OFF WEEK - The Butler

I've had to concede to myself that there will be weeks in which I won't have time to update this blog. It's not necessarily because I won't have time to write a review; it's more based on the time, or lack there of, that I have to watch a movie.  I could write and have written in some instances about movies I like but haven't seen recently.  However, when I do that, I tend to not be nearly as motivated in my writing, and the blog suffers.  

In place of writing a crappy review here and there, I've just decided to write a short paragraph for those weeks about a movie that is coming out soon that I'd like to see or a movie I've never seen that I intend to watch as soon as time permits.  Some of these will classics, some will be indies of which you may have never heard, some may will be unreleased titles.  Regardless, it will turn out better than if I just force an entry about something I'm not really motivated to write.

I'm a much bigger fan than I realized of historical drama.  I also like Forest Whitaker a lot.  On top of that, this movie also has Robin Williams and Alan Rickman, among others, portraying presidents.  What more could you ask for in a film like this.  I can't wait to see how it comes together.

For me, this movie is reminiscent of JFK or Thirteen Days, both of which I really enjoyed.  There have been lots of films that center around a US president lately, too.  Particularly, we've seen two Abraham Lincoln movies, the more factual Lincoln and the more fictitious Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and one, Hyde Park on Hudson, that focused on Roosevelt.  I think this twist of focusing on someone else in the White House will be interesting.