THE 100 FOOT JOURNEY * BOYHOOD

It's glorious summer and we're in the one super hot week that we get every year, and our neighbors are having work done on their house which is stepping up into the noisy phase, and now it's been stormy and rainy. In other words, time to hit the movie theater. Two days is all it's taken for the weather to clear up, but the two movies were so good, I could almost have seen them on a sunny day. 

 The 100 Foot Journey - Thanks to Sue for the recommendation. It's an Indian story, a food story, a french story, a family story and a love story. I don't know who wouldn't love this movie, so just go and enjoy it on the big big screen.  

I usually like the third row in the upper section of the movie theater because the screen is straight ahead and all around me, but I've been getting there a couple of minutes late during the previews, and not getting my center seat.  I sat in the first row of the upper area, and it's great because you can put your feet up on the railing.  I think it's the way to go from now on. 

Boyhood - Boyhood is a coming of age story that was filmed in real time about a boy. So it's a movie about a boy and his sister, but different actors don't play them at different ages, instead, the movie was made as the boy and girl actors grew up. It starts when he and his sister are about 8 and 9 years old, and takes them through to the boy's starting college. The mom is played by Roseanna Arquette, and the dad by Ethan Hawke, and they age in real time as well.  It's a good movie made better because it's the same kids playing the roles, and they know who they were when they first started playing these characters.  It definitely adds a dimension that wouldn't otherwise be there.  It's an Ethan Hawke thing to revisit characters, but for me it didn't work in the third installment in his Before trilogy, but this slightly different concept works great in this individual piece. Thanks to Valerie for telling me about it.