Saw Love in the Time of Cholera last night. It's an odd movie, about a man who falls in love as a teenager but then sleeps with oodles of lovely young women, and not with his love. The look of it is lovely - beautiful shots of South America and period costumes. The story is odd and very long at two plus hours.
But it was excellent to see a movie again. I've been missing going out to movies, and am overcoming my reluctance to watch on DVD. Movies are better than TV in any case. And even middling movies have something to offer - maybe just relaxation and an opportunity to focus on other lives.
I do love movies set in other cultures. Just a glimpse of what it might be like to live elsewhere in another time or circumstance. Letting the 'what if' muscles of the mind work a little.
This one was downloaded for me by a friend. I've joined Zip.ca now though. So soon DVD's should be 'zipping' to my door. For $4.95 a month, how can I go wrong?
See Lazy Man and Money's entertaining post on the American equivalent of Zip, Netflix - Six Months Later.
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