Jan 19, 2011 (Day One)

After a night full of packing, waiting, and seeing Girl with the Dragon Tattoo one last time, it was finally time to board my flight! From 6:10 am Alabama time to 1:50 pm Utah time... finally having my feet on solid ground was beyond a relief.

I met with my friend James at the baggage claim and we whisked off to go get a nice lunch from Paradise bakery and cafe.

Now that I'm settled, here is the list of films that we are absolutely seeing:

About the Pink Sky

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120055/about_the_pink_sky

Wrong

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120085/wrong

Black Rock

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120109/black_rock

The End of Love

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120049/the_end_of_love

My Brother the Devil

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120087/my_brother_the_devil

Smashed

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120030/smashedThe Comedy

Excision

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120134/excision

Red Hook Summer

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120133/red_hook_summer

The Pact

http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120112/the_pact

Keep in mind that these are the only films that we could get tickets for. Tomorrow night we plan on trying to see The Raid which has become one of the most buzzed about independents of the last year. We plan on seeing many more than these ten but these are the films that we are seeing for certain.

We decided to have a relaxing evening and go see Beauty and the Beast in 3d (which I can recommend seeing only for nostalgia's sake). Afterwards we returned to James's humble abode and watched Kryzystof Kieslowski's Blue (which James had never seen).

A wonderful start to an already wonderful trip.