Yes Man Rescue Me from Observe and Report.

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After not going out and supporting Jim Carrey at the theatres (for those of you who don't know I was quite fixated on him for years) I finally watched YES MAN on dvd. I'd heard the comparisons to Liar Liar, but I must say I don't agree all that much. They dealed well with they saying 'yes' to everything aspect, and this really was probably a bit more impactfull than Liar Liar cuz his decisions were a choice rather than some mystic 'spell' that was put on him. Rhys Darby as his boss at the bank was great, as was the chemistry between Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel suprisingly. Jim didn't overact too much(ie Bruce Almighty), and he had many really great laugh out loud moments. Really good comedy for all to see and one that I think would please most. And for those of you who don't know this was very very loosely based on a book of the same name by Danny Wallace.

Finally, finally, finally after the almost forgotten writers strike of last year RESCUE ME is back. And it was great to see Tommy Gavin and the gang back. So many good moments, but the highlight was calling his family 'assholes' and talking about the dog shitting in the pantry. The great thing about this season is that because they were away for so long this season is a huge 22 episodes.

OBSERVE AND REPORT. Yes it's another mall cop movie. Not the first time hollywood has put out two very specific familiar movies. Member The Truman Show/Ed, Deep Impact/Armageddon, or Capote/Infamous. The word I got from the reviews was this was a dark, inappropiate, and crass movie. Great, count me in. The movie was all those things, but just not all that funny. I would defo wait for this to come out on dvd. This was written and directed by Jody Hill who also did the Foot Fist Way which was a achievement for a bunch of guys from South Carolina with no money, but was also a unfunny movie (and I like Danny Mcbride). At least Observe and Report was a much better jump forward. I don't think he will go 0-3 though as I hear his latest project Eastbound and Down is really good. Yet to see it though. Damn you HBO and your grasp on preventing internet piracy.

Also just watched NBC's SOUTHLAND. This show is filling the time slot now abandoned by ER. I'm not into cop shows all that much, but I've been watching most everything at least once. Unless it's all those borish dramas from CBS. (Mentalist,Without a Trace,etc.) Southland had a strong resemblence to ER in terms of style, look, and story telling. Which made more sense as I saw in the credits it is produced by John Wells who also produced ER. Great script, handfull of really good actors, and I think this show has the makings for a hit. I guess if people watch that is. I highly reccomend checking it out as I have set to permanent record on my dvr.