Gone Baby Gone is Great Baby Great

I'm in love. I've got a new celebrity crush. Casey Affleck, Ben's little brother. I have never thought anything about Casey except the fact that I thought he was riding his beautiful brother's coat tails and I thought he needed to go away. He proved me wrong. He is the lead character in Gone Baby Gone and I'm in Love Baby Love! I can honestly tell you that I forgot he was Ben's little brother or the guy from the Ocean's movies...I was so engrossed in the story. He made me believe he was Patrick Kinzie.

Now, this movie is wonderful. It's been running through my mind all last night and all this morning. To tell you Jeff's Lester's thoughts on the movie: "It is a mind freak." If this situation were to ever happen to me in real life I don't know if MY moral compass would point north. I might have to side with Michelle Monaghan's character. I really might. I don't want to give away the movie to any of those that haven't seen it that want to watch it. But I do think there is a big difference between men and women and the choices we make and my heart leads towards what Michelle Monaghan's character said and did.

Something I loved about this movie was the deep faith that Casey's character had. Anyone that's been to Boston or watched any movie about Boston knows about the large Catholic community in the area and Casey's character frequently quoted his priest and his moral compas always pointed north no matter how difficult the decision was. I honestly loved that.

If you liked the movie The Departed then you will love Gone Baby Gone. It was a very gripping movie about the choices people make and how the ripple effects are felt in the others around you. It gets two thumbs WAY up! Loved it baby loved it!

I do want to leave you with the opening lines of the movie. The really spoke to me: "I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they'd accomplished. The bodies around the souls, the cities wrapped around those." I know my home town, my home church, my family and all that is "Dyer" shaped me and for that, I thank you!