I keep forgetting to write everyone, but about two weeks ago I saw the most wonderful movie I think I have seen all year. This movie made my roommate sight for a good 15 hours afterwards, all because it was just so wonderful. Everyone must go see "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain", or "Amelie from Montmartre" as it will be called when it is released soon in the rest of the world. Don't let the fact that this movie is French distract you from it's inexplicable charm. I don't know anyone who has seen this movie and hated it. Everyone I know who has seen it has seen it more than once they loved it so much (I saw it twice the first week it opened!). Time just wrote an article on it (click on the word "Time" to read it) and it has gotten considerable press here in France not only 'cause it rocks (yea!) but because it wasn't accepted for the film festival in Cannes, then Cannes kicked itself over that decision and decided to show it at an open-air screening at night, then the director got so ticked that he pulled it from the festival all together. Whatever, this movie is amazing You will leave with so many warm fuzzies that you will just feel the need to hug everyone as they come out of the theater.
So what the heck is the movie about? It is the story of this kinda quirky girl who decides to make everyone else's lives a little better while forgetting to help herself. In the process she helps people and falls in love. I don't to give anymore away, just go, GO NOW and see this movie. You will smile for hours afterwards, isn't that reason enough?
Conclusion of the past few weeks: This movie is one of the best I have ever seen and those who have the opportunity to see it and don't simply wouldn't know a good time if it bumped into them on the street. Or at a photo booth (movie hint!).