Wow, it has been awhile. I admit I have been avoiding dramas lately. They are like an addiction. Truly. But I have been procrastinating, and putting off a BIG end of term project. And my favorite way to procrastinate is to watch Korean (etc) dramas! Yay. Enough of me sobbing on the inside.
I may be shallow but I don't like looking at ugly hair while I watch a show. Haha. And Geum Soon (played by the lovely Han Hye Jin) has some nasty hair for about a good thirty episodes. I watched a few episodes and lost interest. But when I needed a security blanket it was there for me!!! A weird habit I am proud of. Not the huddling in front of the TV/computer drooling and ignoring the stress. Yes we all get that I am stressed (and dead tired! I pulled an all nighter. Yes it was just that good!).
Be Strong Geum Soon is about a young widowed mother, who tries to make her dream of becoming a hairstylist come true, despite the opposition of her in-laws.
Okay, we all saw it coming. Geum Soon's baby daddy dies. I think it is a known fact. If not I spoiled it for you. Anyway, I was eagerly awaiting his death...because that was when the real story was going to begin. But they dragged it out. Geum Soon was VERY VERY annoying. That was partly why I couldn't stand it at first. That whine! That immaturity! That HAIR!
I never really watch daily dramas, which is what this drama is. 163 episodes worth of goodness. Of course they have to make it complicated, to drag the plot/story out. The truth is never expressed directly. Everyone is SUPER emotional. Emos, cutting themselves. I actually was half awake and wondering why they do this to me. Then I realized the show would be over in ten minutes. Everything is so repetitive I wish it was ten minutes per episode. But it does make it easier for first time viewers to jump in at the odd episode. Not that I fully recommend that.
I cannot say it is a complicated plot, but the story contains many...uh...secrets? Secrets that are all strategically revealed to other characters, much to my delight. This person birthed this person, this person loves this person, that person killed this person. Fun fun.
Of course we all know this is a love story. Oooh oooh! So my main interest is Geum Soon's and Jae Hee's interactions. Kang Ji Hwan (as Jae Hee) plays a rude and self-centered doctor. KHJ is crazy funny. I have to name my favorite parts...oh and they show him half naked. They HAVE to show off his sculpted body, right? I just imagine the casting director salivating (I don't know why I pictured her next to the director attention rapt on KHJ, haha!).
I loved it when Geum Soon spilled scalding tea on Jae Hee's crotch. He stuffed ice cubes down his pants. His facial expressions are priceless! "Don't look mom!!!" And when Geum Soon runs him down with her scooter! Haha, another glorious comic expression! The elevator scene is another favorite. At first Jae Hee was cold to Geum Soon whenever they met, he was baffled by her actions. He thought she was a troublemaker...but no! She was something more! Eventually Jae Hee started looking for her when he knew she was around. After all their encounters he would smile fondly or chuckle. Do I sense....love? I think I do!
Another favorite actor of mine is in the show, besides hot abs KJH, it is Lee Min Gi! Woot woot! I have a fond place in my heart for anyone who can make me laugh. Even though his hair was equally bad as Geum Soon's I forgave him. Haha. Of course he plays the jerky brother-in-law Tae Wan. But you know Geum Soon is going to win everyone over. Op! Did I spoil the story again?!?
There are side stories of course. Tae Wan wants to be an actor. His brother brother/hyung Shi Wan (Kim Yoo Suk) wants to get the girl, who happens to be his first love. There are a bunch of oldies running around too. Ping pong game with Geum Soon: from halmoni's/grannie's to the in-laws and back...and back...and forth...and back. A little blah. And I can never remember where I saw the older actors. Most have been in many dramas I have watched, but I never remember. Heck I can't remember yesterday, no joke.
This drama is a little nostalgic for me. Not that I watched it before or anything, but the American songs in the background remind me of high school. I do believe age makes everything better...or at least the memories. High school wasn't perfect, but when I think back on it I do it fondly. So now I am listening to Mario's "Let Me Love You" on repeat. I kinda miss 2005. Oh, and the scene they had the song in was perfect for it.
