• The Secret of Kells (Hulu)
  • The Peanuts Movie (big screen)
  • The Martian (big screen)
  • The Good Wife (iTunes)
  • Homeland (Hulu Showtime)
  • Fargo season 2 (iTunes)
  • Dr. Who (amazon)
  • The Sting (DVD)
  • The Muppets (Hulu)
  • Modern Family (Hulu)
  • Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (DVD)
  • Alive Day (HBO Now)
  • The Diplomat (HBO Now)
  • Casino Royale (iTunes)
  • Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (iTunes)
  • The Great Escape (iTunes)

I do not go to see movies on the big screen very often. There are many reasons for my dislike of the experience:

  • The cost of the tickets and the popcorn.
  • The behavior of the patrons in the theater. Is there anyplace inappropriate to respond to a text?
  • The commercials before the screen followed by an interminable number of previews making for a long wait before the movie starts.

Those issues aside, Marta and I did enjoy the Peanuts movie. Not quite as good as the Charlie Brown movies from the early 70’s, at least in my opinion, but it was a reasonably good movie.

I did very much enjoy watching The Martian with Michal. He had read the book and he probably liked it even more than I did. One thing I liked about the movie is that it is, essentially, a story about the importance of science and problem solving. Perhaps the film and/or book could inspire a few more young people to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). We certainly need more young Americans pursuing science.

My Thanksgiving movie, following the late Roger Ebert, is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Steve Martin and John Candy engage in a Homeric quest to go from New York to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving dinner. Lots of laughs and seasonally appropriate. And The Great Escape, is without a doubt, one of my favorite movies of all time. Quentin Tarantino calls it one of the all time greats and once referred to the film as the shortest three hour movie you will ever see. I concur.