leafing through

It would be nice to say that the novelty of streaming Netflix has worn off and I’ve found new interests beyond sitting on the couch, staring at a glowing rectangle, and noshing on the weekends but that’s not the case.  I’ve just found that I prefer TV shows to movies because they end in about an hour.  It’s not that I stop watching after an hour, but I like the breaks in between.

Nevertheless, I saw three movies this month.  Three movies I finished anyway.

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Dismally depressing.  It took me three tries on three different evenings to get through this movie.  I just hated seeing it, how trapped they felt even though they weren’t.  I literally yelled at the characters on the screen, “LEAVE!!  Why don’t you just walk out?!”  It was frustrating to watch them.   It’s about a criminal who pleads insane and gets sent to a mental institution.  The other people in the institution we come to realize are there by choice yet they feel powerless to the evil Nurse Ratched’s domination.  As much as it frustrated me, in the end it was worthwhile to see.

• One Night with the King – This is a period film.  I love period films for the costumes and such but this was done more like Xena Warrior Princess and less like those BBC miniseries-types.  The acting and lines are very modern.  Still entertaining, I had no problem sitting through this depiction of the story of Purim.

• The Last Airbender – Ridiculous.  The cartoon is better.