I'm tired.
It's been a crazy Friday. Went to Zumba this morning, came home tired and Art reminded me that we were planning to see Lincoln.
It was 11:30. Art checked the movie listing and discovered that Lincoln was going to start at noon. No way we'd be able to manage this.
"I'll bet we can," said Art. "We'll grab a quick Burger King hamburger (we had a BOGO coupon) and get to the movie.
"Are you crazy?" I was incredulous! "You're thinking we can go to Burger King which is in one direction, order the burgers, eat and get to the movie theater without getting indigestion in half an hour?"
"Sure," he says.
We didn't take mom because we knew there would be too much dialogue for her to understand.
We got to the theater 10 minutes late. Previews were playing.
We settled into our seats and watched more previews before the movie began. It depicted the political wrangling that was happening in order to get the 13th amendment abolishing slavery passed.
Suddenly I heard snoring... LOUD snoring. Art and I looked at each other. The snoring was actually quite distracting. I wondered if somebody should notify the management to ask the person to find a bed somewhere else.
(SPOILER ALERT: Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie.)
Eventually, thankfully the snoring lessened so we could concentrate on the movie. Daniel Day Lewis truly became Lincoln. Sally Field did a wonderful job as Mary Lincoln. Towards the end, when Lincoln says, "I have to go, but I wish I could stay." I started to cry. That surprised me since I knew how it would end.
The movie truly portrayed just how difficult it was to get that amendment passed and its cost. It also lifted my spirits to know there were so many people who knew slavery was wrong and fought to abolish it.
We did take mom to see Life of Pi on Monday because we figured it would be 3D and lots of computer generated effects.
It was all that and more and she did enjoy it. I don't know how much of the storyline was clearly understood by her even though I tried to translate as much of it as I could after the movie.
It was enough that the spectacular effects made it worthwhile for her to see.
Art and I enjoyed it. It is telling though that there were twice as many people watching Lincoln today (never mind the snoring fellow) than Life of Pi on Monday. I did enjoy the spiritual inclusive message of the movie, but it was still more the CG that is most incredible for me.
I saw the preview for the Les Miserables movie today and am looking forward to seeing that next. Hmmmm... but isn't the James Bond movie supposed to be good too? I wonder if it has too much dialogue for mom...
It's been a crazy Friday. Went to Zumba this morning, came home tired and Art reminded me that we were planning to see Lincoln.
It was 11:30. Art checked the movie listing and discovered that Lincoln was going to start at noon. No way we'd be able to manage this.
"I'll bet we can," said Art. "We'll grab a quick Burger King hamburger (we had a BOGO coupon) and get to the movie.
"Are you crazy?" I was incredulous! "You're thinking we can go to Burger King which is in one direction, order the burgers, eat and get to the movie theater without getting indigestion in half an hour?"
"Sure," he says.
We got to the theater 10 minutes late. Previews were playing.
We settled into our seats and watched more previews before the movie began. It depicted the political wrangling that was happening in order to get the 13th amendment abolishing slavery passed.
Suddenly I heard snoring... LOUD snoring. Art and I looked at each other. The snoring was actually quite distracting. I wondered if somebody should notify the management to ask the person to find a bed somewhere else.
(SPOILER ALERT: Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie.)
Eventually, thankfully the snoring lessened so we could concentrate on the movie. Daniel Day Lewis truly became Lincoln. Sally Field did a wonderful job as Mary Lincoln. Towards the end, when Lincoln says, "I have to go, but I wish I could stay." I started to cry. That surprised me since I knew how it would end.
The movie truly portrayed just how difficult it was to get that amendment passed and its cost. It also lifted my spirits to know there were so many people who knew slavery was wrong and fought to abolish it.
It was all that and more and she did enjoy it. I don't know how much of the storyline was clearly understood by her even though I tried to translate as much of it as I could after the movie.
It was enough that the spectacular effects made it worthwhile for her to see.
Art and I enjoyed it. It is telling though that there were twice as many people watching Lincoln today (never mind the snoring fellow) than Life of Pi on Monday. I did enjoy the spiritual inclusive message of the movie, but it was still more the CG that is most incredible for me.
I saw the preview for the Les Miserables movie today and am looking forward to seeing that next. Hmmmm... but isn't the James Bond movie supposed to be good too? I wonder if it has too much dialogue for mom...
