My Random Act of Kindness

This is what I am going to do when I watch a movie. All of us have gone through the process of watching a movie and realizing mid-way that having a million needles thrown at you all day would be less painful than sitting through the said movie. When you pay homage to Einstein - understand his theory of relativity and figure that he would have come up with his eureka moment at precisely such a point in time.

We've also had the exact opposite sensation - let time stay still so that I can soak up more of this wonderfulness on screen.

What I will try to do is simply an act of paying it forward. When someone recommends a movie to me, I place in his or her hands in a way, my life. I let them guide me for 2 hours into their idea of fun. Sometimes I feel liberated, and I realize that I can connect to the recommender on a different level - like the two hours of movie dialogue is all that is unspoken between us. Then there are those other times, after a movie, I just want to bang my head against a wall so that I can have it in my heart to forgive and forget and move on without judgment. I am a very judgmental person. Opinions, whether my own or others, matter a lot to me. So I pray to god to let me forget about those 2 hours of my life I will never get back. Which seems hypocritical of me, when I waste the remaining 22 hours doing absolutely nothing. Buts that's me. Digressing - another flaw.

So my unselfish act of paying it forward is this - I will write about every movie I watch. And give you my recommendation. So that I in turn can be alternatively revered and cursed. I'm not selfish.

Here goes. Movies seen this past week.

• The Informant! - Watch it. Funny. Matt Damon looks like a bumbling idiot. It'll be a vanity project for your soul.
• Clash of the Titans - Never mind. At your own risk. Sam Worthington has 26 lines. Total. Seriously.
• Greenberg - Meh. I am too young to get it. Maybe in ten years.
• Chloe - Confusing. Interesting. Julianne Moore is gorgeous. Perfect. Maybe on DVD?
• The Invention of Lying - Watched the first 45 minutes. Do you even want to know why?
• Superbad - Ditto. Maybe if I were in highschool?
• The Painted Veil (repeat) - Edward Norton. Sepia. Mountains. In that order. Go for it. 
• Date Night - Does not live up to the comedic prowess of  the leads.

You ain't got nothing on me Mr. Ebert.