R was up for the weekend. We went to see The Changeling. I haven’t seen a move for a while (in the theater) since I’ve been “cheap” on that kind of stuff getting the house money and credit worthiness together. R mentioned he wanted to see the new Angelina movie so I figured we would make a date of it with the kiddo.

It was pretty good. I knew the story, I was afraid they would make some fake happy ending but they didn’t It’s an unbelievably frustrating story and Angelina played the role so well. While this isn’t a “woman’s rights” film (necessarily) it certainly highlighted the way women have been treated, how any “trouble” made would have them disposed of on a whim (dumping them in a jail, psych ward, destroying their reputations and character at will) The character prevails against those attempts, but the end is still so sad for her.

We went to the Spectrum to see Mamma Mia tonight after work. It was so silly but quite fun… after all a musical based on Abba songs can’t be anything but silly. I’ve been skimping a great deal on anything like movies and generally have been choosing more carefully but decided I wanted to see something completely foolish, not inclined to think. I wasn’t quite successful at not singing along… but the kiddo and I kept it relatively quiet. I was surprised there were a couple dozen others in the theater since it’s been there for a month already.