I highly recommend this drama. I cannot speak for the whole thing, being that I have barely watched half of the existing episodes. But the first 40 are very good.
My Rating: 9/10
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
v o i c e
Voice
Year: Winter/Spring 2009
Genre: Medical, Mystery
My Rating: 7.5/10
Recommend: Oh yes!
Voice was one of those dramas I didn't really look into beyond the cast. Going by the title it didn't appear to be that thrilling. But hey Eita was in it, and Ikuta Toma.
Voice is about a group of students discovering the circumstance to those who have died mysteriously.
They are definitely going for the CSI or House type of show. Similar Japanese shows would be Galileo or Joshi Deka. I find the whole thing a little kooky. Especially the Eita acts 'thinking.' The way he rubbed his chin...or earlobe. Speaking of ears! I think Eita got surgery on them! Nothing dramatic of course, I just saw a slight slight change.
Okay the show is called "voice" because the professor the students are studying under says that the medical examiner's job is to give these dead people one last voice to those they left behind. How sweet. So far the situations seem a little...untrue. Maybe it is only Americans who call the doctor when they have chest pains. Those crazy Americans and their high fat diets! Chest pains!
But the endings always bring a mist of tears to my eyes. Only a mist. Probably due to Eita's character Kaji Daiki stars down the crying spouse (so far it has only been spouses/exspouses). Dry eyed por supuesto.
Oh and there is always something to find out, and it always puts the dead individual in a very good light. Hello! That isn't always going to be the case...I hope for the sake of the show.
The group of students contains a nerdy nerd type, Kirihata Teppei (Endo Yuya) who likes his CSI and Gundam figurines. Then we have the former yanki tough guy Hanei Akira (Sato Tomohito), who likes to pick on the nerd but is a romantic at heart (likes to cook, watch movies and talk long walks on the beach). I secretly think Hanei has got it going on...sorta, overlooking his dirty smoking habit and his violent outbursts. Haha! We also have a brooding heir to the throne, Ishimatsu Ryosuke (Ikuta Toma), who dislikes his father's ways and is not eager to take over the family business. Next there is the uptight, prim and proper, head of her class girl of the group Kuboaki Kanako (Ishihara Satomi). I accidentally confused the actress for Ayase Haruka. OMG! I am so ashamed. Ah, they all look alike. Just kidding. They just all act alike. I should have recognized her from the drama I watched with her in it recently...months ago...beyond my memory really. I did take note that the daddy daughter team were in the drama together. Tokito Saburo plays the professor. Eita plays the unique one. The one who asks why. Always. Is it that uncommon that his noticeable trait it to question things? I think asking why is equated to magical powers (POWER RANGERS! Woot woot!).
I think the drama is good just becuase it is my favorite type...a mystery. I do like my medical shows too. It tires to be funny too and deep, but it fails at those points. I think their is some hidden pasts too. We'll see about those. But I would completely reccomend it.
Year: Winter/Spring 2009
Genre: Medical, Mystery
My Rating: 7.5/10
Recommend: Oh yes!
Voice was one of those dramas I didn't really look into beyond the cast. Going by the title it didn't appear to be that thrilling. But hey Eita was in it, and Ikuta Toma.
Voice is about a group of students discovering the circumstance to those who have died mysteriously.
They are definitely going for the CSI or House type of show. Similar Japanese shows would be Galileo or Joshi Deka. I find the whole thing a little kooky. Especially the Eita acts 'thinking.' The way he rubbed his chin...or earlobe. Speaking of ears! I think Eita got surgery on them! Nothing dramatic of course, I just saw a slight slight change.
Okay the show is called "voice" because the professor the students are studying under says that the medical examiner's job is to give these dead people one last voice to those they left behind. How sweet. So far the situations seem a little...untrue. Maybe it is only Americans who call the doctor when they have chest pains. Those crazy Americans and their high fat diets! Chest pains!
But the endings always bring a mist of tears to my eyes. Only a mist. Probably due to Eita's character Kaji Daiki stars down the crying spouse (so far it has only been spouses/exspouses). Dry eyed por supuesto.
