Movies.

I just watched an online trailer for a movie called "Definitely, Maybe" which made me glare at the screen. It is about a man (played by Ryan Reynolds) who, heading into a divorce, tells his daughter a story about how he met, fell in love with, and married her mother, but he leaves out the names and changes some facts so that the daughter won't know which girl in the story is her mother until the end. I guess it's kind of a clever premise; sort of a Memento turned forward - revenge + Abigail Breslin. The three women in his story are played by three of the most beautiful actresses I've ever seen — blonde, brunette, redhead — and that's where they lost me. I know that people in the movies are always better looking, but this was ridiculous. In the trailer, besides being gorgeous, all three women also appear to be smart, talented, altogether perfect, and COMPLETELY into the guy. Well, I am fed up. I demand my three perfect women to choose from.

There was another online trailer I watched recently that depressed me, but for a completely different reason. It was for a documentary about the mystifying recent occurrence of Vanishing Bee Syndrome, which is threatening bee populations across the country and could wreak havoc on our agricultural system. The trailer was very interesting, and I hope I get to see the movie, but man, it was a downer.

http://www.vanishingbees.com/