The Sanborns

NEW MOON.

So, if you’ve been around me at all, you know that I’m NOT a fan of Jacob in the Twilight books. I viewed him as competition for Edward and really, it’s the fact that I would have chosen Edward for me (as well as Bella) so i didn’t like him. I felt he was too young and immature, even after the change I still saw it.

Trina and I went to the theater yesterday to catch a matinee.

I ran up to the door only to find out the first four showings were all sold out. Bummer. The irony in this is that I didn’t check to see if they were sold out first. So we bought tickets to the 4:30 showing and I went with Trina to do her grocery shopping and then came back.

We both got popcorn and Trina gave in to a drink for the collector’s cup. We waited in line for probably a hour and a half and they had us roped off. Trina had gone to the midnight premiere and said it had been chaos. Let’s just say, they have 16 screens and ALL 16 screens were sold out for the midnight premiere, INSANE!

When the let us in, I ran in and we got pretty good seats. I have to say the crowd did not disappoint. Part of the lure of a midnight showing is that the fans are actually into the movie and have good interaction. The people sitting beside of us were definitely doing that and at one point Trina heard someone yell “Cheater” when Bella and Jacob almost kissed.

Next summer I WILL be going to midnight showing and I will again for Breaking Dawn. I will say that I do like Jacob better in the movies, it reminded me that I didn’t completely start hating him until Eclipse and so we’ll see what happens in that movie for me.

Overall, I think this movie was great!

On a side note, some people are really NOT into this series at all. One of my friends on facebook actually threatened to de-friend the next person who posted about New Moon and apparently she kept her word. I think that if it bothers you that much, just ignore it, unless you REALLY don’t like your friend anymore because of it.

So I watch a lot of movies. A LOT of movies. We have Netflix and I take full advantage of it every month. I usually get in at least two rentals a week. That’s at least 8 movies a month. For only $15. So yeah, great deals! I also take advantage of the instant viewing online.

The point being, I’m going to share with you some of my recent favorites.

Songcatcher was a movie recommended to me by a college professor. With my first degree I minored in American Music and had to take a class in American Music. This movie came up because we talked about old ballads that came over and stayed alive via oral tradition.

Gray watched this with me and we were both delighted by the music. Not only is there a shining young star to be (Emmy Rossum pre-Phantom of the Opera) but the story line is refreshing. I enjoyed every minute of the movie.

The Ugly Truth is not in my genre of movies I typically like, but it starred Katherine Heigl who is one of my favorite actresses, so I gave it a shot. I was not disappointed! Heigl plays a television news producer who has trouble hooking guys because of her type A personality (Hello SELF!). Along comes a guy (Gerald Butler) who is pretty much the opposite of her “type” to show her how to successfully hook a guy and keep him.

As I said, it’s not my typical movie, but I really enjoyed it despite that.

Today I will be watching New Moon so hopefully I will have a review of that up in the next day or two!