Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Take your mind off Politics-Movies and Musicals

I am so sick of Democrats, Republicans , Tea Partiers , etc. It was great to enjoy a mindless but really fun broadway show- Rock of Ages- and a slow moving but very well done movie- the Hereafter.

Rock of Ages is a 1980's version of Hairspray- great music, energetic cast, inane plot with hysterical characters and a really talented young cast. The 80's were not my favorite musical era, but in spite of this , I recognized the Rock Music- even some of the heavy metal stuff. I know you will enjoy it if you go.

The Hereafter is a drama about the relationship between a woman who has a near death experience (drowning in a Tsunami) and a psychic (Matt Damon) who can communicate with the dead but does not want to use his unusual talent. The outcome is obvious- At some point- the psychic and the woman have to meet and fall in love. The problem is this does not occur until the movie is almost over.-- It took a long time to get to the obvious conclsuion. None the less, I really enjoyed it.