is it just me?

so i was on a pretty good role there....blogging everyday and then i sorta fell behind. jetlag is partly to blame... i've been having problems falling asleep lately and been taking melatonin for the past few nights....and then that just totally knocks me out for a good nine hours straight. and then i get a late start in the day....a vicious cycle.

so last night, the boy and i saw Superbad on dvd and needless to say, i was disappointed. the boy had tried to warn me about Superbad after he fell asleep watching Knocked Up a while back. and while these were supposedly the huge blockbuster comedies of 2007....is it just me, but am i only the one who did not find these movies that funny. i mean, both movies had some great lines and rather funny scenes, but they were just too long (nearly 2 hours long each!) and showed some bizarre vulgarity (ok, i sound like a 40-year-old mom now). and i just felt that both movies didnt have a good flow to it. i mean, both had lots of potential, but for me, i've seen better. or maybe i'm just lacking the gene that finds these movies funny. The 40-Year Old Virgin was the same thing....lots of potential and even had some great scenes and plotline....but i didnt laugh as much as i thought i would. and the title of the movie drew us our interest since we actually know someone in that particular...er...situation.... (ok, thats enough information for now)...

and the boy shares my disappointment for these movies. lucky for us, we didnt spend 20 euros at the movie theater for these movies...but still! or maybe i just have a different taste for comedy now...i should listen to the french film critics more. all of the french critics bashed both Superbad and Knocked Up and i thought it was because the movies got lost in translation, but now i know better! now i'm not saying that french movies are better (they have their share of bizarre love triangle dramas), but they do a pretty darn good job on comedies..its a different type of comedy..but its at least pee-in-your-pants comedy...or maybe its just me and i lack a specific funny bone.