Wednesday, May 7, 2008

movies, more movies

For Christmas this past year, we got ourselves a be-au-ti-ful flat screen, big screen TV. Now, my purpose here is not to brag, for keeping up with the Joneses - or anyone else - is not my cup of tea. There are plenty of folks with home theaters that put what we have to shame, but we have been enjoying what we put together.

For you see, we also have our wall of movies. Well, there are some series in the mix, too, but mostly movies. You see, none of us has much tolerance for commercial TV. Mainly because of the - you guessed it - commercials. So, if one of us actually watches a series, and then decides he or she LIKES the series, pretty soon we have a season or two on DVD, if it is affordable. Mostly, we are on our computers, frankly.

But, back to the movies. One of the really nice things about this TV is watching all our movies again, this time on the big screen. It really looks nice, and it FEELS like a big screen. All those details you lose when you move from the theater to the television reappear on this TV. Tonight we watched O Brother Where Art Thou. What a good movie! Of course, you knew that, right? Right? And the sound track... wow. So, while it was definitely not my first time watching this movie, it was the first time on our current set up. It was so good, it made me want to put another movie in, and another, and another.

Remember how I have all those Star Trek episodes to watch this summer? They are going to look great on the big screen, too. Don't be jealous, come over and watch too!

1 comment:

Fran said...

Alison Krauss's voice was just exactly perfect for "O Brother" I thought!

And you know we'd come over and watch movies if we could. But between the time we get home and the time Lillian has to get up to go to work, and the length of the commute to your house, well. . .you see the problem.

But some day!