Even Nic and Trav.......

On Sunday, Charlene and I went to Blockbuster to rent a movie using the 99 cent coupon I had received. We walked in and started to look around. She went one way, I, the other. I don't know what she was looking at but in my mind I was trying to choose between the new Star Trek movie and District 9. Action stuff. Blow up stuff. Guy movies. How can I talk her into watching something like that? I rounded a corner, still scanning the shelves and there it was: Julie & Julia. Action movies disappeared from my brain. I picked it up and walked toward her. "Find anything?", I ask. Before she could answer, I held up my pick and she smiled, agreed and we walked to the register. She had to work that afternoon so I figured we'd watch it later in the week. Later came sooner - tonight to be exact. She invited Nic and Trav to watch and they had agreed to sit with us, forgoing Xbox and iPods. I found this to be totally astounding. Kind of like Arabs and Israelites making peace. We ate dinner in front of the TV as we watched. That was followed by totally excellent hot cocoa for the boys, coffee for Charlene and I, all fresh brewed and served at precisely 192 degrees. Nic and Trav watched the whole thing, credits included. They laughed out loud at the humorous parts, felt bad when Julia shunned Julie near the end and really enjoyed the entire movie. I had explained that it was two true stories rolled into one movie and that Julia's husband, Paul was a 'spy' with the OSS. That intrigued them from the start. Charlene and I saw this when it first came out, saw it again on Thanksgiving Day (at the cheap theater, eating jalapeno hot dogs and icey's instead of Turkey dinner). I don't know why but it was just as enjoyable tonight as it was the last two times we watched. Even more so because we shared it with Nic and Trav and they enjoyed it, too.
If Meryl Streep doesn't get the Oscar for this role, well, I think the voters are crazy. Charlene agrees.
Again, if you haven't seen it, do so.