#6 Watch the Batman Movies and Inception

Let me start this post out by saying I was never against watching the Batman movies or Inception, I just never got around to watching them.  These four movies are a huge time commitment.  But this blog is about making time to do things so I set out to watch what some would say are “the greatest movies of all time.” 

I knew that having never seen these movies I was going to be judged so I only told one person that this was one of my items, Ashley.  For Ashley’s birthday in December she had her family over for Benning Movie Night (which by the way is one of my favorite nights)!  Ashley had decided to watch The Dark Knight Rises.  So I watched the 3^rd Batman movie first.  Yes it was confusing but you know what, I loved it!  During movie night Ashley told her aunt that I have never seen any of the Batman movies or Inception.  Her aunt was appalled and said that we must fix this!  She also said how lucky I was; lucky that I was going to get to see these movies for the first time (she actually has a list of movies that Ashley has to show her if she gets amnesia so she can experience them for the first time again).

Next I watched Inception at another Benning Movie Night.  I really enjoyed it as well.  Batman Begins and The Dark Knight came next and this time it was just Ashley, her dad and me.   I realized about 2/3 of the way through Batman Begins that I had already seen it.   But I have to say that The Dark Knight was my favorite out of all four movies.  Kevin had told me this a long time ago but I never truly understood until I watched it. 

The best part of this item was not the movies, but watching them with Ashley’s dad.  You can tell he loves them so much and his reaction to certain scenes and characters are priceless!  Thanks Ashley and Dave for helping me complete this item!

PS~ Now that I have seen Batman 1 and 2, I have decided that I need to go back and watch 3.  I’m sure it will make more sense.