This week I have to give huge props to my husband. This past Friday night I subjected him to the movie Becoming Jane- the movie portrayal of Jane Austen’s love story. I give him props for:
a. watching the movie at all (a movie his wife would love and he would not)
b. going to see it in the theater (a public place! *gasp!*)
c. being the ONLY man in the entire theater! (it’s true!)
He’s my hero.
urel's rating: (out of 5) 
Laurel
Becoming Jane is charming yet disappointing. Though Anne Hathaway does an
admirable job portraying the beloved author, her fellow characters bore great resemblance to other Jane Austen personas (Jane Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet, and Lady Catherine de Bourgh among others). One is left to wonder whether the movie is being true to the life of Jane Austen or whether the director just sought to make it Austenesque enough to satisfy the ongoing demands of Austen diehards. Though the beginning is slow and confusing and the romance starts abruptly, still present are the battles between love and grief and passion and righteousness. It is these battles which draw the audience into the story, causing roller coaster emotions that continue until the bittersweet end. Though lacking the wit that the clever Austen is known for and the happy resolution that fans have come to love, it does make the audience crave to know more of the novelist and to experience their own personal love story.
On another note, I also give props to the Georgetown Savings Bank for recently hiring a new employee (who happened to be in dire need of a job). I am now to be known as Laurel Moran, bank teller.
It is a fine bank- providing me with a very enjoyable first day of orientation. Not only did I sample the delicious grilled salmon from Joe Fish (on the bank’s tab no less), but I also learned that our bank gives out not just DumDum lollipops (reminiscent of
2 comments:
You forgot to give him props for allowing you to post on the internet for millions to see that he went to see that movie. Matt: nice on taking one for the team, but how many hours of UFC did you have to watch to feel like a man again? :D Laurel: have fun at the bank, counting was never a strong point of mine... I was a teller for 3 days once, I was short 150 bucks so I just quit, I think they think I stole it haha.
Wow! kudos to matt for being the only man in the theater, me being a newbie husband now definitely calls for a standing ovation in his honor for that amazing feat. You deserve a break from all that estrogen floating around my friend.
Hi cousin Laurel! congrats on your new job!
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