I don’t know if I’ve adequately explained thus far how much I love movies and books.  They are completely my escape.  I also love how both fuel my imagination.  I’m canceling my Netflix account because essentially I get what I want from our local library.  It’s free to rent movies (and music! I’m stocking up my iTunes again for free!).  I reserve them online and they are there on the hold stacks for me when I arrive.  It’s too hard to browse with BigBoy asking “what’s this Mommy?” to every DVD case that Baby flings to the floor.  I know our (read: my) limitations.

So, I promise to write more about what movies and books are note worthy and what are not.  There’s a lot of both.  For movies lately, Husband and I both fell asleep to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.  I’m happy to report that he thinks Megan Fox is gross too.  And really, they needed to put her in a better bra in the end running scenes.  You’re teenage boy may like it (or any man, really); I just thought she was going to hurt herself.  The movie is an action-packed, graphic circus that really didn’t hold our interest.  But total boy-dom; which is good in that arena.  BigBoy can see it when he’s 10.

In chick flicks, I’ve recently seen New in Town and The Ugly Truth.  (Gerard Butler is HOTT.  Can I get an Amen?!?! That dance scene had me captivated and breathing heavy.)  The movies are the same:  sweet, charming and total girl-dom.  They are good for the heart and best to watch without your guymate, but they too would get a few laughs in both movies.  They’re not girl-gross (ok, maybe a little), but not that bad.

Avatar 2009 20th Century Fox

Not at the library yet, but at your local theaters is Avatar (yes, OMG, we went to the movies!  Thanks Mom & Dad!).  People, it is a MUST SEE. In 3-D.  Even if you don’t like science fiction or have no real interest in it, just please go anyway.  If you have any interest in movies at all, this movie is a game-changer and other movies will only aspire to come close to what’s created here.  What you will see is stunning!  It’s like when I first saw Star Wars or first heard (or felt) the sound in The Fugitive.  It’s memorable and unlike anything you’ve experienced.

James Cameron is simply a genius.  And to think he was a kid when this story first came into his mind.  What an AWESOME and grand imagination he has!  This work is visionary, created with new technology and methodology.  He has set a very high bar.  There’s a point in the movie where I leaned over to Husband and said, “This is why I read scifi. Because what can be created is so very outside our realm of what’s possible or what’s familiar.”  (not that I really said that in the theater, but I did say something close to it…it sounds better here.  I probably just yelled “This is rad!”).  I love when people’s minds stretch so very far from what we know (referring to Mr. Cameron, not me).  It’s extraordinary to me and awfully good entertainment.

Outside of all that is flashy and visually stunning is the story, which is also compelling.  You can read more about the plot here, but basically it’s a story of corporate greed, science and indigenous people.  It’s about the love of the earth, respecting other consciousness, and believing that there is some kind of tie to another spiritual realm.  You’ll take from it what you will.  Maybe you like the military conundrum when working with corporations.  Or maybe you’ll like the ethical dilemmas.  Anyway, the story holds up with or without the 3-D, but the 3-D makes it much more fun.

This is a movie to see again and again.  I mean how many times did we see Titanic?  God knows, I saw it 4 times in the theater.  It’s a classic and perfectly told tale with all the drama, action, and visual effects that anyone could enjoy.  So I think that if it takes Mr. Cameron 10+ years and that much money to make either movie, you’re gonna like it.  So see it now while it’s on the big screen.  Hell, go see it in IMAX if you can.

Aliens © 1986 Twentieth Century Fox

My final hurrah about Avatar – Sigourney Weaver is a badass.  She was back in the day and she still is.  If I ever had a girl, the name Sigourney would be on the list.  (I’m not having anymore children, I’m just saying)  I cracked up in the movie when I saw the Marines “driving” those robotic exoskeleton thingys and wondered if Sigourney said to anyone, “I was driving these things when you boys were in diapers!”  I’ve always loved her because the characters she plays are always close to who I think she is: smart, strong, sexy and beautiful in her own way…and can get herself (and others) out of trouble.  Yeah Sigourney!  I toast to you!  Cheers!  Now go see the movie.

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