Movies & Books
I end up watching a lot of movies & reading a lot of books whenever I’m away from home, mainly because of the long flights and the jet-lag. Here’s my list for this time:
Movies:
- Shutter Island: **** : Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio (one of my favorite actors) team up again. One of the most deeply spooky movies I’ve seen (rating it at #2 after “Silence of the Lambs”).
- Wake up Sid: ***** : 5 stars! A happy movie. I like happy movies!! Liked the acting, liked the story/narrative, liked the music – watch it if you haven’t.
- Dr. Strangelove: *** : I remember liking the movie much more the first time I saw it, but found it painful this time in parts. Still is one of the great dark comedies of all time, but a tad tedious.
- Eastern Promises: ** : Didn’t like the movie, found the story winding and not tight, and the violence was kind of pointless.
- Up in the air: ** : Expected to like the movie; I like most George Clooney movies. However, again, I didn’t connect with the story.
Books: haven’t read all of these yet, but am half-way through all of them! All 3 seem promising – I’m especially excited about Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer this year.
- The non-designers design book
- Problem solving 101 : A simple book for smart people
- Tinkers
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No idea about any of the books but agree on all the movies except Dr. Strangelove (seen it once and liked it a lot, haven’t seen the second time so cannot say!), Eastern Promises (I liked it, and its brooding tone, plus the violence!), and Up in the Air (yes did not connect with the plot but it has so much of Clooney in it…). Did I say agree on all the movies??