With school over for the time being I have this thing called time. Time do whatever I want, time to sit and do nothing if I want. I've never been that great at having unstructured time. What I mean by that is I can literally waste away an afternoon not doing anything. I guess that's not too bad these days but when I had stuff to get done for school it was not a good "talent" to have.
So with all of this time I've been catching up on my movie watching. In the past week or so I've seen The Darjeeling Limited (I loved it, I know a lot of people who didn't). I rewatched Talladega Nights with my niece Friday night which is always hysterical. I watched Gone Baby Gone which I commented on in my last post but I have to say again was so good I'd watch it again tomorrow - Casey Affleck was tremendous. Yesterday I watched Velvet Goldmine with Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Christian Bale and Ewan McGregor. It's movie I've always wanted to see and it did not disappoint. There is a a David Bowie like "character"(Rhys-Meyers) and an Iggy Pop like "character" (McGregor). Everyone is bi-sexual and I don't think McGregor wears a shirt for the entire movie. In the end it's a love story but a sad one. Eddie Izzard plays the manager and he of course is fantastic. I highly recommend this to anyone who is into the whole glam rock thing of the 70's.
Last night I watch Runnin Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. 4 HOURS of uninterrupted Tom Petty that starts way back in the Mudcrutch days. For a complete fanatic like me this is like heaven. They didn't get into any personal stuff that didn't directly have to do with the band - if it effected the band they talked about it. It was FABULOUS. No narration just interview after interview. It walks you through every step of his career, shows the progression of who he worked with (The Willbury's, Cash etc) and sadly shows the untimely death of bass played Howie Epstein (heroin). 
Even if you are just a casual fan - I think this is a movie you will enjoy. And I have to say it was a nice break from all of the Iraq War movies I have been watching for my research. I'll continue to watch those too, just not in large blocks as I was doing before.
