This may be going back a ways but I saw “Chocolat” for the first time this week with my wife and I enjoyed it so much that I just had to put up a quick post.
I think it was Wednesday – we’d both had busy, challenging days at work, we’d both gotten home a bit later than expected – around 7:00. We’re early risers – usually around 5:30 so we try to head up to bed around 10:00. We’d just finished a casual dinner, I’d done a little writing and it had gotten to be about 9:30. We were both sitting on the couch – catching up – getting ready to end the day – when for some reason, my wife started flipping through the XFinity selections. This one popped up and without even thinking, she punched the Rent button.
Not sure why we decided to start a movie at what for us would normally be the end of the day but I am so glad we did. It’s a beautiful movie – one worth watching more than once. On it’s face, the story is simple but the themes are rich, thought-provoking and very rewarding. Combine that with some wonderful cinematography and some very fine acting (nice to be reminded from time to time that Johnny Depp can actually act) and we were riveted – completely forgot the time.
I won’t describe the plot – I suspect many of you have seen it already BUT…if you haven’t, please do. I think you’ll love it. We finished around 11:30, completely rejuvenated, in a great mood and went off to bed with smiles on our faces.
You never know when a blessing is going to come along and it actually doesn’t take much to turn a tiring day into a rewarding one. This was one of those times.
PS: I immediately ordered a copy of the book from Amazon – off my phone while we were watching the movie – as a birthday present for my wife. She enjoyed it that much and I know she’ll love the book. The only reason I’m putting this in a post is because she boxed me into telling her. When we were at HPB on Friday – she came up to me with a copy in her hand and I had to talk her out of buying it. Smart woman – she immediately knew why.
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It really is a beautiful movie and I do like old Depp films (before all the caricatures). Glad this was rewarding and lovely that you bought the book for your wife 😀