Jodi Speaks Her Mind

Movies, movies, movies (and more to come) 8/7/2002

So sorry for the silence, folks. I’m going to try to get back to posting again. We’ve been spending a lot of time watching movies of late. Mostly we rent movies or raid the collections of our friends. Finally, we went to the library and found that to be even better. New releases aren’t much of an option there, but you can catch up on all the older movies you missed. We’re going to finally watch The Cider House Rules and The Patriot as well as Tron and the original Dr. Dolittle (FUN!)

Yesterday we splurged though and went to an actual movie theater to see M. Night Shyamalan’s movie Signs. It was disappointing in some respects - I suppose mainly because our expectations were so high after The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, which is a huge fave in our house. Despite the disappointment, though, I definitely walked away with something from this movie. It is more about faith than it is about the plot events (which I’m leaving out so I don’t give anything away). Lately, my own faith has been shaken by life’s events and circumstances and only last week I reached the same conclusion that Graham Hess comes to in the movie. I won’t say anything for fear of spoiling it for anyone, but I guess this movie in itself was one of those conspiring events that all seem to be compelling you to a certain conclusion. And for me… right now… that rocked!