Reticent Man

Still sick.  Didn't do much.  Played lunchtime pickup and it was a good skate and I played fairly well aside from a couple softies.  Then went home and couldn't get motivated to play poker.  Played some online 4/8 8 game.

Igby goes down.  A Depressing updated version of Catcher in the Rye.  I enjoyed it a fair amount despite some major shortcomings.  It's unique in very subtle ways.  It managed to stay one step ahead of my expectations, constantly surprising me without being crazy just to be crazy.   Just when I think it's going to step into cliche it misses it by a millimeter.  The acting from the many well known actors is fantastic.  Downsides there are some character actions that don't flow or make sense, there are really too many characters that are almost good, but don't quite get developed enough.  And in the end it doesn't really say anything so its value is only the ride.... which is interesting but not exceptional.  It's actually hard to say if it's highly feminist or not because although many FM themes are present, the film is so dark it could be taken as a repudiation of them.  Acting 9, Story 6, Style 4

Igby goes down 6.5/10