three movie day

after seeing where the wild things are, liz and i wanted more and we started with Far From the Madding Crowd (1967). Netflix got me to get this one. i don't even know why it was recommended to me, but i really love terence stamp and on the cover he looked really hot when he was young, so i went for it. it's 2 hours and 45 minutes, which is crazy. there's an intermission, and the movie could have been done there, but it wasn't. but, it was good and interesting and kept moving. it's about a woman (julie christie) who inherits a her uncle's giant, british farm and runs it herself. there are three men who love her: the foxy shepard who proposed to her before she got her farm and is a kind, good man, the older man married to his farm next door until he laid eyes on her, and the slimball solider who was raised on the farm she now owns. she marries the solider even though she knows he's no good because she really, really loves him.

the action was good and the men are good looking, which surprised me because it's the 60s, but i didn't like that she was strong, independent and funny, but lost that all when she feel in love. lame.

then, we moved on to the namesake (2006) which i got because the preview looked good and i just love love love kal penn. it's the story of two arranged marriage indian parents and their american kids. it's the story of kal penn becoming comfortable with his indianness, but also of his mother finding her way. it was too slow for me sometimes, but liz said maybe because it was the third movie of the day. kal penn playing a 18-year-old for a few scene was worth it for me.