A whole bunch of crazy British stuff happens at a funeral. Such as:
--a guy accidentally takes a hallucinant, which is actually pretty funny but goes on for way too long.
--an old guy curses a lot and is left on the toilet
--a midget tries to bribe the dead guys sons with pictures of the two of them (the midget and the dad, not the sons) in the act of being gay.
This is basically the whole movie with some other dysfunctional family stuff thrown in. Not very funny though. I expected more from a movie directed by Yoda.
5/10
Weeds Seasons 2 & 3
Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise-Parker) is still trying to juggle being a single mother of two and the biggest marijuana dealer in the California suburb of Agrestic. In seasons 2 and 3 things just keep getting more and more complicated but Nancy always finds some way to overcome her obstacles.
Despite the fact that the show is about a mom selling marijuana, I don't think this is one of those things that you have to be really into/smoking weed to enjoy. Nancy doesn't even smoke weed, she's just good at selling it. For the most part, the show avoids any broad marijuana humor, like say on "That 70's Show" or "Harold and Kumar". However it comes close to getting a little too over the top when Nancy starts hanging out with rival drug dealer "U-Turn", but that stuff is actually funny, and manages not to go too far. And like in the first season, Kevin Nealon formerly of SNL is hilarious as one of Nancy's best customers/accountant/councilman.
Season 2: 9/10
Season 3: 9/10
Batman: The Long Halloween Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
A serial killer is going around killing gangsters (Soprano gangsters, not Coolio gangsters) on the holidays, thus earning him (or her?) the nickname "Holiday". Batman, Captain Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent are on the case.
I bought this in anticipation for "The Dark Knight" because I've read that this is one of the influences in the two Cristopher Nolan directed Batman movies, and I was pretty dissapointed.
"Halloween" probably worked better when it was initially released in 13 issues over a year. All at once, it's kind of boring reading about pretty much the same thing happening (someone dying on a holiday) and then nothing is resolved, and apparently nothing happens in between holidays. And then there is a twist (sort of) and we find out who Holiday is and I didn't really care.
I can see the influences, but in my opinion "Halloween" doesn't come close to "Batman Begins" and probably won't compare to "Dark Knight" either.
5/10
movies: 57/150
books: 12/15
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