I don't think we'd watched a movie all year — not any nondocumentary — but then we watched a movie 2 nights in a row.

The first movie was something that I'd seen a few times, had not watched in decades, but wanted to watch to show it to Meade, who had never seen it. It's something that's especially fun to watch another person experience for the first time. I was reminded of it when we happened upon an interview with the star, who was quite charming talking about it.

The second was a recent movie that was prominently displayed on Netflix. I clicked it on because it was based on a book that I'd read and liked, dealt with a subject I care a lot about, and had 2 male stars that sometimes do their thing to great effect. We watched the whole thing, and only then did I check the reviews. Turns out it's considered a bomb. It's based on a true story, and I'd like to see a list of the deviations from the book, which tried for historical accuracy. The book has much more detail about the subject I care about, and the movie has — I think — tweaked things to make the women more important and to disrespect the actual subject by swapping in what they seem to find more crowd-pleasing — love.