Ocean's Thirteen
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

I could easily lose count of these films.

So, is the third time the charm? I'm not one who'll watch the same film for the third time, because I like all the characters. It has to be fun too.

I really liked "Ocean's Thirteen." Then again, I am easy to please. Love me some serious male eye candy: George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon (I don't know what he's doing, but he's acquiring that "hotness factor" as he gets older). Even Casey Affleck was cute. Bernie Mac is a darling, no matter how fat he gets. (Please lose a few pounds, BM. It doesn't look good on you.)

Clooney has such gorgeous eyes: love a man with long eyelashes.

Okay, I'll briefly summarize: everyone (except Julia Roberts and Kathryn Zeta Jones) from all the prior flicks is in this film, facing off against a new enemy. The bad guy is the one and only Al Pacino! While Pacino was rather low key in this film, he was still entertaining (when is he not ever? Gotta do "Scent of a Woman" review someday).

Clooney channels a Clark Gable and Cary Grant vibe. He makes you realize how rare a film like this is. A slick, hip, dare-I-say suave flick for adults that isn't pornographic, mean, vile, vicious, profane, and gratuitously violent. A mouthful, but it needed to be said.

They pull off every caper (earthquake, a half billion dollar loss for the casino and diamond heist) fabulously.

It's a funny, enjoyable film, just don't think too deeply about how they pulled if off.

Labels: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Bernie Mac, Brad Pitt, Cary Grant, Casey Affleck, Clark Gable, Don Cheadle, Eliott Gould, George Clooney, Matt Damon

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Is the Hardass, Tough, Blond Man Making a Comeback?
Thursday, May 31, 2007











My opinion is based on watching "24", with Keifer Sutherland in the lead role as an evolving super agent fighting terrorism. Usually a role such as his goes to a brown or blue eyed, dark haired man.

I also base this modest theory on the producers of Bond films picking a rugged looking - fine ass body - blond, Daniel Craig, for the first time evah! It was such a big deal!



Going back in my mind the badass blonds of the past were:

• Clint Eastwood, boy, was he pretty back then!

• Steve McQueen was the man! Every guy in every film since, has tried to be him. He was tough, blue eyed, blond, and ruggedly handsome. And a true badass.



It was shocking to watch the "Getaway" and how he just up and smacked Ali McGraw's character across the face several times . It must have worked, because in real life she left her husband for McQueen.

Don't get it twisted!! I'm not into anyone smacking anyone (unless it's consensual). I realize that was exaggerated macho for a film of that period. It's simply the tough guy persona that is the attraction.

Here are other blonds I could think of:

• Paul Newman, not a bad guy, more nuanced and layered. See "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof": I was sympathetic to Elizabeth Taylor's character. I wanted Paul to scratch my itch too!

• Kurt Russell, sometimes he was blond, sometimes he was not.

• Kevin Costner he has his moments; loved him in "Bodyguard", "Tin Cup", etc.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger was always more of a comedic butt kicker than an angry, rough man. Although he did scare the crap out of me with "Terminator."

I'm sorta iffy with the following:






• Matt Damon with the Bourne series are getting really good. His other stuff, I just don't bother to watch. I'm not into his "The Talented Mr. Ripley" lemme-win-an-Oscar-with-this-performance kind of films.

I'm ignoring the blond pretty boys. I don't like films where the men aren't hardcore and gritty.

So, let's hear it for the hardass, rough and tough guys with blonde hair! Yeah.

I'll make updates if and when I remember other fair haired chaps.

Labels: actors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, blond men, blonds, Daniel Craig, Keifer Sutherland, Kevin Costner, Matt Damon, Paul Newman, Steve Mcqueen, tough guys

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