Over the last few evenings, Mrs. That Dan Guy and I watched an award-winning movie, which we had become aware of due to the Golden Globes & the Academy Awards – “Happy-Go-Lucky”. A hit U.K. film, the scenes they showed during the nominations looked interesting enough to draw us in.

Scenes can be so deceiving…

After starting the first half Sunday night, we both gave each other a look, and discovered we were on the same wavelength: “Where is this senseless piece of drivel going?” As a matter of fact, we both had nearly fallen asleep trying to follow the plot line, and planned on hitting the hay. As a matter of interest, we stopped it at one hour and eleven minutes in…

Then, a funny thing happened. Despite being groggy and bored to the point of almost passing out on the sofa, we caught the beginning of “Weeds”, the popular Showcase series we’ve just started to follow this year. We both came back to immediate life, and stayed up to watch the show – freakin’ hilarious, for the record.

Anyhoo…

Last night, we determined to stay the course, and finish that lousy movie. Even though the star (Sally Hawkins) won Best Actress for her role, the one that really deserved it was the actor who played the beleaguered driving instructor, whose character jumps off the screen as he’s fueled by some inner demon. Say, what is it about British people’s teeth? Just wondering…

At one point, Hawkins is in a rowboat. Rowboat #11. Go figure…

Can’t recommend this flick – unless you’re having trouble getting to sleep.

Chow for now!!