I get so drained from teaching hyperactive 8 year-olds, that I need my weekend nights to be filled with mindless entertainment. This is usually provided by some movie rented from Netflix. Today's movie was Syriana.
I was predisposed to dislike the movie Syriana. First, because it meant that we were not watching the movie I had rented (Friends With Money). Secondly, Jamie described it to me as "like Traffic" and for one reason or another I really disliked Traffic. So, when you add this bias to the fact that Syriana is not mindless entertainment, I was bracing myself for a really slow-moving movie that was going to make my brain hurt...
[Movie Starts]Maybe I wasn't giving it a fair chance. Regardless, I fell asleep relatively quickly and only woke up for the big explosions and the torture scene. All in all, I can say it was a pretty good movie and having your nails pulled out is a horrible way to be tortured.
Jamie: [gets up to get water]
Me: [watching] ...
Me: ...
Me: This is a really slow movie! It's been showing the same thing for 50 seconds and nothing's happened!
Jamie: That's because I paused it.
Me: Oh.
2 comments:
I was debating whether to put this on my netflix list, afterall it did get some Oscar love.
Right now I have Can't Buy Me Love. A bit of a difference I suppose from Syriana. But Grey's Anatomay has reintroduced to Patrick Dempsey all over again.
Last night after watching the movie, Jamie went online and read the plot summary. He then relayed it back to me and it sounded like a good movie.
I think it's funny that Jamie had to read a plot summary before he felt he was adequately prepared to explain it to me.
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