My first night back at home we watched The Social Network (2010). I'd seen it when it was in theaters, but I rather enjoyed re-watching it. I still think it deserved to have won Best Picture at the Oscars over The King's Speech (2010). Facebook is so significant to this generation, so having the film win an award like that could have really represented it well.
A couple nights later we watched The Blind Side (2009). I'd seen this already as well when I was stuck on a train or a plane a couple of years ago. This time I picked up on the fact that the film takes place in Memphis. After watching it, it made me even more excited to move there!
Now onto the classics...The first blast from the past that we watched was The Apartment (1960). I couldn't get over how young Jack Lemon and Shirley MacLaine were when they filmed this movie. It was the first movie I'd seen of either of them from back then. Definitely a hoot.
A couple nights ago we watched the Hitchcock thriller, North by Northwest (1959). I love every Hitchcock movie I've ever seen: The Birds, Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window, so no surprise that I loved this one too. Cary Grant sure did know how to steal a show and Eva Marie Saint did a pretty job of playing the icy blonde in this particular Hitchcock film.
Last night was another great classic: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). I'd read the book and seen the movie back in high school, but it was nice to see it again. I swear, I could watch Gregory Peck playing Atticus Finch any day of the week. Fun little tidbit that I discovered watching this film the second go around...Boo Radley is played by Robert Duvall. It was actually his big screen debut.
You're probably wondering, what will she watch next? Well, according to the good 'ole Netflix queue I should be receiving The Awful Truth (1937), Blazing Saddles (1974), The Big Sleep (1946), Marnie (1964), and Schindler's List (1993), which by the way, I still can't believe that I haven't seen it yet.
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