Well, I feel a bit like a broken record this month, but here we go.
Best Movie:
I’m not going to lie; these movie really aren’t ranked that high, but they’re the only movies I saw this month and they were better than I was expecting, so I’m counting them. The first was The Invention of Lying, and I only went to see it because whenever I see Ricky Gervais on TV, I laugh, and yet every movie trailer I’ve seen of his, except this one, was disappointing. This was more clever than I thought it would be, and darn if he just doesn’t make me laugh, that one.
We also rented Forgetting Sarah Marshall after I heard Jason Segal on Fresh Air, and it was funny! Worth the rental, indeed.
And, ahem, I’m going to go to the Michael Jackson movie, but I haven’t yet.
Best TV:
Glee makes me so happy. I know I keep writing about it, but it does. It pained me that it wasn’t on this week because of the World Series (the Yankees–gah). The writing makes me happy, and the musical numbers make me happy. If you’ve never seen it, here’s a pre-series trailer (you can catch full episodes online!).
And here’s a musical number:
(Embarrassing sidenote: For 20 years, when hearing Young MC sing “Bust a Move,” I thought the line was, “In the summer morning you’ll be the best man.” Not until hearing the Glee version did I hear it the correct way, a way that makes SO much more sense: “In the ceremony you’ll be the best man.”)
Best Festive Activity:
I’ve enjoyed much Halloween goodness, as you learned on Halloweek, but last night it was capped off by carving pumpkins and watching The Great Pumpkin while munching on baked and salted pumpkin seeds. That’s a lovely cap to Halloweek.
Boo! Have a wonderful Halloween, everyone!
October 30, 2009 at 8:13 am
Yay!
Glee makes me unreasonably happy too, so at least we have that going for us, but Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Oh, Charlotte. And you still don’t like Hitch? Sometimes I wonder how it is we’re friends. I feel the same way about Will Ferrell as you do about Ricky Gervais. I don’t know if that helps or hinders us.
October 30, 2009 at 8:13 am
ps – kick ass job on the pumpkins! Did you guys use stencils or designs or just freehand it? They’re awesome.
October 30, 2009 at 8:18 am
And I think you’ll be shocked and delighted to know that “Bust a Move” is my brother-in-law’s karaoke song. Not only that, but he’s great at it, knows every word without even looking at the screen. Bust it!