So I've watched a lot of movies lately. In the theater I saw Whit it and Bright Star. Both were really good. Whip it was entertaining, maybe a little sappy. It made me and my friend interested in roller derby. Bright Star was a little long, but visually beautiful. The story was total romance, something I just love. I just completely fall for the romance of period films, "we love each other but can't be together" struggle is really appealing to me for some reason. It is about a love affair thatthe poet John Keats had toward the end of his life. The acting was also really great. It was directed by Jane Campion, which in my opinion is an amazing director, and there should be more women directors.

I've also gotten several movies from the library lately. An unending source of movies for free!
One of them was also directed by Jane Campion, The Piano. I liked the directing, but didn't love the story as much as Bright Star. The sad part is pretty much all the movies I watched just seemed mediocre to me.

Also this weekend I went to 9 Irish Brothers and saw a band named Searson. I've seen them a few times before. It was so much fun, my friends and I even got up and danced!

I've tried and tried to think about what to write about for this blog, so there is some sort of a theme, and that I will hopefully be doing this blog the way we are supposed to. I think I have thought of a fairly good idea, to write about movies and television. I love both. My family just grew up watching a lot of TV and I have always loved movies. I can write about what movies/tv I've seen lately and about the communication in the them.

I saw Whit It on friday night. It was directed by Drew Barrymore. It was very entertaining. I liked it a lot. It was about a girl who found herself and her passion through roller derby. (Side note: Lafayette has a roller derby team! I thought that was pretty cool, and they are having a match this coming saturday, and I believe I will be going.) Anyway the main character didn't communicate very well with her mother, because her mother kept pushing her to do pageants, something which she did not want to do at all. The music for this movie was reallllly good. I think the right soundtrack is just as important as the right casting or director.

Another movie that I re-watched this weekend was Slumdog Millionaire. The soundtrack is amazing! It is such a beautifully told story of two people trying to find their way back to each other. The main character Jamal can only communicate with Latika via the TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He knows she'll be watching. In a city of millions they keep coming back to each other one way or another. I can't stop watching this movie!