The Movie Critic

I discovered a wonderful thing several months ago.  Netflix!  I know, you're thinking this topic is...dullsville!  But wait, I have a great reason for loving it. 

Scott and I have some seriously different tastes in movies.  We have a routine here in our house.  Scott gets up super early so he usually goes to bed first.  By the time I get the kids around for bed and tucked in, he's got some stupid blood and guts guy movie on in the bedroom.  Makes me want to bang my head against the wall.

So, my answer to this problem was Netflix.  They send us one DVD at a time, which I will put in my laptop and watch with my earphones in.  I can completely block out his stupid movie, and it's probably pretty entertaining to watch me crying or laughing to myself while watching the computer.  Oh well.

The other thing I love is the streaming movies.  I discovered "The Ugly Truth" with Gerard Butler.....hot!  This movie is not for kids, but I have watched it probably 50 times.  When there isn't anything on TV I'll watch it.  After all, we only have 250 channels on Directv......

Anyhow, they have hundreds of movies you can stream on your computer.  My kids like it because they can watch movies on their Ipods and Jason can watch movies at school. 

This has me thinking.  I could be like a film critic and blog about the movies I watch.  I'll become rich and famous and people will hang on my every word when it comes to which movies to watch.  LOL Just kidding.  I'm not a big movie goer.  Scott and I used to be.  But have you seen the price of a theatre ticket lately?  And we'd have to take out a second mortgage if we wanted popcorn and a soda. 

Maybe I could watch old movies and report.  Yeah, that would be exciting wouldn't it?  Guess I should probably come up with a different get rich scheme. 

At any rate, I love Gerard Butler and I could watch "The Ugly Truth" over and over.  It's definitely not for kids, it's a little raunchy in spots....I forward past them.  Oh, they just started streaming "The Bounty Hunter" with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston.  That's pretty good too. 

I like the romantic comedy.  I think that's probably my favorite type of movie.  "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock is good too.  I like that they go to Sitka, Alaska.  Ever since Scott and I visited Alaska I've been a little partial to the state.  Don't want to live there of course, but it's a great place to visit.

I'm trying to think about my other favorite movies.  It's so funny because Scott likes movies like "Godzilla vs. Mothra", "The Beguiled" (did I even spell that right, lol?) and every evening he subjects us to "The Rifleman" with Chuck Conners.  Talk about a nerdy show, I roll my eyes and give Scott the stink eye everytime he makes me watch it.....just about daily.

It all works out though, he falls asleep early and I usually get to watch whatever I want.  Last night I sat in bed and watched "The Ugly Truth".  What I failed to mention earlier is that the earphones are also a great way to block out the snoring.....

Until next time....