Home again, home again jiggity-jig

[jmc_bks]

Well, I haven't been "gone" really, I've just been busy. Got home during daylight hours today -woo hoo- for the first time in several weeks. Bailed on my evening plans and instead lounged in the hammock. I could feel myself unwind.

I started watching The Family Stone and turned it off. What a judgmental, bitchy, holier-than-thou family. Is the point of the movie that they become human? I don't know, because I had to turn it off after the first 20 minutes. Not funny, not even remotely charming. I'm heading back to the hammock with a glass of wine.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, I watched The Family Stone a couple weeks ago and hated it too. It was completely not what I was expecting. I don't know why I didn't stop watching it--I'm slightly crazy in that I find it hard to stop movies halfway through, even if they suck.

Anyway, it doesn't get any better. They don't become human, they stay selfish and annoying. You did good to turn it off.

Sounds like you work too much! I hope you get to relax for the holiday weekend.

-jennie

Thanks! You, too!

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[jperceval.livejournal.com]

I never tuned in to The Family Stone, but I suspect I'd have the same reaction to it that I did Meet the Parents. That movie was filled with people who loved the smell of their own farts and liked nothing more than to put a poor, honest guy down. Apparently mean people make for popular movies, though.

Meet the Parents

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the occasional fart joke, but an entire movie based on body functions or mean-spirited humor doesn't work for me. I was dragged to theater to see Meet the Parents by someone who LOVES Ben Stiller. Not even Owen Wilson made that movie likeable for me. I dug my heels in when Meet the Fockers was released. No, no, no.