good movies to soothe the soul

So, Mom, I know you were proud of me, not wasting my money and going to see Avatar....but I ended up going and am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy I did.  First of all, it's only 6.50 in China, AND I got to see it in 3D! Apparently that's a 25 dollar package in the US. Suckas.
Dear dad - were you peeing your pants? SUCH a good movie.  I get why mom didn't like it, but you should have! And mom....you should have too. Use it in the environmental club-sends a good message.
Anyway. Chinese movie theatres (specific to viewing Avatar):
*They serve caramel corn instead of buttered.
*We made coke floats with our cokes and hagan daas
*We got whistle magic dust sand timers
*All the sub-titles are in Chinese, so we had noooo idea what the avatar were saying
*Some of the humor didn't convey so there were points of silence, sorta (see next asterisk) were only our group of 5 Americans were laughing, which made it all the more hilarious
*Apparently, watching a movie in China is similar to going to the theatre.  The Chinese find it unnecessary to turn off their phones, shut their mouths, or stay in their seats. But don't worry, Jamie got yelled at to take his foot away from touching the back of the chair in front of us.  The Chinese know how to prioritize.
*There's assigned seating in Chinese movie theatres.  We bought our tickets at 6 pm for the midnight showing, and we got the last seats left, in the second row.  It ended up being awesome being that close though.
*No previews in China!
*They cut out the sex scene. whomp.
Go see Avatar. Killer.
Also, Andy and I watched "Away We Go" last night, with Maya Rudolph and John Kacinski. I think I found my new favorite movie.  I remember seeing commercials for it and wanting to see it, but I don't really remember it getting that rave reviews.  Well that's crap, because it was the sweetest, most adorable, most lovely movie ever.  And John Kacinski is going to be my husband.  Colby, if you haven't seen it, do so immediately.  Rachel and I are watching it again this morning.
On a China note...Jamie and I explored Nanning yesterday.  We winded up sunbathing (yes I said sunbathing, it's about 55 degrees here, and we feel like we're in heaven) on the banks of some river.  Eventually, Jamie ended up taking all his clothes off and diving into the river with all the local oldies of Nanning.  We made many good friends with the other fellow swimmers and had a blast.
On a Fame note....we've been off since Sunday and don't have another show until Saturday. And I'm getting paid for this. My life is so good.
love and miss you all!