Oh and there is always something to find out, and it always puts the dead individual in a very good light. Hello! That isn't always going to be the case...I hope for the sake of the show.
The group of students contains a nerdy nerd type, Kirihata Teppei (Endo Yuya) who likes his CSI and Gundam figurines. Then we have the former yanki tough guy Hanei Akira (Sato Tomohito), who likes to pick on the nerd but is a romantic at heart (likes to cook, watch movies and talk long walks on the beach). I secretly think Hanei has got it going on...sorta, overlooking his dirty smoking habit and his violent outbursts. Haha! We also have a brooding heir to the throne, Ishimatsu Ryosuke (Ikuta Toma), who dislikes his father's ways and is not eager to take over the family business. Next there is the uptight, prim and proper, head of her class girl of the group Kuboaki Kanako (Ishihara Satomi). I accidentally confused the actress for Ayase Haruka. OMG! I am so ashamed. Ah, they all look alike. Just kidding. They just all act alike. I should have recognized her from the drama I watched with her in it recently...months ago...beyond my memory really. I did take note that the daddy daughter team were in the drama together. Tokito Saburo plays the professor. Eita plays the unique one. The one who asks why. Always. Is it that uncommon that his noticeable trait it to question things? I think asking why is equated to magical powers (POWER RANGERS! Woot woot!).
I think the drama is good just becuase it is my favorite type...a mystery. I do like my medical shows too. It tires to be funny too and deep, but it fails at those points. I think their is some hidden pasts too. We'll see about those. But I would completely reccomend it.
r e s c u e
Rescue
Year: Winter 2009
Starring: Nakamaru Yuichi, Masuda Takahisa, Yamamoto Yusuke
Genre: Action
My Rating: 1.5/10
Recommend: Only to crazy obsessed fangirls.
Being that I am going crazy today and watching three full (sorta) episodes I thought they would be worth my time. Heh heh heh. Avoid this drama. Avoid it at all costs. I could hardly stand the ten or so minutes I actually watched, between fast forwarding and stopping occasionally. I did watch the first five minutes uninterrupted...regrettably.
Rescue is all about the trials and tribs as a group of young men travel the road to becoming POWER RANGERS! Oops my mistake...I meant SUPER RANGERS! Wait that doesn't sound right! Oh no I got it right that time. Super rangers? Why? WHY? I demand to know why!!! Super rangers are an elite force of firefighters by the by.
Well it isn't actually a full bodied story. The run of the mill underdog fighting for what he wants. With some traumatic pasts shoved in. Some tough guy issues. Man, I'm better than you! Got that! I could kick your bootay if I wanted to! But your not worth my time man! Of course they have to be partially nekkid all the while, for added effect of course. They just got shirtless though (NO I am not disappointed!). Showing off...nothing much really.
This touching bromance (of the, I think, straight variety...Japan can't handle out gay MALE characters just yet) starts off with a band of merry men waltzing into a burning building. They grunt. Wiggle their eyebrows. They point, confer, discuss, call for a meeting with no lunch break and then flash the thumbs up sigh and run near strange metal railings on fire. I didn't know metal caught fire these days. You learn something new every day.
If you are a professional, with years of hard training, you are not going to jump the most when a building blows up. You are not going to have tearful, and prolonged, partings while in the middle of a flaming building! These pretty boys, as frail as they look, are supposed to be the best of the best. They looked like clowns...especially in their brightly colored attire. Okay their clothes are the least of my problems.
The acting...I don't wanna do it mommy! I don't even wanna think about it! The lead (Nakamaru Yuichi) is a band mate of Kame for crying out loud. I am sure they share an acting couch. Much too many pretty boy actors...who can't act. There were a few actors I liked, but they didn't hold my attention. The bad outweighed the good in this show.
Stay away from this show if you want to survive! Your brain won't be the same. Drooling, comatose fangirls are my proof. I can't be the perfect judge...since I sorta didn't, couldn't rather, watch it. It just did not hold my interest.
