Let's Talk Entertainment

As I get older I have found that my taste in movies has evolved from cheesy chick flicks to movies that actually have some type of meaning! Don't get me wrong - I still love a good chick flick or cheesy teenage drama, but lately, I have found myself being drawn to movies that are based more around real life and that elicit real emotional responses from me. Our subscription to Netflix has helped to fuel the fire that has been lit and we are finding ourselves branching out to movies that 5 years ago I never would have considered, because it wasn't a cheesy love story!

This morning, instead of working on Christmas Projects after I took Nate to work, I opted to relax and turn on "Freedom Writers." I originally put this movie on our queue months ago so when I popped it in this morning, I had forgotten what the movie was about, and I was very pleasantly surprised. (If you're looking for a technical critique of the movie, you won't get it here - except that if you have kids, don't let them see it because it is violent and has a couple cuss words).


I am, by default, more of a movie listener than a movie watcher. I can watch the same movie over and over and see something new every time, because I am usually multi-tasking or my mind is not fully concentrating. This movie was different. When I started the movie I had my laptop in place for some photo editing and 5 minutes in my laptop was sitting on our footstool and I was hooked. I do not exaggerate when I say that this movie "had me at hello." Through the course of 2 hours I cried, I laughed, I got angry, and I cheered with triumph and my faith in mankind was restored (however temporarily because I'm off to work with people who sue people for a living), and I am recommending this movie to everyone who reads this blog and I'll be recommending it to people who don't!

(Oh, and for the record, I really do love my job, and I work for the good guys, so they really don't tamper with my faith in mankind!)