Not very deep

Hey, hope you had a good weekend. I did. It was kind of a media weekend, saw two movies, the first was "School for Scoundrels". Although it was really good, very funny, like many comedies, it sort of had a moral and some lessons in it too. I like movies like that and so often the reviewers don't seem to notice (or mention, anyway) that in their critique of a comedy. It's like comedy = throw away entertainment, which is usually not true in the comedies I've seen. I don't think that funny necessarily means that it's worthless. It's sort of like happy poetry is considered not very "deep" compared to the pain and suffering-type poetry.

The second movie was really sad, Jet Li's "Fearless" and I had to dash to the bathroom after to make sure I didn't have mascara down to my chin! This movie definitely had a moral, in fact, several of them. It was really good and reminded me a bit of "Gladiator" but that may only have been because of a certain part in it.

And then, last night I finished "My Sister's Keeper" wow, what a book! I'm certainly going to hunt up that author, Jodi Picoult at the library. It's about a family where the little daughter gets leukemia and the first child, a boy, is not a good match so they specifically have another baby engineered to be her perfect match. This child and the older son are pretty much ignored while the family centers on saving the girl with leukemia. When the engineered daughter is 13 years old, she gets tired of being a donor for her sister and the case goes to court. It might sound like I just gave too much of the book away, but oh no, that's just the beginning; there are twists and turns and nuances involved. It's a great book about moral and ethical dilemmas and a good read besides!

Yeah, it's Monday but have a great day!