Dark Knight Tonight

I know I'm flat broke, but there have been so many good movies out this summer and my friends and I enjoy going to them as a group. It's hard to be firm with my budget all of the time and this is the one place I keep slipping.
But, this isn't just any random film. This is The Dark Knight. I confess, though, I am not going to see it because I am a follower of the Batman Saga. I only say Batman Begins a couple of weeks ago, actually. I'm going for Heath Ledger. I've been a fan of his for a very long time and was very upset over his untimely death. It's odd that the fact that this is (almost) his last film would give me such a strong incentive to go. I also feel like there has been so much hype over it that if I don't go, I'll be wondering what all the fuss is about over the coming weeks. So to a certain extent, I am going for me, but I am also going because of peer pressure.
I wonder what else I do because of peer pressure, and how that impacts my life. What do you think?

My Blueberry Nights

I'm lucky enough to be friends with a really good Film Critic, Thomas Spurlin. He writes for DVD Talk, and he recently reviewed one of my favorite movies so far this year, My Blueberry Nights.

It's a lovely and unexpected film. Norah Jones plays a woman down on her luck who decides to travel around America going where the wind takes her and meeting some fascinating people along the way. These people are played by the likes of Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law. Norah Jones carries the movie very well, with the other actors just accenting her work nicely. It's not really a romance or a chick flick, it's not too dramatic, and it won't drastically change your life. But it is a really lovely couple of hours of entertainment, and leaves you feeling nice and whole at the end of it.

I have a very diverse taste in films. I tend to like films that either challenge me intellectually or show a little heart. This is one of those films that I really would love more people to see, so if you get the opportunity, I would recommend taking it.