Thursday, March 17, 2011

A Little Bit Like Old Times

In the old days when it was just Bobby and I, we went to movies any chance we could get. It would not be unusual for us to go to at least 2 movies a week if not more sometimes. What can I say? We love going to movies! When Kate was born it was a little hard at first for us to grasp the concept of not being able to go to movies that often. Which led us through phases of desperation in a way to obtain that old life of non-stop movies; and when I say desperation I mean attempting to breastfeed Kate in the middle of a movie to keep her asleep kind of desperation. And sadly unlike her parents, my little Kate is not much of a movie goer, in fact she doesn't even like to watch t.v., so needless to say the theatre attempts with Kate did not work in the least.  But we have adapted through out the year of my daughters life and Bobby has perfected a skill of somehow getting the new release movies from the library first so we can at least keep up to date with what's coming out, so everything has been good. But then something snapped in us this week, and I don't know how but we somehow managed to see 3 movies within 5 days! I don't know what came over me, but all of the sudden I was ok to let go of my over protective mom side for a change and let people babysit Kate more than the usual just once a month! So here is my movie review of the latest movies:

The first movie was "Adjustment Bureau" with Matt Damon, excellent movie in my opinion. It was a thriller about Matt Damon trying to beat fate to be with the woman he loved.
                                                     

The next movie was a sneak preview, so in other words..FREE! Love those! It was on Monday night at the Gateway called "The Lincoln Lawyer" another great movie starring Matthew McConoughey as a lawyer who gets in a little too deep with one of his clients that is supposedly innocent. It is based on a Michael Connelly novel.
                                          

The final movie of the week was another sneak preview (Free!) called "Limitless", which was by far my favorite of all of the movies (although they all were excellent). Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you actually used more than just 10% of your brain? Well that's exactly what "Limitless" is about. It starred Bradly Cooper who takes a pill that actually opened up the remaining 90% of his brain causing a huge ripple effect that is both good and bad. It is a thriller/action movie, and one that I would definitely see again.
                                                    
So there you have it, all of the wonderful movies that I have enjoyed this past week! Like I said, I don't know what came over Bobby and I but we needed to go to some movies, and now I can't decide if I got is out of my system or if i'm going to have to start asking the relatives to watch my little girl once a week so Bobby and I can go to a movie!
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3 comments:

  1. Heather ThorupMarch 18, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Sounds like fun! We actually try and go on a date once a week. I don't breastfeed so we've been able to do that since Carter was 6 weeks old. I think it's good for your relationship, and it will also make you a better Mother. Plus I know Grandparents enjoy babysitting, so it gives them time to bond with their grandchild too. I want to see the Adjustment Bureau, instead we saw Battle in LA.

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  2. Amanda March 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Wow that is so nice! Bobby and I haven't been able to go out once a week mostly because of our school schedules and I have a hard time letting go and letting people babysit her more often. I know I should, I guess i just miss her too much, and I typically just like to take her wherever I go! You should see me after a movie, i'm practically bolting out of the theatre. haha But i'm easing up with it and it was actually quite fun to get out more with just us. So i'm learning to let go slowly ;) Adjustment bureau was awesome! how was Battle L.A.? I was midly curious about that one because I like Aaron Eckhart.

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  3. Heather ThorupMarch 21, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    I wanted to see Red Riding Hood, but we saw Battle LA instead. It was pretty good actually, full of action until the very end. We try to go on dates once a week, but we probably average 2-3 times a month. I had a hard time at first, but I like the break now. Plus our parents love being with him. The main thing that streses me out is his feeding, because he has to take his seizure meds with his food. But our parents seems to handle it well. So you take Kate with you to movies? We've taken Carter once, and he was way good.

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