Today was a mildly lazy Sunday.  In order to upgrade to a fully lazy Sunday, I would have had to sleep in to about 11.  There would have been less household chores. Pants would have been optional, and the litter box would have waited one more day.

Although it could have gone down like this:

I did have a much needed date with my sofa (those of you who have seen my couch understand).  I watched 3 movies from the library:  (I am hoping that major companies don’t put this service to an end.  I don’t have the time to merit a subscription to Netflix.)

Thank you for Smoking:  I really don’t like Katie Holmes.  I didn’t like her so much that I didn’t catch this movie when it was at SXSW in 2006.  I could have seen it for free.  Anyways, I kept hearing good things about this movie so I finally broke down and watched it.  Thanks to the all-star cast I barely recall the scenes with Tom’s beard.   Anyways,  the moral of this tale was that people should make informed decisions. Question everything.  Don’t let other people do the thinking for you.

Fast Food Nation: I read the book and was amazed, and shocked, and thankful that I don’t eat meat (I’ve  been vegetarian for 10 years) and I avoid products with unpronouceable incredients.  The film fell short of the book.  From watching the behind-the-scenes stuff I know that they didn’t want to remake the book.   They just wanted to get the message accross.  I think they could have done better.  I know that   Linklater‘s thing is to do character work but I think that the film would have been better shot as a documentary.

The Yes Men: I caught “The Yes Men Fix the World” at SXSW and wanted to see these guys on their journey to take out the WTO.  The film was great.  Unfortunately the DVD scratched.   I may have to see about borrowing a different copy because I missed a few key parts.

Of the 3 movies, I think that Thank You for Smoking was my favorite.  I liked the 2nd Yes Men film better than the first (although my opinion was likely swayed by the fact that the DVD was scratched and the film was interrupted many times).