Shadow Chi's Grimoire

Turns out the guy that wrote the book also wrote the screenplay.  I liked the movie better in a lot of ways, but I thought the changed ending sort of wrecked what I thought the book was about, changing it from an “inevitability of death, watch it wreck your brain or not” story to a “fear of disease, you’re all gonna catch it” story (which is pretty different even though most of the surface elements are the same; look at my movie critic hat) which I think is a more common theme that I’m kind of tired of.  Maybe I didn’t get the book or maybe they Hollywooded it up for the movie.  Pretty good movie anyway.

Spent most of yesterday afternoon sitting in my courtyard reading some messed up book, and me and C-Note were like, man, we need a comedy to lighten things up around here, let’s go see Invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais is funny.  I thought it was an awesome movie, but, man, this was not a light, fun time.  Here’s what The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops had to say: “Along with his co-writer and co-director Matthew Robinson, Gervais launches an all-out, sneering assault on the foundations of religious faith such as has seldom if ever been seen in a mainstream film, despicably belittling core Judeo-Christian beliefs and mocking both the person and the teaching of Jesus Christ. Pervasive blasphemy, some sexual humor and references, and a few rough and crude terms.  O — morally offensive.“  Also, it’s really funny and kind of sad.  In other words, recommended.