A non-food post at last! ha ha.

Sandra managed scored free tickets to a preview screening (once again.) Tonight’s movie was The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. I had the very vaguest of ideas of what it was about – two old dudes in hospital facing mortality who go on a road trip of sorts – and that’s pretty much what we got. There were actually two “road” trips taken in this movie – the outward physical road trip and the inner reach inside your soul trip. This formula delivered a basically sappy movie (and I have to admit, as embarrassing as it is to, that I got teary in at least two spots during the movie!) that, whilst its not going to win any sorts of awards or is not at all challenging in any way, is fairly watchable and who doesn’t need a feel good movie now and again, especially at the start of a work week.

The Bucket List referred to in the movie is a list that Morgan Freeman’s character creates which lists all the things he wants to do before he kicks the bucket. Jack Nicholson’s character thinks the list is lame but with a few additions here and there comes up with a fairly cool list. In fact, its kind of weird but the list they ended up with kind of mirrors either the things I’ve done or the things I want to do including:
– skydiving
– seeing something truly majestic
– drive a hot racing car
– get a tattoo
– kiss the most beautiful girl in the world …

In the end Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson as top class actors did what they could to salvage a movie based on fairly weak script. You’ll laugh, you may cry (if you’re a sap like me) and if you’re a half glass full kind of person maybe it’ll inspire you to get out there and get started on your own Bucket List.