I am a sucker for a true story.

Its true. Whoever said "the truth is stranger than fiction" was one of my kind of people. I totally love to hear people's stories- what normal people do is so fascinating to me.
It has ended up that we have seen some excellent movies of late, 2 of which were based on true stories. I rarely read for pleasure, b/c once I start a book I cannot put it down. I really love to read, so I have to limit myself to waiting until vacations or else it is all I will do. But both of these stories were so fascinating I could not help but buy them and I cannot wait to start!!

The first is Into the Wild.
Here is the first few lines of the book...
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter.

Crazy, huh? The movie was fascinating-- so different from me, and so interesting. I love the convenience of modern life-- a life of medicine, heat, showers and email. But I also love minimizing the value of "stuff", of keeping materialism at bay and not consuming everything this world has to offer. So I am intrigued by this college kid's choices and story.

The next was "21" --the story of a MIT college student is engages in a card-counting club and takes Vegas for millions. This is SO far from what I was doing in college- going to class and taking naps, concerts on weekends and drinking coffee that tasted like dessert, that I am so interested in his story. The movie was so interesting! He was bascially a geek that turned into a big time gambler. Kinda like "Can't buy me love" on steroids!

The great other movies I have seen this month are:
AWAKE- (such a entertaining movie!! There is a surgery scene that I could not bear to watch, but other than that, it is very entertaining)
The Other Boleyn Girl- (Greatness. Elements are true, but I have no idea how much of it is true. But I totally loved it!! And it wasn't as much of a chick-flick as I thought)

So, there is your entertainment report. I will not be surprised if I am up at 3 am, with all this reading to be catching up on!!

Does anyone have any opinions to add? Movies to discuss?