Matt and I went to see Batman Begins this past weekend. I actually kinda liked it! (I mostly went because I heard it wasn't too bad, and I also heard the Serenity trailer was showing before it (eeeeeee!) which it was and OH MY GOD I cannot wait for that movie to come out!)

It wasn't too much of a typical summer action flick; there was actually development of the story. Not so much development of Katie Holmes' facial expressions, sadly, but the rest of the story was well developed. I really like having the character justifications in the movie because I really enjoy immersing myself in a story, and it's easier to do that when the people in it aren't caricatures. I mean, the fight scenes were cool too, but the story being solid is what made me happy.

There was about a million Hey! It's that guy! guys in Batman Begins; Matt and I love to play the Hey! It's that guy! game... we often watch TV with the laptop close at hand so we can imdb people. The Inside, Tim Minear's new show, has a ton of guest actors from Wonderfalls lately. Also, at least two or three references to Buffy, Angel, and Firefly each episode and it's cracking me up. Too bad it's almost CANCELLED already. I hate you, Fox Network! I'd recommend people watch it if they'd like a more messed-up-character-driven twist on the typical cop show, but don't get too attached. Tim Minear only writes 13-episode mini-series anymore - Firefly, then Wonderfalls, now The Inside. At least I can get the DVDs. Tim, I love your work, but why for the love of God do you keep going back to Fox?

It's nice to have new TV for the summer, it would probably keep me from torturing my husband with Big Brother, which I am going to watch tomorrow because he's not here to stop me. However, he's at the Smithsonian right this instant, so I think he's probably getting the better deal.

Boy, I'm talkative while my husband is away, eh?