Triple Play

It was a 3-movie weekend. Those are my favorite kinds. All 3 exceeded my expectations and left me feeling completely satisfied. Oddly, I found Drillbit Taylor, a tale about a homeless guy who is hired by a trio of freshman nerds to protect them from the school bully to be really moving and sweet. I guess I love those stories where the underdogs prevail, lessons of life, love and friendship are learned and everyone lives happily ever after. Of course Owen Wilson is the perfect guy to play Drillbit -- perfectly imperfect. Teetering on jerkdom, his soft side pervails in the end. And my heart totally went out to the nerdy kids. Love the nerdy kids.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day. I heard good things about this, so it was no surprise that this was a winner. Sort of a modern day Jane Austen tale (where modern is the 1930's) where a woman who is not born into money has to do what she has to do to make her way in the world where a career is not an option open to her -- I guess she could be an actress, but i mean women were not expected or given many opportunities to make her own living outside of being a governess or something like that. I cried at the end. True love finds a way in the end and who doesn't like that?

Took the kids to see Horton Hears A Who. Now, I don't really remember this Dr. Seuss tale that much and I wasn't sure they could make a whole movie-length story from it, but it was quite brilliant! And sweet and heartwarming and yada yada. A lot of that going on this weekend. And yes, I may have even shed a tear or 2. Honestly -- go see it. It has a moral. It has relevancy. It reminded of the feeling I got when I saw War of the Worlds and witnessing one race try to obliterate another for what reason? Yes, it's cruel, heartless and painful to watch. In any case, i liked it, the kids liked it and the boyfriend liked it. What more could you ask? The animation was top-notch. The voiceovers also great. Jim Carrey and especially Steve Carrell were fantastic.

You should go. Really!