Will and I were both a little tired and crabby last night, so we turned in early and watched a movie on our mattresses which we rented from iTunes. I was tired because I am mostly always tired these days and crabby because I messed up dinner (4 cups of water is not similar to 2 cups of water in a curry). Since I am mostly always hungry these days, too, this error left me stricken. Will was tired because he has not felt all that well this week. Why was he crabby? I imagine it was because he wore linen pants in December in Munich, but he insists that fashion offenses don't injure his psyche.
Anyways: Funny People is the movie we rented. It's a Judd Apatow flick - same guy who wrote Knocked Up. The cons: shamelessly self-aggrandizing of actor/comics making their way in Los Angeles and a little too much boy-humor (didn't you people take Psych 101? Get over it, Oedipus!). Pros: funny dialogue, not predictable, and interesting characters. All in all, some good laughs. If you like dry-joke driven comedy and don't mind a little darkness, Funny People is a good choice for you.
p.s. Selecting a movie was difficult for us. It made me miss Netflix; it's hard to pick out a movie without my trusty queue and Netflix's sage advice. So if anyone has seen a good movie lately, please let us know!
"I Love You, Man" was pretty funny. Kind of the same genre.
ReplyDeleteWill LOVED that movie. I liked it. But he about busted a gut.
ReplyDelete"Stardust" is very cute and fun. I think you'll like it Rachael. It's got witches in it. You love witches. It's sort of like "Princess Bride" in a way (though not a classic like Princess Bride), but it's hight-fantasy fairy tale. Robert Dinero, Michelle Pfiefer, Ricky Gervais in a fun cameo.
ReplyDeletep.s. This is Pete, not Aegon. Aegon liked the movie too though. Well, he liked the fact that he got to spend two hours snuggled up on the couch with Jen and me. He got a little sick yesterday, but seems to have recovered.
I've seen that one! I did like it. Right up my alley. Aw, poor Egg. He was having transcontinental sympathy illness for Will, perhaps, who seems to have spring water right from a tap in Mexico City as his work water supply. Does not make tummies happy.
ReplyDeleteAw, poor Will! Shouldn't a country that's too good to have babies crying in public at least have potable tap water?
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