Taking a Second Look

My sister always makes fun of me for reading books before I go see the movie. She also makes fun of me because I love to see a movie right when it opens in theatres...and if it's one I really liked in theatres than I have to buy it like *Right* at midnight the night it comes out on DVD!!! So tonight has been a real doozy for her as I have spent the entire night watching movies based on books! :)

First of all: She's decided to come be a part of the Wine and Book Club I meet up with every other month or so. I go for the books, she's going more for the wine. lol We're going to talk about the book/movie The Help. Well she wanted to be able to have something to say if we got around to talking about the book, but she didn't really want to read the book. I kept asking her if she wanted to go see the movie and she kept saying no since I'd already seen it. I told her it was so good I'd go see it again. So we did tonight. And guess what: It was just as good the second time! It was definitely worth paying full price for the ticket again. Turns out she loved the movie too. We laughed and cried. She even had some pretty "insightful" things to say afterwards.

During the movie, I kept thinking about how Skeeter and Stewart didn't up together and how sad that was. Even my sister was disappointed by this. It was only after, when I was at home telling my mom about the movie, I realized just how important it was they not end up together. I mean, think about it: He's her first real boyfriend. He's the transition from the life she lived and the life she's striving for. Because of this, he needed to be someone who she could relate to and had some sort of common ground; but in the end, she needs someone else so she can move on. Another point is she needed that boost for her self-esteem. She needed a man to look at her and see the woman she could be; the woman she has all the potential of becoming but can't see in herself. Stewart wasn't necessarily a bad guy once I thought about it. It's so difficult to look at your own life and say it is all wrong and change everything. We can sit in our theatre chairs and criticize people like him who accept the "atrocities" but that's only because we've had the intervening 50 years to sort things out. And we expect these people to change overnight? It typically doesn't happen like that; you can't hate everyone who struggles with change.

So then there's the matter of me watching the movie Something Borrowed. My sisters and I saw it in the theatres, I bought it the DAY it came out, and I've already watched it twice since I bought it. To say I'm a little obsessed it a bit of an understatement. So, yeah, tonight I am watching it again. I love this movie. I love Ginnifer Goodwin!! She's so amazing. Plus her character is so much like me. Everyday I look at those around me and wonder if the things I am doing are making me happy, what would happen if I set out specifically do to the things I think will make me happy, and so on. I have had the soundtrack on repeat. "Running Around in My Dreams," "Poison & Wine," and "The Longer I Run" have already outranked songs on my iPod which have been on there for 4 years!!

So here I sit tonight. At home and completely exhausted from a long work week. Contemplating what I want out of life. It's a little heavy to handle tonight, so I'm just going to sit back and enjoy my movie. Get lost in Ginnifer Goodwin and Colin Egglesfield. Sounds like a plan!