Movies I've Watched Recently

Last weekend, after my guests left, I finally felt like sitting down to a movie. So I watched two.

Birth, starring Nicole Kidman. I thought this movie sounded way cooler than it turned out to be. A woman whose husband died 10 years ago is about to finally remarry. She then meets a boy who claims to be her dead husband. It's about grief, loss, deception, manipulation, and odd behavior. It's kinda slow with lots of pauses with no dialog, just close-ups on people. It was almost like a foreign film. Sometimes I just didn't get it. If you liked Closer, you may like Birth.

I also watched the first disc of The History of Britain. It was great. I think I'm going to try to read my Intelligent Traveller's Guide to Historic Britain in conjunction with watching the other discs. I have a bit of reading to do before the next disc comes next week.

I have Brokeback Mountain in my bag. I'm going to try to watch that this weekend.