Note he has not read the book (yet); I have not seen the movie. I LOVELOVEDLOVED the book. Which is why we will be reading it in our challenge this year.

Really good. Sad, sad, sad, but you knew that. One of the first movies this year in which I bought the romance–but I REALLY bought it. Eric and Rachel are so super together. Really tears your heart out. And the time stuff is handled so well–you feel like you’ve known these two for YEARS.

Hilarious friends they had–yet there was a real ring of truth in lots of the scenes. JK and MR I thought were really good –and good together. (That first sex scene was too much for the people sitting in front of us though: they stood up and stomped out.)

I liked it too. Although I have a quibble with one bit of it that I didn’t mention there. Maybe I’ll write about it later.

WONDERFUL movie. Does everything right that most growing up movies do wrong vis a vis romance, winning, etc. This was just great. Drew–well done!! Ellen Page–Babe Ruthless: tremendous! Good ensemble acting, from top to bottom. Lots of smiles, growls, tears, cheers–I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!

Took me back to when I’d come home from Mass on Sunday and watch–ROLLER DERBY!!! My team was the Bay Area Bombers! They had both men and women jamming in alternate periods–but this was really cool.

Highly recommended. (Minor aside–Zoe Bell, the stunt woman from Deathproof was one of the “Hurl Scouts”–I think her track name was “Bloody Holly”.)

FOUR STARS! High-larious! There’s a mid-flick cameo that’s worth the price of two admissions. A hoot throughout. Woody Harrelson’s finest performance.