Dear John

This is probably my first movie I saw on a premiere night. And a "chick flick" none the less...but I was looking at my stack of DVDs I've watched frequently, and no chick flicks were represented. Actually I couldn't remember the last time I watched one, so I was excited to go see this-- and I'm a Channing Tatum fan...not obsessed, just like him, and I don't really know why. But that's beside the point. I was excited because of The Notebook, which I happened to love, and never expected to. It's the stereotypical girl movie, predictable (which I normally loathe, not love in movies), but you don't care because your heart takes over. And Ryan Goesling is a flippin' amazing actor, see the rest of the films he's done: Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, The Believer, Remember the Titans... all amazing, and a wide variety of characters that shows his versatility. But I'm talking about the movie that made me want to see it...

You know the concept of a "Dear John letter?" well Nicholas Sparks decided to make a book based on that, and I will hopefully not give to much information away, but I never read the book-- and I don't care, I'll read it later. It's a story about two people living on a Eastern seashore, who meet and they only have 2 weeks together, quickly fall in love. Seems like normal but it isn't, I don't know. Everything is somehow more "tear at your heartstrings" emotion and it's all connected. Well no duhh...that's how it always is, there's a pattern. But I will stop my hating on chick flicks, to say this is good. Forgo what Facebook or Myspace status' say, or what your friends say... just go see it and make up your own mind on it. I personally enjoyed it, and it was fun. It also revolves around what it was like around 9/11, a day that will stand in history forever. It is a great chick flick, and I had no expectations, which I guess made it better and I went on a chick flick withdrawl.

Also I tried something that I saw in another film-- a French one, Amelie, she says she loves looking behind her at the cinema and seeing people's reactions during pivotal moments...I did it, in a packed theatre. It was fun. :) Try it sometime.

Now, during the Superbowl, going to keep on writing stuff and maybe watch 8 1/2 or Almost Famous or The Namesake or Momento.