NBAYFLPA Week

So it’s National Blog About Your Favorite Under-rated or Low Profile Actor (NBAYFLPA) Week.

I’m going to have to go with Edward Norton as mine. I think he fits the criteria. The only time I saw him in any of the celebrity mags was when he was dating Salma Hayek. *

I loved him in Primal Fear and Fight Club. He scared the hell out of me in American History X – but he had that charisma down even when he was the insanely evil hate guy at the beginning. He was just fun in Keeping the Faith and Death to Smoochy. We just watched the Illusionist, and I loved the mysterious, sexy, aloofness he exhibited.

He’s one of those actors that sells a movie for me. I’ll go see a movie just because he’s in the cast.

How about you guys? Who’s your favorite low-profile or under-rated actors?

* And what good taste they both exhibited there. I was rooting for em even if WhatsHisFace was in mourning because Salma was off the market.

NBAYFLPA Week

So it’s National Blog About Your Favorite Under-rated or Low Profile Actor (NBAYFLPA) Week.

I’m going to have to go with Edward Norton as mine. I think he fits the criteria. The only time I saw him in any of the celebrity mags was when he was dating Salma Hayek. *

I loved him in Primal Fear and Fight Club. He scared the hell out of me in American History X – but he had that charisma down even when he was the insanely evil hate guy at the beginning. He was just fun in Keeping the Faith and Death to Smoochy. We just watched the Illusionist, and I loved the mysterious, sexy, aloofness he exhibited.

He’s one of those actors that sells a movie for me. I’ll go see a movie just because he’s in the cast.

How about you guys? Who’s your favorite low-profile or under-rated actors?

* And what good taste they both exhibited there. I was rooting for em even if WhatsHisFace was in mourning because Salma was off the market.

Crush List

I’ve been thinking. Yes, that’s your cue to run. Or settle in with some coffee.

There was an entertainment news article the other day quoting Leonardo DiCaprio as saying “It was pretty disheartening to be objectified…” after starring in Titanic. Apparently, he was all over teen magazine covers back in the day and was seeing echos of that again. He doesn’t want to just be “another piece of cute meat”.

My first thoughts were along the lines of “oh poor you”. My second thought was that it could be difficult to try and make yourself a viable, serious actor with that kind of surrounding vibe. My third thought was all about me. I don’t want to give up my cute pieces of meat! I hadn’t gotten around to updating my celebrity list *, but when I did, Leo would have definitely been on it. The news article made me all defensive that I had a list, and about my celebrity crushes in general. And when I get defensive, I start all the happy ** introspection stuff.

What I kept coming back to was that I always had a problem with the celebrity list. Mine always seemed to have footnotes. I like Actor1, but only in this role. And I like Actor2, but only in those two roles. Or I watched this one movie again last night and I’m all about Actor3 for the next two days but I’ll see something shiny the day after that and Actor3 who?

The big problem for me is that I start crushing on a character from a movie or show and the actor behind it is nothing like that in real life. Most of the time, I watch SciFi/Fantasy and there’s no way anyone could be like that in real life. Hasn’t/can’t happen. If I try and extend the crush to the real guy, I eventually start reading or seeing things that don’t fit with the character that does it for me.

So I’m changing my celebrity list to be a Crush List. Rules are that you can crush on anyone or anything. Characters from a move, TV show, book, comic book, or even a game are all available. You can put real people on there if they still fit, but I’ll stick to mainly characters. No more cute piece of meat problem, and I don’t feel like an idiot for crushing on someone that might turn out to be a major putz.

So, my new Crush List – and I’m not stopping at 5. Who picked 5 anyway?

• Riddick, Pitch Black. From the opening scenes with that deep, gravely voice over – I was intrigued. Then he’s this muscley, bald bad-ass who scares everyone around him. Yum. He’d scare me and have no use for me in real life, but in daydreams baby, he’s all mine.
• Methos, Highlander. Oldest living immortal. Not because he’s a bad-ass, but because he’s practical. Anything to survive. He was a bad guy for awhile, and then he was just out of the game. He’s sexy and practical and smart and played by a damn fine looking man. ***
• Ronon Dex, Stargate: Atlantis. I’ve got a confession though. I don’t watch the show. I saw some previews of them adding this character and watched two or three episodes before I wandered away. He’s a hottie – primal fighter that starts out as not so much caring about the whole good/evil thing. Whatever, hottie! ****
• Lt. Col. McQueen, Space: Above and Beyond. Clenched, damaged, and a bad-ass. Mmmmmm. Mostly it was the damaged part that got me back then.
• Eomer, LoTR: Two Towers. Big beautiful brown eyes, sweaty fighter in leather and armor, and long hair. Pretty much my kryptonite.
• James Hammerton, Sliding Doors. Yeah, it was a Gwyneth Paltrow flick, but the idea behind it got me to give it a try one night. And the quirky romantic lead played by John Hannah hooked me. He’s sweet and funny and smart, and not afraid to show how he feels. No pictures for him, but a quote works better anyway:
  

  James: What are you doing two weeks on Saturday?
  Helen: Probably killing myself.
  James: Excellent. What time does that finish? Do you like boats?

