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A review of movies I watched on the plane

I'm in the US! More about that later. First, a quick review of the FIVE movies I watched during my 16 hours on an airplane equipped with personal video screens.

I never watch romantic comedies except on airplanes. I can't stand them unless I'm a captive audience. I saw Leap Year, Dear John, Letters to Juliet (or whatever that was called), Made of Honor, etc. on airplanes. So on this trip, I took on:

This Means War. Fun concept, great chemistry between the two male leads (and of course Reese Witherspoon was delightful as always), but also kind of dumb. Just what I expected, in other words!


The Vow. I loved the idea behind this one and parts of it were executed very well. But still, meh. I am not a romantic comedy person, ok? I am also not a Channing Tatum person OR a Rachel McAdams person. That's why I only watch these things on airplanes.

Gone. I was really loving this one - just the right amount of creepy, chill-inducing suspense, and not too much gore or really horrific stuff going on. Then, it ended. If anyone has seen this movie, I ask you: WHAT THE HECK? So many questions.

The Dark Knight. I had avoided re-watching this one for years, even though I loved it the first time around. I am so glad I watched it again. What a fantastic movie.

The Hunger Games. Just to mix things up, I turned the audio track to Russian.

Hooray for individual movie screens on airplanes!

16 hours on a plane

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