Lifestyles of the poor and nameless

Yesterday I did an obscene amount of procrastinating. I found a Blockbuster near my place of residence and I rented 3 things: In Living Color Season 2 Vol. 3, A Knight's Tale (w/Heath Ledger) and The Good Girl with Jennifer Aniston. I also (courtesy of Ebay and Wal-Mart) purchased Kiss the Girls (Ashley Judd & Morgan Freeman), Boys Don't Cry (Hillary Swank), The Golden Child (Eddie Murphy), Ronin (Robert DeNiro) and La Bamba (Lou Diamond Phillips). I need to make some friends in this area or something. This movie thing is getting out of control.

Nonetheless, I watched all three rentals as well as Boys Don't Cry. In Living Color was hilarious. Season 2 seems better than Season 1 from what I've seen. I might have to add that to my collection :-).

Boys Don't Cry was a CRAZY flick. It's definitely not for the queasy or faint of heart. The movie is based on the true story of Teena Brandon, a lesbian from Nebraska who cut off her hair and lived part of her life as a male named Brandon Teena. Yes, there are some lesbian scenes going on in that movie, but gay or not, I think that every female needs to see it and (especially if you're a heterosexual female) make sure that you don't get "fooled" by a lesbian female masquerading as a male.

A Knight's Tale was a nice movie. It had romance, action, comedy and all that good stuff; not to mention the fact that Heath Ledger is a cutie :-). There was one problem with the movie though: A Knight's Tale is supposed to be about knights and jousting in medieval times, but the music and some parts of the script threw off the whole feel of the time period. I don't think that medieval crowds used to chant "we will rock you" at swordfights; nor did they dance to anything that sounded like it came from "jock jams". If that kind of thing REALLY bothers you, then maybe you should skip the movie.

The Good Girl was another disturbing but excellent film (I give it 2 snaps up!). No, there wasn't any homosexuality (whew). I think it shows the extreme aftermath of women who "settle" into relationships (a rude awakening about my current situation). It was a simple but poignant flick. I will be adding it to the collection.