Bored to Death only a little boring

An HBO tv series starring Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis, and Jason Schwartzman sounds awesome doesn't it? After watching the first 3 episodes I can safely say that it's pretty alright.

The show follows Schwartzman's character as he struggles to write write the follow up to his first novel. In an attempt to find inspiration after being dumped by his girlfriend he advertises himself as an unlicensed private detective. Galifianakis plays a comic book artist who is Schwartzman's best friend and Danson plays his boss and mentor.

All the characters are interesting, you want to keep watching them just to find out more about their lives, but Schwartzman doesn't ever stand out as a lead on the show. His character isn't as likable as most television leas and he can't play the asshole lead like other HBO stars, Eastbound and Down's Danny McBride or Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David.

One thing the show has a lot of is style, it manages to combine a lot of comedy with a little bit of film noir and mystery. And the style and comedy is what will bring me back for the next couple weeks to keep watching.

Fast bus

Action movies get a bad wrap, and for good reason. A lot of them are very very bad. And even some of the best action movies still have a little bit of bad in them. Speed is no different. It has all the early 90's action cheese that you would expect from a 1994 Keaneu Reeves movie, but it also has something awesome.

Last night I couldn't sleep and wound up channel surfing on the couch. That's when I decided that I was going to watch Speed. All I really knew about it was the premise...which sounds pretty bad after 15 years. There are people on a bus. There is a bomb on the bus. The bus can't go slower than 50 mph or the the bomb explodes and kills the people.

The cast list is also pretty laughable. Keanu: Guy's just not a very good actor. Sandra Bullock: Meh, just don't like her. Dennis Hopper: Past his prime. The only two actors whose performances I actually enjoyed where Jeff Daniels and Matthew Broderick's best friend from Ferris Bueler.

But despite all this I LOVED this movie. Movie starts with action. Then 15 mintutes of story and the rest is action. Really intense action. I've never seen a movie that filled me with this much suspsense. By the end of the movie my veins where full of adrenline. Thank you HBO on demand.