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Friends with Justice And Charm

On Saturday, we went to see Friends With Money which ironically stars Jennifer Aniston. Overall, I give the movie a B. The acting was good and the most of the dialogue and situations were interesting but there were problems with it. As is the case with all "art house" films it drags in places. This isn't Joan Cusack's best film by far. Just watching School of Rock shows you that. There were scenes of unrealisticness which I'm not sure is even a word but should be. We all agreed that Aniston was the most attractive of the women yet hers is the character that hates to exercise and can't get a man. WTF? In a related matter, I liked the French maid outfit...

This weekend was the series finale of Justice League. Should series finales be only a half hour? Hell no! While it's true it was the second part of a story that started last week, it was really a stand alone episode and they crammed so much coolness into the last part it should have been an hour in itself. In a related rant, what cartoon am I going to watch now? That was the best one on the air today.

Last night was not the series finale of Charmed but set things up for it. Not to give anything away for those readers that understandably watched West Wing instead and taped it for later, this was the best ending on Charmed since Cole vanquished the Triad. More irony... Next week's episode looks to be "The Piper Show" which makes me very happy but, and this is a bit of a spoiler, why can't they just leave Phoebe, who, incidentally, brought sluttiness to new heights with her outfit last week, dead? Do fans really want her alive and married off? I really doubt it.
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