The Nervous Giggle

My sister-in-law and I went on a movie marathon on Saturday. It was a spontaneous suggestion on her part. Jason had to work so he couldn’t go. We got our picks lined out and I charted out the times that we could make to the different movies. Our first stop was a 3:15pm showing of Borat. It was amusing but not as funny as I thought it would be. I guess I just had heard that people were laughing for an hour and a half straight and that is what I was expecting. I did (surprisingly) find myself squirming a little every now and then. I really didn’t think any of it would bother me. Sacha Baron Cohen cracks me up though. Our next movie started at 4:40pm. I looked down at my watch at 4:40pm and we were still in Borat and I didn’t see an end in sight. It finally ended at 5pm and we darted to the next movie, Running With Scissors. It was great though because we sat down and literally the movie started the next second. The movie was ok. It was very sad/depressing. The fact that it is based on someone’s memoir is even MORE depressing. I don’t know that I could recommend it necessarily…maybe just a rental. The movie ended at 7pm and the next movie started at 7pm…except that it was across town and that theater only takes cash. So we had to go to the ATM and then head to the next theater. We skidded in at 7:15pm and it had only been running for a couple minutes. Here was saw Jesus Camp. I thinked I crapped in my pants a few times throughout the movie. It was great in an awful way. I highly recommend it. It was extrememly disturbing. Ted Haggard was in the movie as well. First thing he talked about was how homosexuality is immoral because the Bible tells us so. I wasn’t as affected by it as Heather. She was raised in an evangelical-style upbringing (not hardcore like the movie but she definitely saw a LOT of similiarities). Needless to say we had to go have a drink immediately after the movie.

Heather works for a local newspaper that was sponsoring a free showing of Babel tonight so she got us tickets. Jason didn’t go because he was cranky so it was just Heather and I again (I actually saw my sweet friends, Rachel and Sarah Spencer!!!). Babel was a really good movie. But be prepared to leave feeling like tiny pieces of your heart has been ripped out and stomped on. It was pretty depressing as well. The movie was very Magnolia and Love Actually style…which I love. I would definitely recommend this movie. I also loved that the only big names were Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Everyone else in the movie was unknown.

I might be all movied out for awhile…we’ll see.