Dean's Thoughts on Entertainment

For sake of accountability, I would like to point out that it has been over a month since CJ updated his blog. He has flirted with this crime before but this is the first time I think that he has committed it. I won't say anything about Chris because he knows and is brazen about it.

This week was rather light on the movie watching. I sought to see the new Harry Potter with my Fiance but we were stopped at the door when our showing sold out. So next Saturday we should be able to attend and then you can expect a review. I finally talked my parents into watching the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, however since I only own the Extended Editions I had to tread carefully. I decided to subject them to half of each movie at a time, for the increased chance that they would retain enough of it to continue and not fall asleep. We finished the Fellowship of the Ring, and this week should see us through the Two Towers. I never cease to enjoy these movies, and if you have yet to see the Extended editions you should. It contains just enough additional backstory and development to give you a whole new appreciation of the movies.

I also saw the conclusion to the Sopranos, which was good. I started watching this season because my parents are big HBO fans. They usually watch Six Feet Under and the Sopranos, and if they are still awake they watch Deadwood. I don't really enjoy Six Feet Under, but the Sopranos and Deadwood are both very intriguing. I won't say anything about the Sopranos because I am so late getting on that bus its embarassing. But I will be seeking to view the previous seasons. As for Deadwood, it is a bleak show much like the Sopranos but it does have its heroic and noble characters. The characters are better explored than on the Sopranos, where only Tony really seems to be examined at depth. Deadwood is full of people who I would like to see more of, and each episode just seems to build curiosity on how they think and operate. I have been catching the show more erratically and as we speak I am missing a new episode although they will probably repeat it 3-4 times this week.

I am still waiting on Onimusha 3 and Seven Samurai 20XX with as much anticipation as you all are awaiting my reviews of them, I should receive them any day and reviews of at least one (Onimusha I'm sure) will come quickly.

Something the Lord Made the HBO original movie was pretty good. I am a huge fan of both Alan Rickman and Mos Def so I enjoyed perhaps more than you all would, but it is a good spirit lifting movie. I might have tweaked a few things, but its hard to be too critical of a movie that is based on true life, like when Mos Def's character often runs off when he gets pissed instead of dealing with it. It kind of got old, but if that's what the real man did, what can you do? It was decent and if you have HBO and catch it on, keep it on.

Now I am off to bed, I am rather sick and I am hoping a healthy dose of Nyquil will set things right for this week.