Last weekend hubby was home (which is a family rarity) and we thought it would be an opportune time to catch a good movie together.
Side note: Movies that premier in the US or UK usually arrive 2-9 months later in Greece, because of subtitling or other distribution issues. The exceptions are world-wide premieres, like "Lord of the Rings Trilogy" and "King-Kong". Thank you Peter Jackson, for not punishing us with the subtitle wait in LOTR and making us feel equally important as the rest of the audiences in the world. I didn't see King Kong, but I did see all 3 LOTRs at least 7 times each in the theatres. Call me kinky but I find Aragorn more appealing than big hairy Kong.
I scanned the show listings for two movies that recently arrived in Greece: Goodnight, and Good Luck or Walk the Line. Either they're not doing well in the Greek movie market, or for whatever other limited distribution reason, we couldn't find a show anywhere near us. The DVD rental shop was our next choice. We picked Hotel Rwanda and Millions (another couple of movies that were listed for only a brief period of time at the cinemas).
After viewing Hotel Rwanda and most of the accompanying Amnesty International material, we (daughters included) agreed that this movie was indeed well worth viewing and recommending. We whipped out the encyclopedias and atlases for further info on Rwanda's harrowing history and turned it into a night of political and social awareness. Although in no way can I claim our Saturday night movie was "entertaining", because of its intensity and truth, I found it encouraging that our daughters (17 and 12) watched attentively with us and found this story a moving eye-opener.
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Side note: Movies that premier in the US or UK usually arrive 2-9 months later in Greece, because of subtitling or other distribution issues. The exceptions are world-wide premieres, like "Lord of the Rings Trilogy" and "King-Kong". Thank you Peter Jackson, for not punishing us with the subtitle wait in LOTR and making us feel equally important as the rest of the audiences in the world. I didn't see King Kong, but I did see all 3 LOTRs at least 7 times each in the theatres. Call me kinky but I find Aragorn more appealing than big hairy Kong.
I scanned the show listings for two movies that recently arrived in Greece: Goodnight, and Good Luck or Walk the Line. Either they're not doing well in the Greek movie market, or for whatever other limited distribution reason, we couldn't find a show anywhere near us. The DVD rental shop was our next choice. We picked Hotel Rwanda and Millions (another couple of movies that were listed for only a brief period of time at the cinemas).
After viewing Hotel Rwanda and most of the accompanying Amnesty International material, we (daughters included) agreed that this movie was indeed well worth viewing and recommending. We whipped out the encyclopedias and atlases for further info on Rwanda's harrowing history and turned it into a night of political and social awareness. Although in no way can I claim our Saturday night movie was "entertaining", because of its intensity and truth, I found it encouraging that our daughters (17 and 12) watched attentively with us and found this story a moving eye-opener.
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