Year: Winter 2009
Starring: Nakamaru Yuichi, Masuda Takahisa, Yamamoto Yusuke
Genre: Action
My Rating: 1.5/10
Recommend: Only to crazy obsessed fangirls.
Being that I am going crazy today and watching three full (sorta) episodes I thought they would be worth my time. Heh heh heh. Avoid this drama. Avoid it at all costs. I could hardly stand the ten or so minutes I actually watched, between fast forwarding and stopping occasionally. I did watch the first five minutes uninterrupted...regrettably.
Rescue is all about the trials and tribs as a group of young men travel the road to becoming POWER RANGERS! Oops my mistake...I meant SUPER RANGERS! Wait that doesn't sound right! Oh no I got it right that time. Super rangers? Why? WHY? I demand to know why!!! Super rangers are an elite force of firefighters by the by.
Well it isn't actually a full bodied story. The run of the mill underdog fighting for what he wants. With some traumatic pasts shoved in. Some tough guy issues. Man, I'm better than you! Got that! I could kick your bootay if I wanted to! But your not worth my time man! Of course they have to be partially nekkid all the while, for added effect of course. They just got shirtless though (NO I am not disappointed!). Showing off...nothing much really.
This touching bromance (of the, I think, straight variety...Japan can't handle out gay MALE characters just yet) starts off with a band of merry men waltzing into a burning building. They grunt. Wiggle their eyebrows. They point, confer, discuss, call for a meeting with no lunch break and then flash the thumbs up sigh and run near strange metal railings on fire. I didn't know metal caught fire these days. You learn something new every day.
If you are a professional, with years of hard training, you are not going to jump the most when a building blows up. You are not going to have tearful, and prolonged, partings while in the middle of a flaming building! These pretty boys, as frail as they look, are supposed to be the best of the best. They looked like clowns...especially in their brightly colored attire. Okay their clothes are the least of my problems.
The acting...I don't wanna do it mommy! I don't even wanna think about it! The lead (Nakamaru Yuichi) is a band mate of Kame for crying out loud. I am sure they share an acting couch. Much too many pretty boy actors...who can't act. There were a few actors I liked, but they didn't hold my attention. The bad outweighed the good in this show.
Stay away from this show if you want to survive! Your brain won't be the same. Drooling, comatose fangirls are my proof. I can't be the perfect judge...since I sorta didn't, couldn't rather, watch it. It just did not hold my interest.
k a m i . n o . s h i z u k u
Kami no Shizuku
Year: Winter/Spring 2009
Genre: Drama
My Rating: 3/10
Recommend: No
It has been a while since such mediocrity has inspired me to write. Okay okay. I admit I haven't been watching anything new...at all. Not even the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango. I dread the prolonged dramatics of it all. I broke down because I have taken a renewed interest in actual reading and adding a comic in the mix. So I had to watch a Japanese drama. And why not try Kame's new one? Why not?
Kami no Shizuku is about a young man venturing into his father's world of wine after shunning it for so long (mangaupdates summurized it waaaaaay better than me).
I read the manga. Yes the drama is based on a comic. And that made me feel a combination of anticipation and apprehension. I only read a few chapters of the manga, but I was quite taken with it. As you may expect the drama gave a completely different vibe then the comic had. Cheap is the first word that comes to mind. Despite the 2 billion yen inheritance and the high class wines cheap is the consistence feel. Maybe it was the mannequin stand-in for Kame in the beginning of the show (Haha...not really). Maybe it was the actors trying so hard to do their jobs...which would be acting I presume. The flimsy sets also factor in.
Kame, I am faced with the undeniable fact, is a bad actor. I admit it. And it is actually annoying me to see him continue acting. Stop it boy! He can't sing much better but that doesn't stop him. I feel as if I am stating a (very very very) well-known fact. Kame Kame Kame. Tsk tsk tsk. The child actor who played the same character did far better in my opinion. I think I only liked Kame in Suppli...at the height of my obsession with him. On a side note his hair is looking quite horrendous. I mention hair too much? Well, I have issues.
