IT'S MOVIE TIME!

Now that I'm feeling better...slowly....I ventured out both yesterday AND today to see movies. Why does it always seem that all the really good movies come out just after we leave each time, but while we're here we struggle to find something really interesting? Apparently the movie with Robert Redford and Tom Cruise, that sounded like a feast for the eyes, had no substance and has come and gone. The latest Brad Pitt movie got a lukewarm review by my sister, and just as well, because it's gone too.

Yesterday we saw "Michael Clayton" with George Clooney. I know lots of women (or maybe I should say lots of 'people') find him totally hot, but not me. don't' get me wrong, he's an attractive man, and his self-deprecating sense of humor makes him even more so, but he's just not my ideal man. Brad Pitt, yes. Robert Redford...always. Art says "But look how old he looks!", to which I respond: "Doesn't matter...he's Robert Redford." Let's see, who else? Well, I used to think Tom Cruise was really cute and sexy, but then he got all weird, and it sort of took him out of the top tier. Armand Assante, but he's not around much. I know there must be others, but really, at age 55, it's not as if I have their pictures pasted on my wall. (Well, I DO have the Paul McCartney poster from Prague, but that was a souvenir.)

Okay, so back to "Michael Clayton". Yes, I liked it...a lot. More than the last several Clooney flicks, which was a relief. Very intense, even dark, but that seems to be the theme for the majority of the movies out right now.

Today we saw "American Gangster", and it was really, really good. Ridley Scott always entertains, and of course with Russel Crowe and Denzel Washington, we were fairly certain we wouldn't be disappointed. An added bonus was the appearance of above-mentioned Armand Assante.

Tomorrow "Charlie Wilson's War" with Tom Hanks comes out, and the new "National Treasure" movie with Nicholas Cage, so some hard choices will have to be made...or maybe we'll just make it into a double feature!