Confession Time

Ok ok I admit it... I have a thing for Robert Pattinson. I should probably be ashamed of myself to be admitting it (it's not like I haven't tweeted it enough) but I'm not. You see, before Mr. Pattinson I was a celebrity crush virgin.

I know what you are thinking: Yeah right Kimberley, you love pop-culture you must have had a celebrity crush before!?! But seriously, I have never had a true celebrity crush. There was this one time after watching Becoming Jane and Wanted that I thought James McAvoy was hot but then I Googled him and found out he was like 5'6" or something and that just killed it for me. I am a tall woman - tall like Amazonian tall when I wear heals - and no offense to the short men out there but I can't crush on someone unless they are at least 6'1".

Truth be told, my Robert Pattinson crush has been really beneficial for my own personal reflection. It has helped me realize  - not that it matters because I am happily married to my own tall hottie - that I totally have a type. I like the tall, lanky, awkward, dorky type (I call it adorkable). You know the ones... they are thin but, the raw material is there so if they decided to work out for a few weeks they would have muscles. They are attractive but don't recognize it entirely which leads them to be slightly self conscious and rather self deprecating most of the time. Oh yeah and they have to have a strong jawline. BTW - I picked that pic on purpose to demonstrate the kind of guys I don't like. I'm not into muscles and I thought the contrast was funny.

They also have to have a certain charm or charisma that is unexplainable. They just make you want to listen to them even if what they are saying is ridiculous. For me, RPattz has that. So does my Husband and I recognized it in him right away. The first night I saw him I thought, I will date that man and I did. And then I married him because he was and is that awesome.

Anyway, now that my little confession is out of the way, I can tell you I spent a lovely evening last night with my two favourite men. Hubs and I hit up a pub with friends and then went on to the late showing of Remember Me which in case you didn't know is Robert Pattinson's new movie. I couldn't have been more pleased, the movie was great.

After my recent tirade on Avatar where I said I NEVER want to see it you may not think I am a very credible reviewer but let me explain. I don't care about special effects. They do nothing for me. I am a book worm, I want characters and a compelling story that resonates. I don't care about blue people and you can be sure I will likely not be into what I call a green-screen movie. That being said, I do love Harry Potter but that has to do with the books and the world Rowling created.

So, back to Remember Me. I can't say a whole lot because the film has a shocking ending and I do not want to spoil that. But, I can say it was haunting and had me up last night thinking about normal people and the small choices we all make that can alter our future. It's funny because I was just writing a short story about this exact theme earlier this week so it was kinda serendipitous.

This was the opening to that story and it reminded me of the film so I included it:

There are many things that can change the trajectory of a life. It is often a series of small events or perhaps one large catastrophic one, but in this case, it was something much more simple, mundane and commonplace. It is often moments like this, that pass unmarked and can only be seen in the light of foresight that habitually mar the histories of ordinary people. They are regular moments that have intractable impacts that are cruel in their irony and biting in their innocuous nature.

For me, Remember Me was a great movie because all the characters, even the ass-holes, were likable and real. I thought it chronicled the complexities of young adulthood, love and loss well. It was easy for me to understand many of the characters because they reminded me of people in my own life. The main character Tyler really reminded me of my own brother when he was in his early to mid-twenties and I found myself truly hurting for him. The little sister Ruby was amazing and brought me to tears at one point when she experienced a certain traumatic event. The fathers were so flawed and destructive and yet, you never doubted the love they had for their children.

Finally, I thought Robert Pattinson was really amazing. I was so glad to see him do something outside the Twilight franchise where he could actually act and not just be a pretty face. But, don't get me wrong... there was loads of pretty to be had and that did not hurt either. I'm not going to try and tell you it will win awards because it likely won't but for me it resonated and it just may for you as well.