The grand illusion

We watched The Illusionist last night. Neat film. Paul Giamatti was excellent—I saw one review where his performance was described as having the gravitas of Orson Welles. I never saw the ending coming, except in a way I did. A character utters a line early in the film and thought, well, that would be one way to solve a problem. But then I dismissed it and never thought of it again. Very clever.

Last night’s episode of The Unit was pretty intense, too. We hear about these skirmishes and gunfights in the Middle East, and this show dropped us into the middle of one to show what it might be like to be there on the ground. I wonder how many people as clearheaded as Jonas are involved over there, though.