Invasion of the Body Snatchers

When I was a teenager, I really hated black and white movies.  I had a hard time watching something that wasn't in color because I would spend so much time wondering what the film would look like if it were in color.  (Juvenile and weird, I know, but I was a teenager - that's my excuse.)  Now, clearly a more mature and rarefied individual, I have a great appreciation for black and white movies.  Sometimes, though, the pacing of pre-70s films takes a little bit of adjustment.  Films made in my lifetime move so much more quickly and I really do think we have lost something significant in the quick camera movements and storyline pacing of contemporary movies.  I really do wish so many movies would just slow down and ask a little more of the audience.  I get frustrated when I want to watch a movie with friends and it turns out to be one of those  films with "a lot of talking" and I watch my friends get bored and start their own conversations.  I've always said that I probably would not want to be friends with myself, but I do wish I had a friend with the exact same movie tastes as myself.

I'm excited to be working on seeing all of AFI's Top 100 films, even though half of them aren't my usual taste.  This afternoon I watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers and was thoroughly impressed with the acting and pacing.  Because acting and filmmaking styles have changed, older films so easily appear dated and foreign to a contemporary eye.  This film holds up greatly to the test of time, though, and I really enjoyed watching it.

Tonight I knock another item off the list: my husband and I are going to a Devils' game!