Movie: The 40 Year-Old Virgin

June 3, 2006 @ 11:47 pm · Posted by Sah · Filed under Movies

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Last weekend when Rita was here visiting, she, Aaron and I sat down and watched this movie over pizza on Saturday night. I can honestly say this was one of the funniest new movies I have seen in a long time. The film had a great balance of good writing, and physical comedy mixed with embarrassingly relatable moments. Steve Carell was excellent in the title role as a charmingly real guy who was vulnerable, a little self-loathing, and yet likable. We laughed out loud, a lot.

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Listening to:

Santogold

Artist: Santogold

Reminds me of The Go! Team with half of the bouncy happiness drained out and replaced with M.I.A.

Last watched:

The Wrestler

Director: Fox Searchlight

If there's one thing Aronofsky knows how to do, it's how to portray bleakness.

Reading:

Anathem

Author: Neal Stephenson

One of my favorite things about this book is that in this fictional world there are names given to ideas that ought to have names in the real world. For instance, Diax's Rake is the idea that you shouldn't believe something just because you want to. The name itself isn't that important, but I like that Stephenson recognizes that some ideas deserve to be acknowledged.

Playing:

Red Dead Redemption

Publisher: Rockstar Games

Like GTA in the Old West, but so far, more interesting. I just hope that the buddy characters don't require the same kid-gloved hand-holding from GTA4.