On Monday, I had the day off from work. I decided to go over to Blockbuster to rent some movies. Normally I will rent a movie that created a lot of hype just to see what the fuss was about. Like "Brokeback Mountain." Now, "Brokeback Mountain" was a really well made film...in my opinion. I liked it. The scenery was breathtaking and the story was nice even though at times it did seem slow. It was set in Wyoming somewhere along the Black Hills I am guessing. Anyway, it started with these two young men who were sent up in the mountains the watch sheep during the summer of 1963. One of them was definitely homosexual and the other one was engaged to be married when he got down from the mountains. Well as it turned out, one cold night, they sleep with each other and realize that they really love each other. They leave the mountain, they get married, have kids, and four years later, they meet and rekindle the romance.
I mean, i have my views but the movie showed something. These men were happier with eachother than they were with their wives. They spoke more and were more comfortable when they were together. My whole idea is that if people married someone they did not feel comfortable with or did not have conversations with, then it would be a long, drawn-out and stressful existence. People need companionship and happiness and it is a human right to have that. We are afraid of the scriptures and what is right and wrong but who defines that? If one chose a life as a homosexual, why do humans judge? Why can't we worry about ourselves and where we are going? Instead, we label people and we try to do God's work. And i really do not believe that God will smite these people when there are murderers and people who condone genocides running loose. However, when i spoke to people at the store, they told me that they would not even watch the film. there are many homophobes in the neighborhood where i work at i guess.
Blockbuster was running a special on 3 movies so i rented two more. Actually, all through the summer they did it, which was great for me. It was the last night of the special. The other movie was "Cinderella Man." "Cinderella Man" had some very good acting and it showed a glimpse of life in the Great Depression. I like time piece movies. It is a boxing movie but not as stupid as "Rocky." Russel Crowe portrayed the life of Jim Braddock. His biography can be found at: http://www.jamesjbraddock.com/. I like boxing movies although as i said before, Rocky 2, 3, 4, 5, etc are exceptions. They should have stopped at the first one.For some reason, i think Russel Crowe was easier on the eyes than Sylvester Stallone. Also, his acting is almost a hundred times better...although he did spoil his chances with this movie not because the movie was bad, no no, but because of his little phone throwing incident. Kinda ruined it for him on the opening weekend. Renee Zelweger did a really good role as his wife though and yeah, Russel Crowe looked very much like Braddock.
Finally the last movie. I saw it on the shelf. Ami asked me why I rented Rated films. Really my answer was a stupid one but it was what I was thinking. See, the name of the movie is "Head On." I didn't notice that it was a rated movie, i just thought, "well maybe it's a chick flick that i can convince Furgie to watch with me." Let me say though, it did turn out to be an alright movie. I did watch it from beginning to end. It was about a Turkish girl who gets married to this german/turk guy to get away from her parents. it begins as a marriage of convenience but turns into love. They live a life of drugs, parties and alcohol and eventually, the husband gets arrested for murder when a guy insults his wife. She promises to wait for him to get out of jail but one night she is beaten in an alley way and close to death. a guy rescues her and marries her. she has a daughter and when she does meet her husband again, she is faced with the decision of leaving her new life for him. In the end, she stays with the second husband and daughter....And it was not exactly a chick flick. Too many graphics. it was not the best foreign film but it was humorous in some places..
Honestly, the first thing that went through my head was "Head On, apply directly to the forehead, head on, apply directly to the forehead, Head On, apply directly to the forehead." I still do not know if Head On is really headache medicine or if it is a joke advertisement. The ad is so ridiculous that i remember sitting and wondering if it was for real everytime i see it. Furgie usually says, "I wonder how you use Head On." Maybe it's a pill...and you drink with water=0). And it's funny but the first thing furgie did when she saw the movie was say, "Head On, apply directly to the forehead." Now there's also ActivOn! I think the advertisement crew ran out of ideas! I have attached url...thanks to youtube.com. I guess it is a medicine but I was still getting over the "apply directly to the forehead piece" to notice the ending statement. I just saw that this must be the world's most annoying commercial.
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