Wall-e

I saw the movie Wall-e for the first time in San Francisco while Blake and I waited to pick up my friend Jenn from DC at the airport. My father got the dvd for my mom for her birthday on Tuesday.

I love this movie. The characters come alive and I actually feel an emotional connection to them, and I don't usually feel an emotional connection to humans in movies. There are many themes/lessons you can take from this movie.

The one lesson I want to take away from this movie is:

I never want to be so focused on my "mission", my life, that I don't see that which is most important in life...people, relationships.

Eve was so focused on accomplishing her task, her directive, her mission. And she oversaw Wall-e in the beginning. But as time goes on, she warms up to his unique personality. And although Eve shuts down when she sees the plant, becuase her "directive" is accomplished, Wall-e still takes care of her, provides for her, and makes sure nothing happens to her.

Think of what Eve would have missed out on if she had never realized what was right in front of her face.

Harry Potter....

For the past several years, I have ranked on people who have read the Harry Potter books. Two of my closest friends read all of them, and I couldn't understand why they would want to.

Well, if the movies are any indication of the books, I am down for reading them. A couple of weeks ago I went over to Luke and Sarah's. Sarah and I were going to go hang out somewhere, but they had just started watching the second Harry Potter (I don't remember the name of the movie), I got sucked in, so the three of us watched it.

Tonight, since I am now officially old or something, and wanted to do nothing more than sit on a couch and watch a movie, I went over the their house again, this time the intent was to watch the fifth Harry Potter movie.

Both times I watched the movies, it was a little confusing, since I have only watched the second and fifth movies. Thank goodness Sarah was their to explain everything (and sometimes in a little too much detail) :) The things that she knows is so funny. She says it so matter of factly, like it is real life.

The cinematography in these movies is fantastic. They are done so well. I would definitely recommend watching these movies to anyone.

I can't wait to watch all of the movies (this time in order) and especially for the last two to come out. According to Luke, I have to wait until November for the sixth movie to come out...what a bummer! Looks like I'll have some time to catch up....

27 Dresses

I saw 27 Dresses with my good friend Amada this afternoon. In all reality, I should have been preparing my powerpoint for Transform Your Community at FPU tomorrow, but decided that I needed to have some fun this week.

The movie was pretty cute. Of course, it is a chick flick, but it wasn't a cheesy chick flick.

If you get a chance, I would recommend seeing it. Especially if you can make it to the twilight matinee at Signature Theatre at Manchester....only $5.50. Sure beats 10 bucks!