Look at that Head.

No Country For Old Men (dir. Coen Bros.) 

Texan Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles across a bunch of dead Mexicans, some heroin, and $2 million.  Taking the money makes him the target of an assassin with"no sense of humor"  but  a very good sense of haircut, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem).  Lots of people get killed a long the way, much to the dismay of aging Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) who is more or less the old man that this violent country, is in fact no country for.

Had to watch this one a second time to fully appreciate.  When I saw it the first time in the theatre, I didn't think it deserved the hype.   I thought, good movie, but "Fargo" was way better.  After seeing "No Country" a couple more times, I think that if the two movies went inside the steel cage, that it would be a very long match, and I'm not sure who would emerge victorious.  Actually I think somehow "The Big Lebowski" would interfere and throw a chair in the ring when the ref was knocked out.   I think there should be a rematch, with special guest referee, "Raising Arizona."

Great acting, cinematography, editing, lighting, sound, hair, Harrelson, boots.  I think it won Oscars for all those categories, and deservedly so.

9/10

The Office Season 3

Still my favorite sitcom by one vote over Arrested Development.  Not as perfect as season 2, but still greater than great.  Addition of Ed Helms as Andy Bernard made the show better, but addition of everyone else from the merged Stanford branch (even though they are all gone by seasons end) dragged the show down a notch.  A couple less then perfect episodes, but plenty of great ones.

9/10

Valis    by Philip K. Dick

Based on actual events, Philip K. Dick writes about a pink laser beaming information straight into his mind and going crazy after a couple of his friends die and the possibility that a very eloquent 2 year old girl may be the new Jesus.   Cool right?  Yes it is.  When Dick doesn't just ramble on like the dude on drugs he was.    I like about half this book.  Dick and his friends, including Horselover Fat, which is Dick's imaginary friend, see a film called VALIS,  which is eerily similar to experiences that Fat had, causing them to seek the filmmakers, and thus finding the little Jesus girl.  That I liked.  The rest is just like listening to some stoned dude at a a party talk about God and time and the meaning of life and the future and if this guy isn't Philip K. Dick you probably dont' care.   You might be mildly interested,  maybe a little entertained, maybe you even think about it a little.   But if PKD puts it in a book... well that's different right?

Pink Laser/10

Of Mice and Men  by John Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby  by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

I didn't read these in high school.  I was supposed to read "Gatsby".   Anyway.  They are classics.  I just wanted to read them.  So I did.   They're good.   REVIEWED.

no scores.  who cares what i think?

25/150 movies

5/15  books

i watched other stuff.  more later.