I spent the afternoon alone at the local cinema. What did I go and see? PASCHENDAELE. Since I’d read the book I knew what would happen. It still impacted me as much as the book did. I’m glad I read the book first. The book gave Mr. Gross the opportunity to go deeper on an emotional and detail level with all the characters. There is only so much you can put in a movie.

What did surprise me was how graphic the movie remained true to the book. The battle scene, were amazing yet quite gruesome, specially the opening one where Michael Dunne stabs a young German soldier in the face. This is a war movie so I had expected some hard to watch scenes but the attention to details that were put into PASCHENDAELE are what set this movie apart.

I recommend it hole heartedly.

My girlfriend and I took her daughters to see SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2. We’d done the same when the first movie came, it just seemed fitting to do it once more.

I realized two things, I’ve out grown teenage movies (thank goodness) and two you are never too old to enjoy a love story even when it’s made for teenagers. Did I feel old being in my mid-thirties in the theatre? Although the average age would have been in the teens there were quite a few of us who weren’t.

This is a good movie for teenage girls and their Moms. It will remind the older generation about their youth. It certainly did that for me. However I have to say it was good to see a movie that didn’t have guns going off, sirens and car chases. It was a good old fashion romance.

Do I hope they make a 3^rd version? Well if I answer that I’d be spoiling the ending of the movie, now I couldn’t do that.  You’ll simply have to go out and see it for yourself and make your own assumptions.