• Billy Costigan, The Departed. A bad boy who’s really a good guy, except not really. The lone sex scene in the movie is gooood. *****
• Christian Bale – yeah, breaking my mainly character rule. This is one guy that is the complete opposite of the rest. Most of his screen roles give me the willies or just fall short of being attractive. The man though? He’s smokin hot. Intense, great at what he does, intense, in love with his craft, intense, intelligent, and did I say intense? Go read the quotes on his bio page.
• Kevin Smith – again, breaking the rule. But I dare you to read his blog series Me and My Shadow and not fall in love with the man. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. ****** It’s about Jason Mewes (who gets a Crush List Honorable Mention), and the series made me fall in love with both of them, truth be told. Before that, I’d been a fan from the movies and had a bit of a crush on the sense of humor. There is also nothing sexier than a man who’s totally in love with his wife.
• Velvet Goldmine. The whole damn movie. No explanation, just go rent it.

And I heard today that scientists did a study that showed daydreaming was the default setting for your mind. It’s like a placeholder for your brain when it doesn’t have something else to think about. Screen saver for the noggin. So daydreaming about crushes is a healthy thing! *******

* It seemed to change every other week.
** That should read as sarcastic – tone of voice and facial expressions just don’t come across in posts
*** Images courtesy of Sica
**** Images courtesy of Abydos Gate
***** Wouldn’t want to turn anybody into a piece of meat, yeah I’m bitchy today
****** He is one wordy motherfucker. Just sayin. Totally love the guy, worth every minute. Just be glad you get it all at once. I waited on pins and needles for parts 7, 8, and 9. I think I hit refresh 20 times a day to see if he’d posted the next section.
****** My Sirius DJ almost-crush A.D. said it on Alt Nation so it must be true

Crush List

I’ve been thinking. Yes, that’s your cue to run. Or settle in with some coffee.

There was an entertainment news article the other day quoting Leonardo DiCaprio as saying “It was pretty disheartening to be objectified…” after starring in Titanic. Apparently, he was all over teen magazine covers back in the day and was seeing echos of that again. He doesn’t want to just be “another piece of cute meat”.

My first thoughts were along the lines of “oh poor you”. My second thought was that it could be difficult to try and make yourself a viable, serious actor with that kind of surrounding vibe. My third thought was all about me. I don’t want to give up my cute pieces of meat! I hadn’t gotten around to updating my celebrity list *, but when I did, Leo would have definitely been on it. The news article made me all defensive that I had a list, and about my celebrity crushes in general. And when I get defensive, I start all the happy ** introspection stuff.

What I kept coming back to was that I always had a problem with the celebrity list. Mine always seemed to have footnotes. I like Actor1, but only in this role. And I like Actor2, but only in those two roles. Or I watched this one movie again last night and I’m all about Actor3 for the next two days but I’ll see something shiny the day after that and Actor3 who?

The big problem for me is that I start crushing on a character from a movie or show and the actor behind it is nothing like that in real life. Most of the time, I watch SciFi/Fantasy and there’s no way anyone could be like that in real life. Hasn’t/can’t happen. If I try and extend the crush to the real guy, I eventually start reading or seeing things that don’t fit with the character that does it for me.

So I’m changing my celebrity list to be a Crush List. Rules are that you can crush on anyone or anything. Characters from a move, TV show, book, comic book, or even a game are all available. You can put real people on there if they still fit, but I’ll stick to mainly characters. No more cute piece of meat problem, and I don’t feel like an idiot for crushing on someone that might turn out to be a major putz.

So, my new Crush List – and I’m not stopping at 5. Who picked 5 anyway?

• Riddick, Pitch Black. From the opening scenes with that deep, gravely voice over – I was intrigued. Then he’s this muscley, bald bad-ass who scares everyone around him. Yum. He’d scare me and have no use for me in real life, but in daydreams baby, he’s all mine.
• Methos, Highlander. Oldest living immortal. Not because he’s a bad-ass, but because he’s practical. Anything to survive. He was a bad guy for awhile, and then he was just out of the game. He’s sexy and practical and smart and played by a damn fine looking man. ***
• Ronon Dex, Stargate: Atlantis. I’ve got a confession though. I don’t watch the show. I saw some previews of them adding this character and watched two or three episodes before I wandered away. He’s a hottie – primal fighter that starts out as not so much caring about the whole good/evil thing. Whatever, hottie! ****
• Lt. Col. McQueen, Space: Above and Beyond. Clenched, damaged, and a bad-ass. Mmmmmm. Mostly it was the damaged part that got me back then.
• Eomer, LoTR: Two Towers. Big beautiful brown eyes, sweaty fighter in leather and armor, and long hair. Pretty much my kryptonite.
• James Hammerton, Sliding Doors. Yeah, it was a Gwyneth Paltrow flick, but the idea behind it got me to give it a try one night. And the quirky romantic lead played by John Hannah hooked me. He’s sweet and funny and smart, and not afraid to show how he feels. No pictures for him, but a quote works better anyway:
  

