I am not a huge fan of going to the movies.  The tickets are expensive, the snacks even more so, and, seriously, who is gonna sit through a feature length movie without some popcorn, goobers and a drink?  And there is always someone in the theater that is just obnoxious.  Whether they are yakking on their cell phones, or talking to their “date.”  Why would I want to deal with all of that, when I can watch a movie in the comfort of my own home?  Well, for the most part, I don’t.  I think the last movie we saw at the theater was Avatar for our anniversary last year, though I have to say that was worth EVERY penny!  Before that it was the new Friday the 13th on Valentine’s Day.  Perhaps not the most romantic movie, but I love me some horror movies!  We urge the kids to go check out the latest films, but for me, I prefer to wait for the DVD and chill on my couch.

However, this season there are a few movies that have me psyched enough to actually venture out of the house to see:

1) The Next Three Days - I’ll be honest, I don’t know if we’ll see this one at the theaters, but I definitely want to see it at some point!  Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson get together, so Crowe can break his wrongly convicted wife (played by Elizabeth Banks) out of prison.  The trailers have lots of action, and I have always like Neeson in this type of role - kind of shady, a bit dirty.

2) Faster - Come on!  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars, and he looks appropriately gritty and pissed off as he sets out to avenge his younger brother’s death.  Reminds me of The Fast and The Furious.  I’m sure it won’t change lives, but it could be a wild ride!

3) The Fighter - I love an underdog story, and after seeing the previews, this might be a Christian Bale movie in which he doesn’t annoy me.  (I don’t know why, Bale is a very capable actor, but for some reason he rubs me the wrong way.  Perhaps it’s from seeing him in American Psycho.)  I like Mark Wahlberg and am a big Amy Adams fan, so I like the idea of the two of them together, but it’s an underdog story, and those are some of my favorite movies.  Boxing, underdogs… another Rocky?

4) True Grit - This is the one I am most excited about.  Not sure why.  I am not a big Western fan, but Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin in one film.  I know it’s a remake of a John Wayne film.  A mistake?  Perhaps, but the Coen brothers are more than capable of pulling this off.  Plus the theme is similar to one of my favorite movies, The Professional.  If Roy is on board, I will be seeing this one at the theaters!

5) Country Strong - I admit it, Gwyneth Paltrow thoroughly charmed me last week on Glee - actually I think it was this week, but that’s besides the point.  This is another underdog movie - Paltrow is a HUGE country superstar that has fallen from grace.  After she starts working with an up and coming songwriter (Garrett Hedlund), she starts to believe she can rise again.  I am not a fan of country music, but the idea of someone putting together the pieces of their lives and coming out on top is a theme I always fall for.

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows is out today as well, and I am sure that will be huge!  Corey and Joe seemed to have outgrown HP, Addi isn’t into it, and it’s above Hayden and Dean’s heads, so I don’t think we will be venturing out to see that one.  I am intrigued with Tron as well.  While Roy is a fan, I remarked to him that it looks cool, but I don’t get it, as I didn’t see the original.  He laughed and said, “No one gets Tron! But it’s still cool.”  The special effects look amazing and that might be enough to get me into the theaters.