Plane movies

I like to keep track of the movies I watch on planes so that I can either recommend them or tell you to stay far away! Between the flight from Indy to Paris, Zurich to ATL and ATL to IND, I had ample time to watch a few. Here goes:

12 Strong. 12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.

It was just OK. I love anything having to do with special forces, but this one was just kind of long.

Ingrid Goes West.An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and insinuates herself into the life of an Instagram star.

This film was so odd that I made Jackson watch it so that we could discuss it. Odd. Odd. Odd.

The Post. A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

This was a pretty interesting film. The actors were incredible.

Forrest Gump. The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.

I've been obsessed with Forrest Gump since it came out in 1994. I've owned it on VHS and DVD. I've likely seen it 35 times. We watched it dubbed in French last time we were in Paris and I still enjoyed it then. This was the first time that I'd watched it as a tried and true adult and some of its nuances were more evident to me this time. I think it is one of the top five movies of all time.

Blind. A novelist blinded in a car crash which killed his wife rediscovers his passion for both life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

This movie had a powerhouse cast yet I'd never heard of it. It was really a good film! 

Thank you for your Service. A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

Wow. This movie was hard to watch, but very important. I think it should be required viewing.

Marshall. The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS MOVIE. YOU NEED TO SEE IT. NOW. GO. GO. GO. 

I've been obsessed with the Supreme Court for as long as I can remember. In middle school I was selected to give the dedication speech when my school was renamed from "Justice Middle School" to "Justice Thurgood Marshall Middle School" so I spent a lot of time reading about Justice Thurgood Marshall back then and have been a fan ever since. The more I learn about him, the cooler it is that we named our school for him!

Home Again. Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

I don't remember seeing ads for this movie! It was a super cute chick flick. I love Reese!

Life and Death Row: Arkansas.  The state of Arkansas planned to execute eight condemned men over an 11-day period in April 2017. It had been 12 years since the state’s last execution, and following the announcement, Governor Asa Hutchinson made a surprising disclosure: the executions had been scheduled due to the imminent expiry of a batch of lethal injection drugs.

This was a three hour documentary showing both the prisoners' side of the story and the loved ones of the victims' side of the story. I found it to be especially interesting that it was done by BBC and not an American news station. I'm not sure most people would find this as interesting as I did. Admittedly it was so intense that I did watch only half on the way there and finished on the way home.

As you've just read, I saw a ton of movies on these flights. This is the main reason we don't generally pay to see movies anymore. It is more fun to just be excited to see something while you're stuck on a plane and with my fancy headphones it is likely a better sound experience than in a theatre.