Showing posts with label lars and the real girl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lars and the real girl. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Movie junkee

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I have to give a huge THANK YOU to Eric and Julia for bringing my movies back to me. I have missed my "Lars and the Real Girl" and "Stranger Than Fiction" so much. I watched "Lars" tonight and almost cried. I just love the story. I know I have blogged about this movie before, but I just can't get enough of it. It teaches truly accepting and loving someone with a mental illness. It is loving them for who they are and not letting their illness define who they are. It is so good. I love that a community could possibly rally around their neighbor and friend like that and not ostracize him just because he thinks this "love doll" is his girlfriend. I get chills when I think about how good the acting is in this movie. Almost everyone in this movie is top notch. If you didn't see it after my last time of blogging about it, see it now. Especially if you know someone with a mental disorder. It teaches having true, Christlike love and charity in a totally different way, at least from the way I usually think of.

Thank you again, Eric and Julia. Oh, and thank you Tim and Taffy for keeping them safe until they could be picked up. Our check is getting put in the mail tomorrow.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Good Movies

Today I am grateful for good movies. Anyone that knows me, knows that I love movies. I love putting one on for background noise while I do housework or exercise or do a project. I love to put on a movie to help me relax or unwind. I love watch movies with friends and family. One of my favorite things to do is show someone a new movie that I have found or that they haven't seen that I love. "What's up Doc?" is one my favorites to show people. It has so many great quotable lines and fun characters (plus one of the characters is named Eunice Burns, how can you go wrong with a name like that). There are many others that I love to show people too (mostly old movies because most people haven't seen them and don't know what they are missing). Recently, I have loved showing people "Lars and the Real Girl". I just love the escape that can be found in movies. I love the music and the storylines and cinematography. I am grateful for good movies.