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terrypurple73We went to see “Amelie” tonight, and I really enjoyed it. Everyone who has seen has told me it’s right up my alley, and it really was. It’s just so cheery and full of hope, that I could be comfortable and smiling through it all. It makes me believe that I will fall in love some day. I will be in love, and I will sort of bite my lower lip a little nervously as I grin about it. I will feel totally at peace and full in another person’s arms. We don’t even have to ride off into the sunset together- it doesn’t have to be endless like that. I will know- I will just know- that I am in love. And he will love me. I will be in love, and it will be beautiful. I know that it will happen. I know that I need to be patient, but I also know that I can’t let things pass me by. God puts people into my life, but He doesn’t force my mouth to speak certain words or my feet to walk in a certain direction. “Amelie” rejuvenated that hope that there is a magic about certain people, an essence that draws you to them. And it rejuvenated the hope that love is out there, and it will happen. And I believe I can say this without being dubbed a ‘hopeless romantic.’
I also saw “Road to Perdition” the other day, and I wasn’t nearly as pleased with that as I was with “Amelie.” Tom Hanks (my secret husband) was in it, so that was nice, but.... I keep forgetting that just because a movie doesn’t fall in a category of “action movie” or “war movie,” it can still be too violent for my taste. Maybe I should have expected blood and shooting but going to a “mob movie.” But I was more interested in the fact that Tom Hanks was in it, and I’d heard it was supposed to be good. I don’t like watching violence. I really, REALLY, don’t. I don’t think I can say that enough. I don’t even like seeing blood when I get my finger pricked or on medical shows on TV, and I especially don’t like it when it comes from violent acts. I just don’t stomach it well. I don’t approve of it, and it always leaves me feeling disappointed with the moviemaker. I think violence can be portrayed without being outright shown. So all the shooting in “Road to Perdition” disappointed me (plus, I don’t like keeping my eyes closed through so much of the movie!), and I don’t even know if I was terrifically fond of the movie even without that. Oh well.
Next entry: Thoughts on next summer’s job opportunity.
I also saw “Road to Perdition” the other day, and I wasn’t nearly as pleased with that as I was with “Amelie.” Tom Hanks (my secret husband) was in it, so that was nice, but.... I keep forgetting that just because a movie doesn’t fall in a category of “action movie” or “war movie,” it can still be too violent for my taste. Maybe I should have expected blood and shooting but going to a “mob movie.” But I was more interested in the fact that Tom Hanks was in it, and I’d heard it was supposed to be good. I don’t like watching violence. I really, REALLY, don’t. I don’t think I can say that enough. I don’t even like seeing blood when I get my finger pricked or on medical shows on TV, and I especially don’t like it when it comes from violent acts. I just don’t stomach it well. I don’t approve of it, and it always leaves me feeling disappointed with the moviemaker. I think violence can be portrayed without being outright shown. So all the shooting in “Road to Perdition” disappointed me (plus, I don’t like keeping my eyes closed through so much of the movie!), and I don’t even know if I was terrifically fond of the movie even without that. Oh well.
Next entry: Thoughts on next summer’s job opportunity.
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Date: 2002-07-31 09:48 pm (UTC)Here's to garden gnomes, torn up pictures, and guys named Nino!
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