Kame's character was a pretty boy to some degree in the manga. But he was not Johnny's pretty boy with long flowing locks and delicate features. So when a Johnny's pretty boy is let out from the stable and is made a central fixture in a drama the oh so fragile balance is disrupted. Instead of a feisty woman as the love interest we get a plucky (petite, beautiful, dainty, etc etc) GIRL. Kanzaki Shizuku (played by Kame) in the manga seemed younger and more naive than love interest Shinohara Miyabi (played by Naka Riisa). But the unspoken rule is that...well it just doesn't work that way in "real life." I doubt those fuddy duddy Japanese men like to see capable women near their main characters. Just devious ones. Sure Shinohara, in the drama, is capable in her own way. But compared to the manga version she is a weak and helpless damsel.
Well enough about that babe in the woods with that thick mask of foundation. I think she actually had trouble moving her face. Maybe it was the Botox...except that she is younger than me (dammit!).
Rival, food critic, wine connoisseur, and who knows what else, Tomine Issei (Tanabe Seiichi) is just sad...and pathetic. His flowery speech is supposed to make him seem lofty, but it just sounds like poo poo. Spewing such nonsense about peasants thanking God for the potato famine or some such. Moreover his insights sound stalkerish and suspicious...as if sounding stalkerish isn't suspicious enough! He also has a pet trollop...I mean a lady friend (Uchida Yuki). And they drink wine together...creepily.
The story need not be talked of...it is just so random, and bad. I don't know if he is an addition or not but Takenaka Naoto plays the lovable drunken bum Robert (Rowbare!). Due to his huge success (???) in Nodame Cantabile, and his oh-so-precious accent, he NEEDED to play a foreigner once again. Oh goodness!
Wah wah wah. I don't like this drama. It tis very sad and all...but predictable. Since I have a feeling they don't even try. I laugh at their viewer ratings! Haha! Single digits and falling people! It doesn't teach them to stray from mediocrity though. Sad business.
Year: Winter/Spring 2009
Genre: Drama
My Rating: 3/10
Recommend: No
It has been a while since such mediocrity has inspired me to write. Okay okay. I admit I haven't been watching anything new...at all. Not even the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango. I dread the prolonged dramatics of it all. I broke down because I have taken a renewed interest in actual reading and adding a comic in the mix. So I had to watch a Japanese drama. And why not try Kame's new one? Why not?
Kami no Shizuku is about a young man venturing into his father's world of wine after shunning it for so long (mangaupdates summurized it waaaaaay better than me).
I read the manga. Yes the drama is based on a comic. And that made me feel a combination of anticipation and apprehension. I only read a few chapters of the manga, but I was quite taken with it. As you may expect the drama gave a completely different vibe then the comic had. Cheap is the first word that comes to mind. Despite the 2 billion yen inheritance and the high class wines cheap is the consistence feel. Maybe it was the mannequin stand-in for Kame in the beginning of the show (Haha...not really). Maybe it was the actors trying so hard to do their jobs...which would be acting I presume. The flimsy sets also factor in.
Kame, I am faced with the undeniable fact, is a bad actor. I admit it. And it is actually annoying me to see him continue acting. Stop it boy! He can't sing much better but that doesn't stop him. I feel as if I am stating a (very very very) well-known fact. Kame Kame Kame. Tsk tsk tsk. The child actor who played the same character did far better in my opinion. I think I only liked Kame in Suppli...at the height of my obsession with him. On a side note his hair is looking quite horrendous. I mention hair too much? Well, I have issues.
Kame's character was a pretty boy to some degree in the manga. But he was not Johnny's pretty boy with long flowing locks and delicate features. So when a Johnny's pretty boy is let out from the stable and is made a central fixture in a drama the oh so fragile balance is disrupted. Instead of a feisty woman as the love interest we get a plucky (petite, beautiful, dainty, etc etc) GIRL. Kanzaki Shizuku (played by Kame) in the manga seemed younger and more naive than love interest Shinohara Miyabi (played by Naka Riisa). But the unspoken rule is that...well it just doesn't work that way in "real life." I doubt those fuddy duddy Japanese men like to see capable women near their main characters. Just devious ones. Sure Shinohara, in the drama, is capable in her own way. But compared to the manga version she is a weak and helpless damsel.
