Day 20: A movie no one would expect you to love

   At first I wasn't even sure if I wanted to watch the movie. It looked...well, unexciting, kind of like a documentary, and besides I was tired. But because it had been recommended by family friends, I decided to give it a try. I really had no idea that it would become my second favorite movie EVER.

   Temple Grandin was an amazing movie that had me absolutely riveted from the opening credits. It follows the life of Temple Grandin (surprise, surprise!), an autistic girl on her way to college. The challenges she faces are insurmountable, but her determination is incredible!

   I don't think I've ever equally laughed and cried so hard in one movie (maybe I was just emotional...from being tired...haha) but I would go from laughing hysterically to sobbing uncontrollably from one scene to the next. <--Not like me. At all. So the movie definitely had a noteworthy effect on me. ;)

   Temple's love for cows, her desire to help them have a comfortable life even in a slaughterhouse, her admiration for her science teacher, the one person who truly understands her...the cruelty of her peers, the ranch hands, and most of her professors...the unlikely friendship she forms with her blind roommate...all these elements make you truly feel like you're right there in the middle of her life, experiencing it with her.

   And the most amazing thing of all?! It's a true story!

  The actress who played her was so genuinely fantastic you never thought for a moment that she wasn't Temple Grandin.

   I went to bed wishing I was autistic...that's the impression it made on me!