Small Town Survival

I mentioned before that I'll be watching a lot of movies this semester. They have since started. The fist movie we watched is American Beauty. I will also be seeing Lolita, Citizen Kane and Taxi Driver in the next week or two. I certainly can't object to the chance to see a lot of classics that I probably wouldn't have otherwise watched. I'm also not supposed to admit it, but all this study of film has peaked my interest in Film School. I'm sure between that and the "pressure" I have from a friend to attend I might eventually make up my mind.

While I'm watching a lot of movies in class, I'm not seeing many at the theatres or on video. I of course don't have a TV here so I'm stuck with what I can view on my laptop. That would include Region 1 DVDs and while I have a few with me, I've been through most of them already and I can't rent region 1 here. I've also seen a few that Andreas has on CD in a format that can be read by windows media player. This has expanded my options, but once again, we've been through most of those already too. I think it's what you do when you stay in on the weekends because it's too cold to go out and wander around the city. And until I go out and learn more about the city we'd have to wander to learn anything new. I'm pretty sure he's pointed out that I now know more about the city than he does. Weee, that's useful. ;)

Movies we've watched include: Miss Congenialty, Dogma, and Practical Magic. We'll probably see Amelie this weekend. I also have the Others and the Matrix on DVD but I haven't been in the mood for the Others and while I love the Matrix, I think I'm saving it for a rainy day.

Something odd about Denmark and movies (at least for me) is that they're behind the US when it comes to release dates. For example, the Others just came out here in the theatres not too long ago and I've owned it on DVD for quite some time. A better example is that Two Weeks Notice comes out on the 21st or so Of February and it was out just around Christmas in the US. Right now movies I've already seen in the theatres because of the holiday break are coming out here, so there isn't that much I want to go out to see and I can't rent things on video - but even those I've probably already seen.

On my list: Lord of the Rings the Two Towers and Adaptation. One is on it's way out of theatres the other we have no idea when it'll show up. At least I get my movie fix in class.