassion and an unlikely friendship. When the movie ended, the fans applauded.
Guess I won’t be sending a link to this post on Facebook.
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