Movie: Rough Night

So maybe it's just because I'm old but I found this movie crude, vulgar, unfunny and derivative (wasn't there a male version (plus sequel) a few years ago?).

When did it become acceptable to portray cocaine use as "fun" thing to do at a bachelorette party attended by "professional" women?

I don't think this type of film shows woman as being liberated as much as it shows them sinking to the level of adolescent frat culture.

Everyone involved should be ashamed.

Surely Scarlett Johansson is worthy of better material than this.

Generally in my life,

when I've been given an ultimatum in the form,

"If you don't, then...",

I've gone with the "then...".

I really would prefer to have fewer options for things like toothpaste, shampoo, food items etc but be able to be sure that the particular one you like is not going to be sold out.

One thing I've learned about handling personal finance is that it doesn't take very many "onlys" to add up to a lot of money spent.

Reading

I've just re-read a short story called Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell.

This is so well written.

It's on my personal list of exceptional short stories.

(This was originally a play by the same author.)

Movie: Four Moons (Mexico) (2014)

Everything about this movie is good.

Wallander

I've watched three TV series of Wallander.  Two Swedish versions and the British version (which was filmed in Sweden).


They're all good.  They're very different from each other.  I liked them all.


If this were a high school project I would no doubt be writing an essay to "compare and contrast" the three. 


And the books, which I have not yet read.   They're on my long long list of books I want to read.


I thought when I retired I would have so much time for reading, and I spend a lot of my time reading, but the days just fly by.