Crazy Stupid Love and more...

While I lie here with my foot up, it's the perfect time to tell you about some movies I saw before I became lame.

When we got home from work on Friday, we finally got around to watching The Lincoln Lawyer on pay-per-view. I didn’t see it in the theater because I’m not too big of a Matthew McConaughey fan. I was also afraid that it was going to be too violent – I wasn’t up for that. As it turns out, there was some violence but not too bad. It also turns out that this was a pretty good movie about a sleazy lawyer who comes around through some interesting circumstances. It was worth watching – rent it.

Yesterday, we actually went to the theater to see Crazy Stupid Love. The trailers for it really drew me in and for once, I wasn’t disappointed. Steve Carrell was wonderful playing a man whose wife blindsides him by asking for a divorce. It was painful, sad but also charming and even funny. The entire cast was wonderful. I really rooted for the main characters to work out their problems. It wasn’t a perfect movie – there was one cheesy scene toward the end that I would have left out, but other than that I really enjoyed it. I absolutely recommend this one.

Last but not least, we saw The Town on HBO last night. This was an intense movie that Ben Affleck wrote, directed and starred in…very intense, but very good. “The Town” is Boston and the story centers around a group of bank robbers. It has some scary car chases and gunfire and some blood and violence. If you can get past that part, it’s a good story that is well-acted. Absolutely do rent this one, too.

Since I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, I'm sure I will have plenty of time to watch some more movies. Stay tuned - what else am I going to do....