Last weekend movies...

It was a long week; I managed to get my hands on a couple of good movies, one of those a thriller...

1. The Ghost Writer, ***
   I like the way Roman Polanski tells a story --in particular, thrillers. This film tells the story of an unnamed ghost writer, portrayed by Ewan McGregor, hired to finish the autobiography of a former British Prime Minister. The plot is simple and you can figure it out by the middle of the film, the twist are somewhat expected. The ending, the ending is great!
   


2. World's Greatest Dad, ***
   By the title, and Robin Williams playing the lead role, I thought this would be a comedy. On second thought, it might be possible to classify it as a satire, a very noir satire. The film was written and directed by "Bobcat" Goldwaith, yes that "Bobcat." The film deals with fame dreams, lonelyness and family in sort of modern and distorted fable. I really liked the fable feeling of it, simple, straight-forward, moral included.
   


3. Year One, *
   Revisit the first couple of thousand years of known written history in a few days. Less than two hours in real time. This is one of those movies where you don't have to think but I really don't like. Allegedly a comedy, I feel it like one of those movies that try to make a point, in this case that reason is the fundamental truth and source of self-knowledge, thus source of inner peace and happiness, make it but fail to make you laugh or keep entertained.
   

I also managed to see the latest, at the time, episode of Big Bang Theory, fourth season's episode nine, where Raj and Howard manage to get themselves in an awkward situation while Penny's dad begs Leonard not to give up on her daughter. Glee's second season's episode seven was a stunner featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, who happens to be an amazing singer and dancer. Finally, on the second episode of The Walking Dead our Sheriff manages to escape impending death and is closer to find his kid, ex-wife and ex-best-friend-who-is-doing-his-wife.