DVD Review: Eat, Pray, Love with Julia Roberts
I have been dying to see this movie since it came out at the theaters! Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to watch it and had to wait till it came out on DVD. Well, of course Redbox didn’t have a copy, even when I tried to reserve it. So I purposely got an account at Blockbuster, just so I can rent this copy Thanksgiving weekend. Now I never read the book but the woman’s story is just as intriguing as watching it on the big screen. I love to hear about people taking their lives and living it fully. Trying new things, new places, new food etc…In case you never heard of Elizabeth Gilbert period, she is a woman, that’s a writer who gets a divorce and decides to travel to Italy, India and Indoesia for a year to find her inner self.
My favorite part of the movie is her trip to Bali, I also love it that everyone tells her she needs a husband. I occasionally will hear that sometimes, so I can relate LOL!
What I liked best about this, is she was SINGLE! It was her experiencing her life. Yes I guess every story has to throw in love to make it interesting or an ‘happy ending’. But oh well.
I loved the movie! : D
Redbox, Netflix, Blockbuster OH MY! (Pros & Cons of each)
So, I have been looking into assorted movie rental services and signed up through MyPoints.com to see what kind of service would be better for me. For the longest time, I have used Redbox, but because I am looking into getting a big flat screen so I can see my movies better since I cannot see far away and its easier to focus on what you are watching. I want to use a service to where I can get the movies I want.
First of all, for using the trial for Blockbuster I only get 300 points for trying it out, for Netflix, I get a 1000 points on MyPoints for trying it out. Blockbuster uses 5 in store exchanges with your in mail rental service and Netflix obviously does not have that option. Although you can rent online and have it mailed to you. Netflix offers the service watching DVD’s online. I like that option. Redbox, you can only rent what is available and they have new releases but you can reserve online if you do it ahead of time. Redbox is only a dollar a day. New releases in store for Blockbuster is $4.99 and you get to keep it 4 days. You get the option to rent older movies through Blockbuster (in store and through mail) and Netflix you can have them mailed to you.
So I made my decision: I am going to keep my in store membership with Blockbuster, cancel my mail in for Blockbuster. I am going to sign up for Netflix and of course every now and then get Redbox : D
This Thanksgiving weekend: I was desperate to find Eat Pray Love, so I went and got an in store membership for Blockbuster (night before signed up for the online membership) so I can grab a copy. Tried to reserve it at Redbox but they were all reserved. But I then reserved Santa Paws (for my daughter), The New Karate Kid and Sex and the City 2 and rented those 3 movies that way.
Then my daughter and myself are going to see Tangled and Burlesque at the movie theater 
DVD Review: Waitress (2007) and Spoiler
Plot Summary from IMDB.com “Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she’ll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe’s diner, listens to old Joe’s wisdom, tolerates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com} “
First of all, I just wanted to let you know how my reviews will be posted, just so you have an idea of what my blog will be about before you read it. It will go as follows – DVD Reviews (things already on DVD); Movie Reviews (If I went to the Movie Theater to watch it); Food Reviews (like individual food items like Spam); Restaurant Reviews (visiting of different restaurants)…etc…
This was an adorable movie. I decided to watch it when the lady who was at the Redbox told me it was a great movie. I had heard about it before but did not pay much attention to it. I thought it would be nice to watch since I know, as crazy as it sounds but fantasize about being a Waitress! (I have waitressed in my teens and I have a good paying job that I do not necessarily want to give up).
Jenna, the main character was in a horrible relationship with an abusive husband who decides to leave him, but then realize she becomes pregnant and falls for her MARRIED OB/GYN. So she thinks she has no way out and escapes at work to feed on her passion for making pies. I was a little bit envious because she already knew what her passion was and wanted to pursue her life into making pies. I wish I knew what my passion was, I only know I want to be an Entrepreneur but not sure at doing what? But that is another blog post and blog site for another day! : P
Well anyway so what Jenna ends up doing is attempting to enter into the pie contest, her husband doesn’t let her so she has about $1200 saved up to get away and then he discovers that she might leave him and gets all crazy and upset. So then she tells him that she will not leave and ends up buying baby furniture for her baby. Towards the end she is miserable because she feels she has no way out and attempts to find out from others if they are happy. She also writes her baby letters about how she is feeling in order to make herself feel better.
Well she finally gives birth and tells her husband Earl to basically get the hell out. She had finally seen the light and wasn’t afraid to leave him anymore.
In the end basically all her dreams come true as well. 
I loved this movie because it sent some positive messages for women and basically gives you some inspiration or ideas on how to be true to yourself.
