not my favorite weekend

Like he said.

On the plus side I watched:

• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Pretty slow with very little pieces of action, Malick-esque. Pretty awesome, even if Casey Affleck is looking way too eerily like Ben. Brad Pitt owns Jesse James, as I suspected he might.


• Season 3 of Arrested Development. The show threw out every pretense at reality for this half-season, which I guess is ok. It was entertaining but I don't think I'm going to need to buy it.


• Knocked Up: After The 40-year-old Virgin and Superbad, I was highly disappointed in this movie. I mean, it's better than the first time I saw it, when it starred Hugh Grant and was called Nine Months, but you know.


• the second half of No Country for Old Men: I was asleep when Reg started this, and heard lots of gunshots and stuff, and only came in when Josh Brolin checked into the hotel to hide the money. It was still a bit brutal for my tastes, but I got into it. I was looking for a plot, unfortunately, which killed some of my pleasure. I think watching the whole thing will be a bit better now.


• The first couple of eps of Season 2 of The Sarah Silverman Show: even more tasteless than season one. Apparently no one else still likes SS but I do. Also, the rest of Mr. Show.