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I've seen a couple of movies since I last posted.

The first is 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,' which could also be called Heath Ledger's last movie. I will let imdb.com give you the summary.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all"...

This isn't typically the sort of movie I would choose to see. Visually it was very cool. Lots of big, bright and bold colors. The story was difficult to follow at times. I had trouble understand some the dialogue at different points. This was partly due to the accents and partly because I am hard of hearing. The nice thing was that there were 'pauses' or parts in the movie where, as part of the story, things were recapped. This allowed me to catch up on things I might have missed. Overall I enjoyed the film. It kept my attention and I wanted to see how it ended. I say thumbs most of the way up.

The first scene with Heath Ledger was a little startling considered he passed away during filming. Johnny Depp, Jude Law & Colin Farrell played the Ledger character in scenes he was unable to film. It was a unique way to film the character, and I thought well done.

The is '500 Days of Summer.' Here is the summary, again compliments of imdb.com.

After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. Despite being physically average in almost every respect, Summer had always attracted the attention of men, Tom included. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom and Summer's so-called relationship, Tom could always count on the advice of his two best friends, McKenzie and Paul. However, it is Tom's adolescent sister, Rachel, who is his voice of reason. After all is said and done, Tom is the one who ultimately has to make the choice to listen or not.

I am not quite sure what to write about this one. I enjoyed it. I think a second viewing is needed though. I was interested in the story, I thought the supporting characters added to film & there were parts where I laughed out loud. A second viewing is required because I am not sure the movie is a love story, despite my laughter, I don't think it was really a comedy, I feel as though I need to go back and figure it out. I do give it a thumbs up.