"Shame on me."

The smell of cookies is currently wafting in from the kitchen. Good ol' 1 am baking. Nothing wrong with that.

I wanted to talk about the movie that I saw tonight, The Invention of Lying. The film itself was very quaint, big on ideas and heart, small of execution. It plays like a series of events happening one after another, mini-climax after mini-climax, just like they condensed an amazingly entertaining TV series into an hour and 40 minute movie. Had they done this as a 13 episode teleplay, it could have been absolutely epic, both in hilarity and message. 

My recommendation would be to see it at the theater, if for nothing else because of the amazing cameos that it has. Where Ricky Gervais lacks in the formal areas of filmmaking, he has made up in the sporadic cameos throughout the film (all appearing periodically, thus enforcing the whole "TV" idea even further).

Two things were brought to mind though when watching the movie. The first was how teeny little disturbances in story line really irritate me. What brought this on was how "honest" everyone was in this little, fictional world that Gervais had created. Even if all of these people could only tell the truth all the time, and believed everything anyone told them, they would still not express certain thoughts aloud just because they are required to tell the truth. It wouldn't happen. I guess you can redeem this by saying its part of that world, but once you see the movie, you might be able to back me up in saying that it's a little ridiculous and could have been handled in a different manner. 

The second thing that was thrown into my brain was how much I enjoy Rob Lowe. It actually shocks me how much that statement is true because I once upon a time couldn't stand the dude. He's a guy who is consistently funny on screen, and it took me a long while to realize this. Sure, he plays the same villain-esque douchebag in every movie where he is legitimately funny, but my Gawd, he just plays that pretty boy role better than anybody. And he's good at not taking himself seriously, which makes it for me. Then of course there's his time that he served on "The West Wing" and, well, I've been sold on the Lowe experience and would definitely welcome some more of it. 

Lowe is in good company in this regards though, joining the likes of Alec Baldwin and Russell Crowe in guys it took a while for me to embrace. Baldwin especially actually. Until "30 Rock" I just never really saw the guy as the comedic genius that was hamming it up before me. Kudos to all three of you men. Keep up the good work. 

And, the cookies are finished!! Mmm...