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Thanksgiving Vegetation

This Thanksgiving break provided a much needed reprieve from the world of computing / coding / overworking and allowed me to vegetate my brain on quite a few films / tv shows. Here's a rundown: The new Coen Brothers film No Country for Old Men was absolutely top notch. While it was a bit brutal at times it never strayed into shock value territory where anything was being done just to grab the audience's attention - everything was pertinent to the storyline. The shots were gorgeous, the dialogue was fantastic and the characters were unbelievable. I had high hopes for this and it managed to fulfill all of my expectations. Let's hope they can keep going. Did Ethan Hawke go away for awhile and is just now starting to make some sort of triumphant comeback or did I just stop paying attention? His performance, coupled with Philip Seymour Hoffman, was perfectly desperate. Without giving too much away, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead is the story of two brothers who decide that robbing their parents jewelry store is the cure to all their financial woes. You can imagine the downward spiral of events that occur once the robbery goes sour. Somehow I managed to download and consume all three seasons of The Mighty Boosh over the last four days. Granted, that's only 14 episodes but I basically devoured it. The first season, set in the Zooniverse, is probably my favorite as there are many moments, like the one seen attached to this post, centering around the ridiculous conversations between Howard and Vince but every episode has something great about it. I'm officially addicted.