  James: What are you doing two weeks on Saturday?
  Helen: Probably killing myself.
  James: Excellent. What time does that finish? Do you like boats?

• Billy Costigan, The Departed. A bad boy who’s really a good guy, except not really. The lone sex scene in the movie is gooood. *****
• Christian Bale – yeah, breaking my mainly character rule. This is one guy that is the complete opposite of the rest. Most of his screen roles give me the willies or just fall short of being attractive. The man though? He’s smokin hot. Intense, great at what he does, intense, in love with his craft, intense, intelligent, and did I say intense? Go read the quotes on his bio page.
• Kevin Smith – again, breaking the rule. But I dare you to read his blog series Me and My Shadow and not fall in love with the man. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. ****** It’s about Jason Mewes (who gets a Crush List Honorable Mention), and the series made me fall in love with both of them, truth be told. Before that, I’d been a fan from the movies and had a bit of a crush on the sense of humor. There is also nothing sexier than a man who’s totally in love with his wife.
• Velvet Goldmine. The whole damn movie. No explanation, just go rent it.

And I heard today that scientists did a study that showed daydreaming was the default setting for your mind. It’s like a placeholder for your brain when it doesn’t have something else to think about. Screen saver for the noggin. So daydreaming about crushes is a healthy thing! *******

* It seemed to change every other week.
** That should read as sarcastic – tone of voice and facial expressions just don’t come across in posts
*** Images courtesy of Sica
**** Images courtesy of Abydos Gate
***** Wouldn’t want to turn anybody into a piece of meat, yeah I’m bitchy today
****** He is one wordy motherfucker. Just sayin. Totally love the guy, worth every minute. Just be glad you get it all at once. I waited on pins and needles for parts 7, 8, and 9. I think I hit refresh 20 times a day to see if he’d posted the next section.
****** My Sirius DJ almost-crush A.D. said it on Alt Nation so it must be true

Casino Royale

I haven’t been a huge Bond fan since Moore left the role. I love Pierce Brosnan, and thought he’d be a perfect fit. But it just never worked for me. I didn’t know if it was the scripts or his take, but I didn’t even see the last two films. When they retired him and started the search for the next actor, I was rooting for Clive Owens to get the role. I thought that his brooding, almost thuggish aspects might really darken Bond up from the almost urbane Moore and Brosnan versions. I had a lot of misgivings when they chose Daniel Craig. I liked the actor in the few movies I’d seen, but he just didn’t seem like James Bond. I wasn’t really hung up on the blond thing as much as Craig just didn’t seem to have the gravitas that Bond requires.

We saw Casino Royale this afternoon, and I gotta say that Craig makes a fantastic Bond. Going back to the beginning and showing Bond just as he gets double O status allowed Craig to start the role as just a guy. Then through the journey we take with him, we see him grow into Bond.

It helps that the adaptation of the story is great, and that everyone associated seems to have brought their A game. Hubby wasn’t thrilled with the Bond girls this time around, and I have to say that none of the women really stood out as anything special. All three are beautiful (to varying degrees), but most were pretty forgettable. The chemistry between Craig and Eva Green was there, so it’s not really a ding on the movie. And Judi Dench is phenomenal (as I expected) – I love her as M. I might need to check out the past movies just to see her segments.

So all considered, I’d rate the movie very highly (I don’t really have a rating system) and definitely recommend seeing it in the theater. I spent the entire 144 minutes (it’s a long one) pretty much mesmerized and enchanted by Craig, the gorgeous scenery, and the story in general.

Oh, but I hate what they do to the Aston Martin Vanquish. That is just a crying shame.

Casino Royale

I haven’t been a huge Bond fan since Moore left the role. I love Pierce Brosnan, and thought he’d be a perfect fit. But it just never worked for me. I didn’t know if it was the scripts or his take, but I didn’t even see the last two films. When they retired him and started the search for the next actor, I was rooting for Clive Owens to get the role. I thought that his brooding, almost thuggish aspects might really darken Bond up from the almost urbane Moore and Brosnan versions. I had a lot of misgivings when they chose Daniel Craig. I liked the actor in the few movies I’d seen, but he just didn’t seem like James Bond. I wasn’t really hung up on the blond thing as much as Craig just didn’t seem to have the gravitas that Bond requires.

