Hunk-a-Like
Friday, February 22, 2008

I was watching Grey's Anatomy - Seasons 1 and 2. I watch the DVDs back to back. All throughout the show, I thought Denny Duquette was being played by Javier Bardem. I was impressed by this character's sexy drawling accent, because in No Country for Old Men, he couldn't drop his Spanish accent.

Then I find out, after a Google search, that Denny Duquette is actually played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. An honest mistake.

Look at the pictures of these gorgeous guys, the likeliness is uncanny. I don't quibble about the nose, because when some people smile the shape changes.

These guys could play brothers.

Javier Bardem	Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Labels: Denny Duquette, Grey's Anatomy, Javier Bardem, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, No Country For Old Men

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Netflix: Instant Gratification Viewing
Monday, February 18, 2008

This is the worst feature in the world. (smile) I am always on the Internet. This option is horrible. (giggle)

Netflix's instant viewing only feeds my Internet addiction.

With this service there are no delays, no hiccups. Pictures are clear, crisp, and brilliant. The only complaint I have is lack of a closed caption option that's provided on DVDs. A number of movies have irritatingly loud music and mumbled dialogue. It only runs on Internet Explorer. Depending on your version of Windows, it could be a real pain in the ass to try watching.

I watch these movies on a digital projector. Get one! It hooks easily into the back of the computer. Make sure it's compatible with VGA to HDMI cable. If you don't understand, get a child to hook you up!

Alas, the only thing that keeps me from being a complete junkie is that Netflix doesn't offer all the latest (and greatest) films available like iTunes. However, it still has lots of anime, foreign, and obscure flicks.

Phew, thank goodness for small mercies.

Labels: internet, iTunes, Netflix, television

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Grey's Anatomy Season 1
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

I finally got around to seeing this show. I hesitate getting into a television show early. The networks put out 13 episodes. You get hooked. Next thing you know, poof, it's gone.

I don't like Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey. She's the star, with an irritating voice as narrator, and is the least interesting or attractive character. Alas, most, if not all of the men on this show are bedazzled (in love/lust) with her. The men ignore Katherine Heigl's character Dr. Isobel 'Izzie' Stevens.

Right there, the required suspension of disbelief is too high.

Damn. I've forgotten how tall, deliciously dark, and truly handsome Isaiah Washington is. He plays Dr. Preston Burke, brilliant heart surgeon, and head of this department.

My favorite character right off the start is Dr. Cristina Yang as portrayed by Sandra Oh. She's one of the few real characters on the show. This woman is a fantastic actress. She's pretty, spunky, and has lovely hair.

I don't know what to make of Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey. She's not exactly in the same mix (like the show Friends circle of sex-escapades) as Burke, Yang, and the others. I really like it when she tells Dr. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey aka Dr. McDreamy): "You don't scare me."

Yet, I'm dismayed and annoyed by the chunky, asexual, sassy black female portrayals on television, or in the movies. This image hasn't changed since Gone With the Wind.

However, it is a fun and funny show. I've laughed at some scenes that were quite entertaining. Justine Chambers's Dr. Alex Karev is a mischievous ne'er-do-well (bad boy). T. R. Knight as Dr. George O'Malley plays the naive foil. I think he gets hammered a bit too much as the butt of the joke. Hopefully, that changes.

I can't wait to watch the rest of this series.

Labels: Chandra Wilson, Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy, Isiah Washington, Justine Chambers, Katherine Hiegl, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, T. R. Knight

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There Will Be Blood
Saturday, February 2, 2008



Although long, this film is an instant classic. Frankly, if Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't win Oscar for Best Actor these folks in Hollywood are truly crazy. This guy blends into a character in ways other actors wish they could.

Frankly, the whole cast rocks. However, I'm biased, I love westerns. I love these gritty, earthy, grimy, teeth grinding, rough hewed men, and the crude rawness of the early frontier days of America.

This film is about Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis). He is a man who becomes rich digging for oil: he excels in getting it out of the ground, honestly or not. The movie starts, in 1898, with him deep down in a hole prospecting, digging, and working hard for his money. There's no dialog for almost a good ten minutes into this story. Plainview is so determined, that even with a broken leg, he drags himself into town to have his discoveries (coal? silver?) weighed.

Are people stubborn like that today? I wonder.

He adopts as his son, HW (Dillon Freasier), a boy orphaned in a drilling accident. I love little boys, and this kid is adorable. He expresses more thought and emotion with those big green eyes in a baleful stare, than most actors can in a long winded monologue. He's got that old soul in a child's body part nailed.

It's hard to tell who the hero, or protagonist is in this story. Plainview (Day-Lewis) doesn't give insight into who he thinks he is until midway through the film. He has to explain his reasoning, because it is not apparent whether he's a bad guy. He's much more complex character. Who Plainview is, what he wants, and what drives him, didn't feel fleshed out to me.

Maybe I missed something.

He has many conflicts with Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a young man who sees himself as an up and coming pastor, or shepherd in search of a flock. Sunday is over-matched against Plainview.

There's no real contest.

It's a very male driven film. Men are everywhere. Yay! It's traditional mano-a-mano. Women are rarely seen and little heard. They are background and scenery.

There Will Be Blood was directed, written and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie is based on the book, Oil by Upton Sinclair.

Labels: Daniel Day Lewis, Dillon Freasier, Paul Dano, westerns

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