shopgirl & the weatherman

we just saw “shopgirl” tonight. loved it. i am a huge steve martin fan. i loved how the characters were so complex and flawed. i was distracted occasionally, wondering how it felt for claire danes to do love scenes with steve martin, who is like 35 years older than she. (and that’s not to say he isn’t attractive. he’s up there with harrison ford, patrick stewart, and and sting in the “hot older men” category.)

on saturday we saw “the weatherman.” i am also a huge nicolas cage fan. he was fantastic in this movie. again with the complex and flawed characters. i must mention that i never thought the bob seger song “like a rock” could make me cry — because it’s used in those fucking pickup truck commercials — but it did. damn you, michael caine!

go see them both.