All the Things That I Have Seen

1. P.S. I Love You (2007).

It seems like a sick joke to admit this but this was the last romantic movie mi ex-novia and I saw together. It wasn't really a comedy because there were a lot of things that happened in this movie that weren't really funny. But it was better than I expected, and I'm kinda glad I let mi ex-novia talk me into seeing it.

The movie was about a woman (played by Hilary Swank) who lost her husband to cancer and spent the rest of the movie trying to come to terms with his death. Along the way, she started getting letters that were written by her deceased spouse prior to his death. The letters encouraged her to do things that will help her adjust to life without him.

Did they work?

See the movie and decide for yourself. And yes, the storyline makes it seem like a remake of Catch and Release, but it's still worth seeing even if you're the type of person who didn't like Catch and Release. (For what it's worth, I was kinda luke-warm about Catch and Release but I enjoyed this film -- if enjoy is the proper term to use in regard to a movie about death -- a lot more.)

2. Charlie Wilson's War (2007).

The type of film that makes you really, really want to hate the Russians. Yet it's obviously more ambitious than the usual death-to-the-Commies thriller.

It's tempting to call this movie Afghan Invasion for Dummies because it seems obvious from the first frame that the film isn't exactly aimed at the type of people who would buy tickets to see The Kite Runner.

But in its own way, it manages to work, even if it seems far more comfortable with its protagonist's Clintonian activities (drinking, womanizing, etc.) than it does with the more serious political implications of its storyline.