We watched Hereafter on Netflix. It was sold as a mystery sci-fi thriller, which set me up for a bit of a let down to be honest. It's the story of three characters who each have their own unique experiences with death. Matt Damon plays an unwilling psychic. His life intersects with those of a young woman who survives the tsunami of 2004, and a young boy whose twin brother is killed.
At first I couldn't figure out where the movie was going, but eventually I thought it was a good story, but not at all sci-fi or thrilling. The scene where the young boy seeks out Damon's character was nicely done, and yes it made me shed a few tears but I tend to do that quite easily when watching movies. The only thing that threw me was expecting a movie like Bourne Identity. After I got over this, I ended up thinking it was pretty good.
If plans work out, in August, we'll be flying from Phoenix to the East Coast at the annual beach trip. Of course, just as soon as we started doing online research for booking the flights, on the very day we hit CLICK, a big hole opened up on a Southwest flight from Tuscon. I mean, literally, as soon as the electric signal went from our laptop to Travelocity, the hole tore open on that flight. In the weeks that follow, we've had cracks throughout airplanes, about a dozen night-shift air traffic controllers have fallen asleep on the job, and the price of gasoline (and thus jet fuel) has gone through the roof. Every time we update our online search for affordable flights, I nervously check for news about a tsunami wiping out Kitty Hawk North Carolina. I mean it is just frakking weird.
omg poor thing with those News stories ha ah haa.. I didn't realize that was around the same time as your trip.
oh Shawn got me a kindle for an early Mother's day present, so I can finally catchup with the rest of the technophiles in the family ;)
K
Posted by: Karen | April 19, 2011 at 05:30 PM