Couch weekend

This past weekend, with the weather being extremely ordinary, we decided to spend most of the Sunday on the couch watching movies and catching up on TV shows. Thank goodness for the internet in these times when we're trying to save money!

On Saturday night I watched a film called Take This Waltz which was surprisingly good. I was expecting the same old formulaic romantic comedy and it refreshingly wasn't. Michelle Williams was the main character and she was fantastic. As the audience, I was able to feel everything her character was feeling simply by her expressions. When she smiled, she really made you feel her happiness, and when she was melancholy you started to feel that way too. I don't remember her having that impact on me in her other roles so I'm thinking it was the way she played the character so well, even when the character is sometimes unlikeable. Was a surprisingly good film, although probably one only the female audience will enjoy (although there is a delightfully raunchy sex scene ans some full frontal nudity for the male viewers!).

On Sunday Glen and I finally watched Snowtown. I loved this movie and highly recommend people see it. It isn't a gory serial killer movie, but instead it looks at the psychology of the killers and, in particular, Jamie Vlassakis's upbringing. It is actually really sad. Such a great movie, can't recommend it enough.

The other film we watched on Sunday was the Ridley Scott Robin Hood. It was a bit 'meh' although I'm not sure if it's because we'd just finished watching a fantastic movie, or if it was just a little ordinary. Wasn't crap, but not a keeper.

All in all, a nice relaxing weekend. I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else has seen Snowtown though, and if so, what you thought of it.