Movie Update

Last night, I tried to get a move on my list of movies I want to see before the Oscars, and rented "Junebug", but the DVD was all fingerprinty and kept skipping, and it was such a quiet sort of film that I wasn't interested enough in it to work that hard to watch it. The one actress who's being singled out for award consideration, Amy Adams, was cute and adorable, but it's another one of those uncomfortable family dramas, and I couldn't see my way to watching the whole thing if it was going to make it difficult for me.

When I went to the video store today to return it, I got "The Upside of Anger" which I know from various people who've seen it, has a very deceptive trailer. Still, if I know going in that it's not strictly a "romantic comedy," I won't be disappointed, right?

And then tonight I was talking with a friend about seeing "Capote," which is another on my list, but we've changed our mind and decided to see "Tristram Shandy" instead. And I'm tempted to have one of those days where I just sneak from theatre to theatre seeing a bunch of movies (I think my record was four, but I could be exagerrating, it might have only been three), but I do have other stuff to do, and people to talk to.