friday night lights

i watched that movie last night: friday night lights

highly recommended.

i say this, too, as a mild-to-not-at-all football fan. when it comes to this sport, i'm seasonal: i only tolerate the big games, usually because there is guacamole and beer involved.

growing up in florida taught me to hate football because people were so obsessed about it that i felt it ruined their lives. i think one reason why this movie was so fascinating to me was that i finally saw a town that was orders of magnitude worse than my homestate. but that's also very depressing to see. particularly when you can see the damage that such mentality can cause to people, their lives, and their perceived happiness.

but also, it was just fucking good. it has you sitting on the edge of your seat for the last 2/3rds of the movie.

billy bob thorton is this stoic masterpiece of non-emotional emotion.

and OWWWW the pain of that poor running back!

ok i'll stop now because i don't want to give anything away.
go rent.