Well enough about that babe in the woods with that thick mask of foundation. I think she actually had trouble moving her face. Maybe it was the Botox...except that she is younger than me (dammit!).
Rival, food critic, wine connoisseur, and who knows what else, Tomine Issei (Tanabe Seiichi) is just sad...and pathetic. His flowery speech is supposed to make him seem lofty, but it just sounds like poo poo. Spewing such nonsense about peasants thanking God for the potato famine or some such. Moreover his insights sound stalkerish and suspicious...as if sounding stalkerish isn't suspicious enough! He also has a pet trollop...I mean a lady friend (Uchida Yuki). And they drink wine together...creepily.
The story need not be talked of...it is just so random, and bad. I don't know if he is an addition or not but Takenaka Naoto plays the lovable drunken bum Robert (Rowbare!). Due to his huge success (???) in Nodame Cantabile, and his oh-so-precious accent, he NEEDED to play a foreigner once again. Oh goodness!
Wah wah wah. I don't like this drama. It tis very sad and all...but predictable. Since I have a feeling they don't even try. I laugh at their viewer ratings! Haha! Single digits and falling people! It doesn't teach them to stray from mediocrity though. Sad business.
Monday, January 5, 2009
r e v i e w s
c a s i n o . r o y a l e
Year: 2006
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench
Genre: Action
My Rating: 8/10
I know this movie came out quite a while ago but I just got around to watching it the other day. Heh heh heh. The only reason why I wanted to watch it was because...do I have to admit it? Well, because of Daniel Craig. I saw the commercials. I heard that he was showing off his body. Haha. So I went in not expecting much out of the movie. The story was definitely blah. And afterward I was all, "That was the climax?" But anyway Craig was fine. Smoking to be exact. And he really is a very good actor. I probably was paying more attention to Craig's body than his acting skills though, or his face for that matter. His wet hair was not sexy. I am in denial that he is rather...older.
After watching Casino Royale I was rabid for more of Daniel's work. Need more Bond! It must be obvious why I liked the movie. Otherwise everything was a little off. The action at the beginning I quite liked. I would go on if you didn't stop me...hahaha.
t h e . j a c k e t
Year: 2005
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightly, Daniel Craig
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
My Rating: 7.5/10
Maybe I knew before I watched it...maybe. Knew what? That it would suck? Well Keira would bring you to that conclusion. Her and her grating American accent. Okay it is not so much of a grating, but yes it was painful the way she forced it from her constantly pouty lips.
Well, what I was actually referring to was the fact that I, perhaps, knew that Daniel Craig was in this movie. I wasn't sure at first. "It can't be," I dramatically whispered to myself. "It just can't!" It was his eyes, that blue. But the dark greasy hair threw me off. But then his accent slipped through. I was pretty much convinced, but I needed to confirm one thing. So I checked out his butt. Yup. It was Daniel Craig. My hours of drooling and staring mindlessly during Casino Royale assisted in this vital confirmation. Haha! I need to watch the movie again. Not that Daniel had tons of air time. Kyaaaa~ Sorry, I am a little overexcited.
The Jacket is about some guy traveling through time...somehow. And then he sleeps with a seven year old. Okay not really, but the girl was seven when he first met her. And then BAM! "Let's have shex!"
The story was interesting I suppose. Reminded me of something. Oh, it almost seemed like they were trying to be on par with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Yar...no. Who else is irritated with movie titles that start with "the." Lots of horror films like to do that. It feels, when they use "the" in the title, that they didn't try hard enough to come up with a name. "Magic Womb" would have been a better title. Haha. You have to watch the movie to know what I am talking about. Womb.
t h e . g o l d e n . c o m p a s s
Year: 2007
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig
Genre: Action Adventure/Fantasy
My Rating: 3/10
I read the book some time ago, but when I heard there would be a movie I didn't care. The book was okay and the movie was worse. I will admit that I watched the movie for Daniel Craig...yet again. All three minutes he actually appears in the movie.
