This discussion was started based on comments from another discussion about sleep.
I like to watch science based disaster movies like: Dante's Peak, Volcano, Outbreak, Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow...
For some reason I like to watch movies I can find problems with and then watch them over and over. I can fall asleep to them while the world is exploding or freezing or other major problems...
What do you watch?
Julia is a move of an entirely different genre, sometimes intense, sometimes sad and melancholy, and sometimes politically very relevant.
The Maldonado Miracle was director Selma Hayek's only movie, and was a hit.
Especially just remembered Mare Winningham singing 'Plastic Jesus'. Strange town, strange relationships, strange story, but it could have been real. Don't usually watch movies like this, but husband liked it, so I did.
I saw the control, conquer and subordinate efforts as being exerted by the "Sky People", the colonialists who came to Pandora for the element "unobtanium", with a military leader "assisting" - someone who clearly was ready to use a slash and burn tactic which could destroy the native people's connection with the land and Eywa.
Their actions were clearly those of conquerors and plunderers. I've frequently been reminded of the conquistadors and other Europeans who plundered and confiscated when they "colonized" the "New World."
I'm guessing there are a lot of theories about this fascinating movie, perhaps even why the animals had 6 instead of 4 legs. And of course there's the planet's name: Pandora.
Or something like that.
Expanding from movies to series, Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge and the old Cadfael series are marvelous - there's so much historical and social drama, so much insight into classes and social change.
And of course, Top Gun, Executive Decision and all the JAG series, although they're not really movies.
Usually I pick a nap time to watch a movie or catch up on an on demand TV show that is too rough for her (NCIS, CSI, ELEMENTARY, NCIS LA, NCISLOLA, etc) but what happens is she wakes up and joins me. Then I get the isn;t there anything else on...so I change to a show she likes and she falls asleep. but as soon as I change the channel back to "my" movie she wakes up to watch the one she wanted that is already half over...sad ...
There are movies like Dave, American President, Sabrina, etc that I can watch with her - Crocodile Dundee, etc and we have them on tape.
When it comes to TV I am more normal. Grey's Anatomy, Blacklist, Revenge. I used to like The Good Wife until she started to run for state attorney. Then it got boring and confusing. They ruined a good show.
If I need something to watch to make me sleepy, I usually turn to the reruns of the comedy TV show "Frasier" as that always works :0