Roommates

Whoops! Meant to write and publish this post on the date that "The Roommate" came out in theaters (February 4th in the US). Oh well, the movie's still in theaters, currently ranked 8th by box office estimates, so it still counts as a sort of timely topic.

I'm more interested in the premise and tagline than the actual movie. I did a project once on famous roommates, some of whom were randomly assigned to live with each other. Like Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson at the University of Texas.

But the majority of these people had chosen to live together. Like Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones when they both studied at Harvard.

I love that they agreed to live with each other, and that both have gone on to be famous for their endeavors to save Earth. I doubt that one of my old roommates and I will be able to acheive this goal (to save the planet, not to be famous), but hey, a girl can dream.

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