As with adaptions the movie felt rushed. As if they wanted to cram in all the content and didn't really have time to do so gracefully. They could try and make it interesting while they were at it? Suppose not.
There was some issue with anti God messages. Maybe I am dense. And I am sure many more Americans would not have noticed if the Church/Christians didn't happen to bring it up. And it isn't like people fall for this. Fall for what exactly? Argh. I don't want to go off on a tangent about the possibilities and obvious flaws and dated reasonings.
I didn't hate the show. Maybe I would watch it again. But I did watch it after not sleeping for twenty-four hours or so. Skewed perspective and all.
Year: 2006
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench
Genre: Action
My Rating: 8/10
I know this movie came out quite a while ago but I just got around to watching it the other day. Heh heh heh. The only reason why I wanted to watch it was because...do I have to admit it? Well, because of Daniel Craig. I saw the commercials. I heard that he was showing off his body. Haha. So I went in not expecting much out of the movie. The story was definitely blah. And afterward I was all, "That was the climax?" But anyway Craig was fine. Smoking to be exact. And he really is a very good actor. I probably was paying more attention to Craig's body than his acting skills though, or his face for that matter. His wet hair was not sexy. I am in denial that he is rather...older.
After watching Casino Royale I was rabid for more of Daniel's work. Need more Bond! It must be obvious why I liked the movie. Otherwise everything was a little off. The action at the beginning I quite liked. I would go on if you didn't stop me...hahaha.
t h e . j a c k e t
Year: 2005
Starring: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightly, Daniel Craig
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
My Rating: 7.5/10
Maybe I knew before I watched it...maybe. Knew what? That it would suck? Well Keira would bring you to that conclusion. Her and her grating American accent. Okay it is not so much of a grating, but yes it was painful the way she forced it from her constantly pouty lips.
Well, what I was actually referring to was the fact that I, perhaps, knew that Daniel Craig was in this movie. I wasn't sure at first. "It can't be," I dramatically whispered to myself. "It just can't!" It was his eyes, that blue. But the dark greasy hair threw me off. But then his accent slipped through. I was pretty much convinced, but I needed to confirm one thing. So I checked out his butt. Yup. It was Daniel Craig. My hours of drooling and staring mindlessly during Casino Royale assisted in this vital confirmation. Haha! I need to watch the movie again. Not that Daniel had tons of air time. Kyaaaa~ Sorry, I am a little overexcited.
The Jacket is about some guy traveling through time...somehow. And then he sleeps with a seven year old. Okay not really, but the girl was seven when he first met her. And then BAM! "Let's have shex!"
The story was interesting I suppose. Reminded me of something. Oh, it almost seemed like they were trying to be on par with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Yar...no. Who else is irritated with movie titles that start with "the." Lots of horror films like to do that. It feels, when they use "the" in the title, that they didn't try hard enough to come up with a name. "Magic Womb" would have been a better title. Haha. You have to watch the movie to know what I am talking about. Womb.
t h e . g o l d e n . c o m p a s s
Year: 2007
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig
Genre: Action Adventure/Fantasy
My Rating: 3/10
I read the book some time ago, but when I heard there would be a movie I didn't care. The book was okay and the movie was worse. I will admit that I watched the movie for Daniel Craig...yet again. All three minutes he actually appears in the movie.
As with adaptions the movie felt rushed. As if they wanted to cram in all the content and didn't really have time to do so gracefully. They could try and make it interesting while they were at it? Suppose not.
There was some issue with anti God messages. Maybe I am dense. And I am sure many more Americans would not have noticed if the Church/Christians didn't happen to bring it up. And it isn't like people fall for this. Fall for what exactly? Argh. I don't want to go off on a tangent about the possibilities and obvious flaws and dated reasonings.
I didn't hate the show. Maybe I would watch it again. But I did watch it after not sleeping for twenty-four hours or so. Skewed perspective and all.
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