"Kinsey"

On Thursday evening, I finally saw the film "Kinsey" with several friends. I knew from the trailers that I would find the film interesting, but I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. Although I'm curious to know just how much of the movie's portrayal of Alfred Kinsey was accurate... I do, however, plan to read both of Kinsey's books at some point (Although there are a LOT of things I want to read -- a 30-page Word document of things...).

I'm quite glad that I decided to see this film with friends instead of parents; it's not that it would have been horrible with parents, but... well, after the film had finished and the credits showing animal mating habits had ended and my friends and I were exiting the theatre, I was able to envision exactly what things would have been like if I had been with parents and not friends:

Dad: What did you guys think of it?

Me/Mom: It was good, I liked it.

Dad: It was interesting, but they should have covered (whatever random thing that my father thinks they should have covered)

Me/Mom: They probably would have covered that if it had been really important. Dr. Kinsey probably didn't even deal with or think about that.

Dad: Well, he should have. You can't just think about something half way through (blah blah blah).

Things would have gone on like this for a while until people were vaguely fed up with one another and slightly hostile. Not my favorite way to end a movie-viewing experience. Anyway, I really enjoyed the film (not to mention it was very informing about the attitudes of the early half of the 20th century!) and I'll probably borrow it from the library many-a-time when it comes out on DVD.