So todays movies were:

One True Thing - I absolutely loved this movie when I was younger. I remember having it on vhs when I lived at home and would be up all night. I would sit watching movies but because my parents room was just above I had to keep it really quiet so I would have to sit right up close with headphones on. Granted I didn't have any decent heavy duty headphones so cue me sitting attached to the set that came free with my walkman! Meryl Streep is just a power house. She makes the movie. It's a very stereotypical story - dying parent has to be taken care of and reconnects with a child they were never close to growing up. But something about this one just works. Its so well written and visually realized. I remember sitting in said living room attached to the tv welling up at the sight of Meryl Streep unable to get out of the bath tub and when they were singing carols in front of all the trees. It's not her death that was sad as there is no sentimental tearjearker moment for the popcorn crowd but isntead its the journey they take and the way the characters grow.

Crash - I have to admit to not being bowled over completely when I last saw this. But watching it again there are so many minute nuances that make it special. Having said that I do think it still pushes a little too heavily on stereotypes even though it is supposed to be highlighting the immorality of that. Not a movie I feel a need to watch over and over, I'll have to go back and look at what else had been nominated for Best Picture the year it won the Oscar. Surely there must have been a stronger contender which wasn't so much of a one tone piece.


It has been noted to me a lot recently that I really like depressing movies. This is unequivocably true. They are the pieces which really evoke emotion, the pieces we learn from and the pieces we ultimately grow from through sharing an experience on the screen.