Tonight was nice, very girly. I met up with Lenore after work to go see Amélie. I had been dying to see it since it first came out back in November but then I went to Brazil and just never had time to see it. The movie is great. I usually get disappointed after I read so many great reviews about a movie. That wasn’t the case with Amélie. I mean, at least I wasn’t disappointed with the movie itself.

The thing is that I had read so many places how everyone in France had been affected by the movie and there was this huge wave of good deeds (and we’re talking about the French here! Actually, I had never heard anything bad about them until I moved to the US). Anyway, I was certainly expecting a life changing experience from seeing this movie. And it wasn’t like that. So I’m more disappointed with myself for thinking that a movie could do that than with the fact that the movie wasn’t powerful enough to change my life. But to get back to the movie, it was great. Great photography, great plot, awesome characters. I especially liked the opening intro of her as a kid. The scene with the raspberries is just great.

Although, now that I think about it, I did break up with my boyfriend of three years because of a movie. Well, it wasn’t really because of the movie but something that I saw in the movie made something click in my mind. I didn’t even finish watching it and drove to the dorms to end things. The movie? He Said, She Said. (yeah yeah, I know)

Amelie

Miramax Home Entertainment 2001, DVD, $19.99

He Said, She Said

Paramount 1991, DVD, $9.98

Anyway, after the movie we went to check out a new restaurant in Mountain View called Zucca. I read a review that said they served awesome Mediterranean tapas. The place is really small but very cozy and the food was awesome. The owners come to your table and check on you a couple of times and we got complimentary glasses of dessert wine.

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