West Coast Girl

I went to see Mystic River last night with Drew. The acting was absolutely amazing. When did Sean Penn become the Robert DeNiro of our generation? (and I mean Taxi Driver/Godfather II DeNiro, not Analyze This). He communicates more depth with the lines on his forehead than I've found in anything else I've seen recently. Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins were great. Laura Linney looked beautiful, but her accent fell a little flat.
The movie dragged a bit overall, but in some places the slow pacing worked well. Mystic River is about how the choices we make affect our lives and the lives of the people we know. It's set in Boston, and pretty close to where I used to live (although it seemed like the Boston places they mentioned were in Central Square.)
Then I went home and had a glass of wine with my roommate and watched The Bachelor. Yes, I watched The Bachelor last night. Who thought this show was a good idea? Is there some kind of recovery group out there, because those girls are going to need it!
I was going to try to see the Matrix:Revolutions this weekend, but then Brian described it like this:

"SCENE: White train station

NEO: Whoooooa. Where am I?
CHILD: Where do you think you are?
NEO: I don't know.
CHILD: Think.
NEO: Am I in the Matrix?
CHILD: What do you think the Matrix is?
NEO: Who are you?
CHILD: Who do you think I am?

Blah blah blah. I was like, "Where's the fighting?!?" Get ready for
an overly-philosophical, waiting for Godot-like first 30
minutes...there's no action sequence. Boooooooo."
Yeeeaaahhh, I don't think I need to see it now. Not when Elf is still out there unseen.
And speaking of Office Space, is it weird to anyone else that Gary Cole is now playing the Vice President on West Wing? Is he going to ask the country to come in on Saturday?
There's lots of good football this weekend!