I bet Netflix thinks I'm a super dork.

So, I mentioned earlier that we joined Netflix. It's not so bad so far. I might even consider paying for a month or two of it after I get a DVD burner. I don't know how many Netflix fans we have, but they ask you to rate the movies that you've seen. As of today I've rated 650 movies. I had no idea I'd seen that many movies, nor did I think I would be able to rate that many in two weeks. I suppose if I turned this into a movie review blog, I'd potentially never run out of things to say. Amazon.com does the same thing, and they give you more reccomendations based on what you've rated. Today they had recomended Farenheit 9/11 and a 20X30 Pamela Anderson poster. They also have a link on the bottom of every product that says "Why did you send me this?" So I click both of them. Amazingly, people that rated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Double Whammy (a movie with Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley) enjoyed both of those items as well. I can see kids surfing the net and clicking on a Pamela Anderson poster so that wasn't as big of a shock as Farenheit 9/11. I can't imagine how that movie relates to anything that I've rated. I should mention, other things I've rated are How to Rebuild Small Block Mopars, A Step By Step guide to restoring your 70-74 Cuda or Challenger, and as many movies as I could find like Star Wars, and Star Trek with some action flics in there. I would buy the poster but I'm certain my wife would never let me hang it anywhere in any part of a house that she also resides in. Hey...I did like Harry Potter, so why not a nice Pamela Anderson poster to go with it? I am kidding of course.

Anyway, we watched the house of Sand and Fog this weekend. I would reccomend you stay away from this movie unless you are just a big cinema person. This movie almost made me cry, and I only cried at the end of Gone in 60 Seconds when his brother gave him the car (chic movies don't make me cry really). It was well shot, well acted, and very moving. It's just a story that you wouldn't expect. I can see why Jennifer Connely was up for best actress, or won best actress for it. She's awesome in this movie, as well as Ben Kingsley. Kingsley always amazes me because he can be anyone. Good guy, bad guy, foreign guy - just name it. However, as much as I would say this is a good movie, I would have to recommend that you not see it unless you like sad stories.

I bet Netflix things I have the strangest tastes. Up next in our queue is About a Boy (for my wife), and Walking Tall (yeah, she doesn't want to see that one). I'll let you know more about those later.