Precious

As I get older, my movie tastes have not so much matured, but, I think about what I really want to see before I just go all willy nilly and buy a ticket. I love documentaries. I love indie films and anything with Natalie Portman. I haven't seen a scary movie for years..I love funny movies, unless I get suckered by a lame Will Ferrell movie. What I'm trying to say is that going to see a drama, longer than 2 hour film requires me to mentally prepare myself beforehand. (That could also be because of my severe self-diagnosed ADD) Whatever. Last night, we went to see Precious. Lee was dreaming of popcorn, I was glad the movie was under 2 hours, so we went. I heard the buzz about the movie, knew what it was about but still had no idea that the majority of the movie made me want to vomit my DOTS all over myself. It is brilliantly acted by the entire cast. There isn't a weak performance, even Mariah Carey holds her own in a super supporting role, which, also says a lot considering she took a supporting roll in the first place. The dark realms of human psyche this film touches makes you so uncomfortable, sad, even miserable...it's so raw. If you go see Precious, prepare yourself to endure almost 2 hours of gut-wrenching emotion. There are some funny parts, there had to be, you will laugh. I did think at one time I was going to see Coolio pop up and sing Gangster's Paradise, but, I think he's busy...smoking crack somewhere. Regardless, the flick is good. I give it a B+. I think I'm going to go watch It's A Wonderful Life now.