We saw Casino Royale this afternoon, and I gotta say that Craig makes a fantastic Bond. Going back to the beginning and showing Bond just as he gets double O status allowed Craig to start the role as just a guy. Then through the journey we take with him, we see him grow into Bond.

It helps that the adaptation of the story is great, and that everyone associated seems to have brought their A game. Hubby wasn’t thrilled with the Bond girls this time around, and I have to say that none of the women really stood out as anything special. All three are beautiful (to varying degrees), but most were pretty forgettable. The chemistry between Craig and Eva Green was there, so it’s not really a ding on the movie. And Judi Dench is phenomenal (as I expected) – I love her as M. I might need to check out the past movies just to see her segments.

So all considered, I’d rate the movie very highly (I don’t really have a rating system) and definitely recommend seeing it in the theater. I spent the entire 144 minutes (it’s a long one) pretty much mesmerized and enchanted by Craig, the gorgeous scenery, and the story in general.

Oh, but I hate what they do to the Aston Martin Vanquish. That is just a crying shame.

Dirty Old Woman

I am a dirty, dirty old woman. Well, not so old really, and only a little dirty.

We went and saw The Departed last Friday. It was a very good movie, and I’ll try and get a review up soon. The thing that really surprised me was how attracted I was to Leonardo DiCaprio. I love me a bad boy, and it’s even better that he was secretly one of the good guys. And very smart. And looked really good with the facial hair. And had the only sex scene in the movie. (I’m not giving away anything here that you wouldn’t have figured out from the previews, by the way.)

I spent several days feeling like a dirty old woman though. I remember DiCaprio from Growing Pains back in 1992, and for some reason I thought he was in his early 20s. IMDB to the rescue – he’s only 6 years younger than me. Totally fair game. He’s so going on the list.

Now if IMDB would just take away the guilt from me thinking that this youngun is hot (Taylor Kitsch - shirtless on Friday Night Lights, all sullen and angsty, whew). I might have to get a dirty old woman t-shirt…

Dirty Old Woman

I am a dirty, dirty old woman. Well, not so old really, and only a little dirty.

We went and saw The Departed last Friday. It was a very good movie, and I’ll try and get a review up soon. The thing that really surprised me was how attracted I was to Leonardo DiCaprio. I love me a bad boy, and it’s even better that he was secretly one of the good guys. And very smart. And looked really good with the facial hair. And had the only sex scene in the movie. (I’m not giving away anything here that you wouldn’t have figured out from the previews, by the way.)

I spent several days feeling like a dirty old woman though. I remember DiCaprio from Growing Pains back in 1992, and for some reason I thought he was in his early 20s. IMDB to the rescue – he’s only 6 years younger than me. Totally fair game. He’s so going on the list.

Now if IMDB would just take away the guilt from me thinking that this youngun is hot (Taylor Kitsch - shirtless on Friday Night Lights, all sullen and angsty, whew). I might have to get a dirty old woman t-shirt…

Dave Navarro

Quoted from PPoD’s blog:

Also, I am so tired of all the conspiracy talk, that I am just going to say… Yes. It’s all a conspiracy. All your worst fears are true. We are trying to control you and the world at large. It’s all a ploy to learn how to manipulate votes. Phase one: Florida re-count. Phase two: Rockstar: Supernova. And the final phase… The 2008 Presidential Elections. Mark Burnett, Tommy Lee and I have started a secret covert black ops campaign to rig 2008 and putting our choice of who wins Rockstar is all a part of our master plan. As I write this, there are secret meetings taking place at The Pentagon to determine the directives that will position our choice for Supernova’s lead singer. Once in place, he or she will subliminally suggest to the public which Presidential candidate to vote for via the lyrical content of the upcoming Supernova album.

I do love that man….

Dave Navarro

Quoted from PPoD’s blog:

Also, I am so tired of all the conspiracy talk, that I am just going to say… Yes. It’s all a conspiracy. All your worst fears are true. We are trying to control you and the world at large. It’s all a ploy to learn how to manipulate votes. Phase one: Florida re-count. Phase two: Rockstar: Supernova. And the final phase… The 2008 Presidential Elections. Mark Burnett, Tommy Lee and I have started a secret covert black ops campaign to rig 2008 and putting our choice of who wins Rockstar is all a part of our master plan. As I write this, there are secret meetings taking place at The Pentagon to determine the directives that will position our choice for Supernova’s lead singer. Once in place, he or she will subliminally suggest to the public which Presidential candidate to vote for via the lyrical content of the upcoming Supernova album.

I do love that man….