Stepbrothers- the movie and other stuff

So, this movie was with watched with high hopes- Adam McKay and Will Ferrell writing another Talledega Nights ...but not so much! With every passing moment, I felt like little squirrels were taking away my brain cells and storing them away for winter. It was that bad- to me! Now my husband and sister in law kindof liked it but I think we were all in accord with feeling like we were ripped off. The gag reel was even funnier than the movie. I would explain the plot but the title does that for you, and I love John C Reill- in Chicago, in The Good Girl (very good movie) he was the bomb. Maybe it's the post Christmas blues, but we were all hyped after a good day in the sun at Tarpon Springs with the in-laws eating Greek food and loving the atmostphere of sponge diving boats and tacky tourists shops (but awesome food establishments- love the rolled grape leaves and pita & hummus).
Linda and Paul went back to their hotel by the bay till tomorrow and my sis in law is staying with us while her hub visits family in Gainesville ( we have lots of family there on both sides). This movie really stinks. It was silly - and I can handle silly. But it wasn't really funny to me. I felt like it was a long SNL skit that ran out of steam. Watching Will Ferrel playing a beer- bellied hair over grown child has lost it's cool- or maybe it just needed another venue. I was in a good mood, but now have lost about half my brain cells. Thanks Will and co! Maybe you don't agree and that's fine! I love a good comedy but felt like this one wasted my time. It makes me want to get out the Monty Python dvd's and have some real senseless humor- or just read a really good book.
By the way-my mother in law just brought us another two boxes of books- we have about 400 now (including our own) love her! I just gave my sis in law "The Blank Slate" by Steve Pinkerton about the whole nuture vs. nature thing..... I can read anything. I am looking most forward to the newest Scarpetta novel- have all of them and now will get the latest in this new delivery- nothing like really well written forensic fiction to keep you awake and paranoid for another night!
Hope everyone had a good Christmas - more about that another time. It was peaceful as usual for us, and I loved going to Christmas eve service at 4 and then having a big cookout afterwards under the stars. I would like it, though, if we could get some more cool weather before spring begins!
Love ya, JLM