June 10, 2005

Books and Movies

While Archi-Sapper is playing in the sandbox (and by the way, I do find it ironic that he only refers to his military duty as being "in the sandbox" when he's not in Iraq), I have to find ways to amuse myself. One tried and true option is Netflix, which I've grown to love.

Last night I watched Closer, which was good, if heavy. I liked the fact that none of the characters could easily figure each other out, and none seemed to understand themselves, either. The dialogue was good and didn't fall into the constant high-pitched whining and door slamming you often get with movies about relationships gone wrong. Tonight I'm going for much lighter fare with Mean Girls. Maybe I'll get the whole Lindsay Lohan thing if I watch it. Once those are shipped back, the next movie in the queue is I Heart Huckabees, another movie on my to-watch list. I'd better stock up on popcorn.

For those keeping track, I briefly decided to read the Hemingway book until I actually started it. About 20 pages in I remembered why I don't like Hemingway. To be fair, the only Hemingway I've ever read and finished was The Old Man and the Sea (it's a fish, let's move on), and I've always wanted to read one of his well known works. Across the River and Into the Trees certainly isn't well known and wasn't doing anything for me besides. So, I decided to skip that book and have moved on to that book club's next selection, Vanity Fair by Thackeray. I'm not too far into it, but at this point I'm enjoying it far more than Hemingway.

Posted by Kitty at June 10, 2005 03:05 PM

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