Books, and Movies, and Jobs, Oh My!

I spent about five hours this weekend at Barnes & Noble. I am a particular sort of reader, and scarcely buy books I have not read. I will however buy books I have read, so I can reread them over and over again. This weekend however I broke my rule and bought two books I have never read and a reference type book. The two fiction books I bought were both written by Lois Lowry whom in my opinion is a very compelling author. I have read two other books written by her and could not put them down, so in this regard I knew she would not let me down.

I watched two movies this weekend, and I would only recommend one.

Book of Eli: This end of civilization type film was rather odd. The film reminded me of I am Legend, not as good. The overall story line was okay, but I found myself checking my watch multiple times during this film. One question I did have was why Denzel Washington was walking through the desert with layers of clothing without breaking a sweat once? The end of the movie was a little unexpected but made me question scenes throughout the entire movie. Again, like Daybreakers, I think this could have been an okay rental but I definitely regret paying to watch it in theaters. Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 45%.

Avatar: This movie which is a box office sensation, was not so favorably reviewed with me. I need to start by saying that the visual aspects of this movie were amazing (IMAX 3D didn't hurt either), I particularly liked that fluorescent forest. Perhaps my opinion on this movie is skewed. Before I watched this movie, it had been out over a month; all I heard were praises of how amazing this movie was. The majority of these praises came from men, which leads me to believe that they were biased by the graphics than the storyline itself. The truth could be that I was expecting the best movie I ever saw. I am really not sure about the reasons for my less than positive review. I did see similarities between Avatar and Pocahontas, but that is not exclusive to me, I had read an article on that topic a week before. I am not the only one who feels this way, Rotten Tomatoes itself said that 'It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling' and although I do not always agree with this critic website, I do agree with this particular rating and comment. Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of 82%.

Yesterday I had an interview and am pleased to inform that I have a real job...kinda. It is an unpaid internship, with a well known company.

I think that's all I will share for now