The reason I can't sleep is because I slept in until noon today, which is honestly pretty typical for a Sunday. What else is there to do? I'm a kidless, jobless, full time college student. We tend to be sleepers; and I am no exception to that rule.
I just realized that I don't have anything else to say about sleeping. Perhaps it is because I am sleepy. Regardless, it's time for a subject change...so I'm going to write about an amazing movie I saw last night. It is called "A Single Man." Allow me to gush...
Different movies affect people differently. "Inception" rocked the socks off of nearly everyone I know, but I personally thought it was only alright. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. So I don't expect the entire world to go nuts over "A Single Man," but I sure did. The film (2009) was the directorial debut of Tom Ford, who is (get this!) a fashion designer. Every single frame in the film was a piece of art; it was truly astounding. But honestly, the sheer gorgeousness of the movie was just icing on cake. The real beauty, the part that tugged on my heartstrings in a way few things can, was the story.
"A Single Man" is based off of a book of the same name by Christopher Isherwood, and at its most simple level, it's the story of a man dealing with grief. The entire film is set within one fateful day, and is a fascinating look at how death and love can profoundly affect someone. I won't go into more detail than that because I don't want to bore you with a plot summary, but I really appreciated this movie. It was visually amazing, contextually fascinating and Colin Firth is just so dreamy (what is it about average looking British men that I find so attractive? I'll never know). As soon as I can pencil in some time for "fun" reading, I'm going to devour the book. It is movies like "A Single Man" that make me glad I broke it off with Jennifer Aniston when I did.
Did I mention that I took two melatonin before writing this?
ReplyDeleteum....i'm a unusual movie watcher too though I do like the regulars also.
ReplyDeletei'm enjoying your dialog. it's as if we were sitting across from each other chatting.... cups of coffee warming our hands.
I agree with Anna, the voice is one of friendly miscellaneous conversation had over coffee. That being said, I think that you can take that as your vow for this piece. Making other want to drink coffee makes up for you not having any when you wrote this.
ReplyDeleteWow. I really enjoyed this piece. It was a sweet peek of personal revelation that evolved into a film review and ended with a woot woot for melatonin. Nice! Also, I reckon I will put that movie on my list for when I ever get to do anything NOT school/work related!
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