Happy Pi Day!

If I was truly nerdy I would have spent the day listening to the score of, or watching the movie Pi. Instead, I watched The Jerk for the first time. It was alright. I expected it to be funnier, but it didn't help that I was really tired watching it. Maybe I'll give it a second watch.

In other movie related news, friends of mine had gotten No Country For Old Men on Netflix. I am just going to paste the envelope plot summary below for you. Anyone who has seen the movie will note the very poor job here:

"A hunter stumbles upon a dead body, $2 million and a stash of heroin in the woods. He absconds with the cash, but the brutal thief, Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with a local sheriff on his trail. The roles of hunter and prey blur as the violent pursuits of money and justice collide."

Just in case it has been awhile since you have seen this movie I will point out the problems. Llewelyn Moss is seen hunting in the opening of the movie but is not a 'hunter'. Secondly, the setting where Llewelyn comes across the bodies, drugs, and cash is not the woods - not even slightly. He is in the middle of the desert. There is 1 tree in the whole area, where the man with the money is found - he was most likely there seeking shelter from the hot sun which is problematic in the desert, not the woods. Next, Anton Chigurh is not a brutal thief. He is a contract killer or a gun for higher. He wants nothing of the money nor does he plan to steal it or con his way to get it. He very calmly follow leads in order to get the money to complete his end of the contract or bargain, killing anyone he has to, to do so. Yes he is brutal, but not even close to being a thief. Finally - the roles becoming blurred. I don't know about you - but when I watched this, Llewelyn was always the prey, and Chigurgh was always the hunter - no questions asked, no lines blurred.

I apologize for the rant, but for a movie like that that both won Best Picture, and is widely known, at least by title you'd think there would be a better or more accurate summary for it. I love Netflix and recommend it to anyone who likes movies, especially if he or she has a way of streaming to their TV, but this is lazy.

Just to clarify - I am not mad about this. I know with how it reads above it sounds like I am, but this is too silly of a thing to be mad about. I was more just baffled at this and wanted to share it.