I’m a movie fanatic. When the hubby or I are away from each other we have family rules regarding viewing new movies. It’s it’s something we both wanted to see, we won’t go see the movie in theatres, we’ll wait until we’re together and rent it.

Over the weekend we finally got to see Thank you for smoking. It’s got an excellent cast (includes Aaron Eckhart, Sam Elliott, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Maria Bello) and smart dialogue. The script pokes fun at the current PC (politically correct) world we live in and – despite the title of the movie – not a single cigarette is smoked on screen. Instead of glorifying smoking, the movie focuses on the voice behind the tobacco lobby and how he moves through both his work and his attempts to instill values and critical thinking in his son. If you haven’t seen it yet and get a chance to, I highly recommend that you take the time to view this movie.

During his sojurn to the video store the hubby also picked up Click. I’m not the biggest fan of Adam Sandler, but I do adore Christopher Walken. It’s definitely not a candidate for the Academy Awards, but as far as jello for the mind goes, it’s not bad and goes down easy. I did have some trouble with a few of the plot elements. The deaths of two “father” characters in the movie hit me extremely hard. I’d like to say that I’m not much of a crier when it comes to watching movies; there are too many people who read this blog that can easily dredge up a number of examples where I bawled like a baby during a movie to get away with it. The scene where Michael (Adam Sandler) sees his father (Henry Winkler) for the last time started the waterworks flowing. I’m sure it was a case of transference, but I couldn’t help worry that maybe I too spent too much time concentrating on work and stupid daily items as dad was dying and not enough time talking and spending time with him.

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