Employees, Weekends, and More Diversions

I saw Dane Cook's new movie, Employee of the Month, yesterday evening, which for me was tonight, since I still haven't gotten a full night's sleep. I found it to be a pretty generic love story, although set in a Sam's Club type location. I dunno, it has a few good laughs, but I don't know if I'd recommend paying admission to see it. I guess I'm not a fan of love stories anyway, though there are a few I own. Sitting not 3 feet from me at the front desk is Big Fish, which I love. I'm watching Fifth Element, but you know. I own it, is the point.

In related news, I fully support movie theaters being able to jam cell phone signals on their premises. Seriously, what makes people think they're important enough that someone is not going to be able to wait until after the movie to talk to them?

I'm really getting to the point where I hate weekends. They're more or less weekdays, except a lot of my "enforced awake non-gaming" time is between 3 and 9 am. Due to that, I don't really ever want to stay up late on those nights, though I've started to do it anyway. The only night I could conceivably stay up late is Sunday, but there's class the next day, which also requires me to be awake. Stupid class. Of course, this weekend has me extra-irritable, what with 2 tests on Monday and all.

Since I don't feel like studying right now, I looked through some trailers for upcoming movies. Here are my picks. (these are links to trailers, by the way) Eragon: it's a movie based on a book I haven't read, but probably will read after I see the movie, if it's good. Stranger than Fiction: Will Ferrell is a genius, and this looks like another good one. Zen Noir: the idea behind this one delights and amuses me. Jesus Camp: I really don't know if I'm brave enough to watch this; it seems like the kind of stuff that will genuinely terrify me. Expect a long, long rant if I see it. Spiderman III: from what little I know of Spiderman, I was always a fan of Venom. Dualities always make for good villans. Apocalypto: I mention this only because it confuses me. It's Mel Gibson... so I assume there will be needless brutality. I can see Saw III for that. I won't, but I could. America: Freedom to Facism: I'm hoping for something more even-handed and lacking in cheap theatrics than Michael Moore can deliver. I genuinely see about one documentary a year; if I don't see Jesus Camp, it'll be this one. Maybe I'll get ambitious and see both. In any case, expect a diatribe if I see this one as well.