You can tell a lot about a person from the miscellaneous collection of
DVD’s stacked next to their television set. Every film we own says a little bit about us, whether
we’d like it to… or not. So I’ve decided to turn this uncompromising
insight on myself by analyzing my entire DVD collection… one impulse
buy at a time.
DAY 9: ERIN BROCKOVICH
WHAT IT’S ABOUT:
Vivian Ward wins an Oscar for acting bitchy and
dressing trashy. A cautionary tale about the perils of drinking too
much water. (Personally, I’m giving it up. Have you seen the side of
those water bottles? No nutritional value whatsoever.)
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
I
kinda had a little bit of a man-crush (or are we going with “bro-mance”
now? I can’t keep up with you kids. Oh… what about “ro-man-tical”?)
on Steven Soderbergh movies for a while. I even bought the ones I
didn’t like (Ocean’s 12… but more on that dibocal later). I do think
Aaron Eckhart does a great job of making sure no one will ever
recognize him in this movie.
WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT ME:
I guess
that if I got really lonely, the internet died, my computer crashed,
the cable got shut off AND I lost my memory, I’d still have a romantic
recourse. (Too much?)
Until next time… Hit me back.