Watched over vacation.

One thing you can say for 20+ hours flying from Asia to the U.S., plus the KAL "choose your own entertainment" option... you sure can watch a bunch of movies.

Taken - Liam Neeson just laying waste to the bad guys in what's probably the best action movie I've seen in some time.

I Love You, Man - Paul Rudd, as always, pretty damn funny.

He's Just Not That Into You - an abomination of a film that betrays the very treatise and suppositions that made the general tone of the book worthwhile. All sacrificed at the altar of the typical cheesy romantic comedy plot. Not a single redeeming character in the film to root for.

Strictly Bolshoi - interesting ballet documentary.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - this was bashed pretty hard when it came out. I kinda dug it though. No work of art, and a couple plot-holes you could drive a truck through, but both Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber chew the scenery and make it work.

Adventureland - sold as a comedy [in the airplane preview at least], more of a coming of age drama. Kind of okay. A bit cliched. Well acted though. Ryan Reynolds does dysfunctional well.

Up - The latest Pixar film. Fun, touching, enjoyable. Darker than I expected, which was nice.

GI Joe - Holy god was this a horrible film. Horrendous acting, people in leading roles without a hint of talent or believability, bad jokes, cliched visual and plot points lifted from a dozen other, better flicks. Snake Eyes has lips. Cobra Commander is Darth Vader. The President of the United States is British. It could not even be saved by ninja fights or women in skintight leather. Of which there was not enough. Two thumbs waaaaaaay down.

Ghost Town - oddly surprising that movie with Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear could be so joyless and unfunny.

On vacation a bunch of my TV viewing was at the discretion of folks I was staying with, as such I watched a great deal of HGTV and NCIS. HGTV is actually kind of fun, and Clean House rocks kinda hard. But then I used to enjoy the hell out of Trading Spaces back in the day. NCIS is a really competent, well acted procedural. The plot twists can be seen coming a mile away, but Mark Harmon has character and gravitas. Though I can't watch Michael Weatherly without remembering that he dated Jessica Alba when they were on Dark Angel, because I'm shallow like that. But Big Brother made me want to jab my own eyes out with a spoon. Dumb, dumb TV.

Also watched UFC 101, True Blood, Eureka, The Closer, The Philanthropist, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Monk, Burn Notice [summer season finale - predictable, but well done] and Robot Chicken.