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X-Men: First Class and The Glades
So I went to see the new X-Men movie on Sunday. And I liked it surprisingly well. I didn't really expect much, especially since I knew none of the main actors. Except maybe for Kevin Bacon, but I gotta admit that I wasn't even aware of the fact he was gonna be in this until I saw his face flicker across the screen.
I'm not gonna write a long, elaborate review, but I will say that I very much enjoyed all those aha-moments where things are explained that you see in the first three movies. (And, no, I've never read the comics.) I had a little, silent squee moment during Hugh Jackman's cameo and another completely geeky squee moment when I saw Brendan Fehr. I mean, his role was tiny. He barely had two lines. Still, the Roswell fan in me was very excited. Also, Oliver Platt! Okay, I didn't squee there, but I love watching something and finding it's riddled with familiar faces that I didn't even know about.
The one negative thing I have to say is: The German language parts. I mean, come on! Why does Hollywood try to keep selling us Americans for Germans? The American accent is a dead giveaway to any German watching this without dubbing. And it just makes the whole thing seem totally fake and ridiculous. Why can't they cast proper Germans who speak German without an accent? Yes, of course I get how that would have been difficult for the role that Kevin Bacon ended up playing. I'm gonna give him credit for trying very hard to make his German sound as accent-free as possible. He did a decent job, but I'll tell you: The whole theater watching this with me was riddled with Germans, and they all snickered when Bacon started speaking German. I'm not surprised, though, that Michael Fassbender spoke excellent German, seeing how he has a German father. That part, at least, was very belieable. And they're gonna get credit for casting a few real Germans later on in that bar scene in Argentina.
So, yeah, overall the latest X-Men installment gets a thumbs up from me.
On a more TV-ish note -- and I will point at my icon right now -- I'm watching another new show. It's called The Glades, and it's a mid-season A&E cop show set in southern Florida. It's not like I'm head over heels in love with it, but I'm liking it more and more. It gets minus points for not trying very hard to make things believable, but it earns plus points for having two adorable, down to earth leads and a buttload of UST between the two. Though I'm totally hating the fact that I'm sure they're gonna drag this whole "they wanna be together but can't" thing out over the rest of the season. With most of my other shows on hiatus right now, I'm actually glad I have something besides White Collar to look forward to. Mid-season shows FTW!
I'm not gonna write a long, elaborate review, but I will say that I very much enjoyed all those aha-moments where things are explained that you see in the first three movies. (And, no, I've never read the comics.) I had a little, silent squee moment during Hugh Jackman's cameo and another completely geeky squee moment when I saw Brendan Fehr. I mean, his role was tiny. He barely had two lines. Still, the Roswell fan in me was very excited. Also, Oliver Platt! Okay, I didn't squee there, but I love watching something and finding it's riddled with familiar faces that I didn't even know about.
The one negative thing I have to say is: The German language parts. I mean, come on! Why does Hollywood try to keep selling us Americans for Germans? The American accent is a dead giveaway to any German watching this without dubbing. And it just makes the whole thing seem totally fake and ridiculous. Why can't they cast proper Germans who speak German without an accent? Yes, of course I get how that would have been difficult for the role that Kevin Bacon ended up playing. I'm gonna give him credit for trying very hard to make his German sound as accent-free as possible. He did a decent job, but I'll tell you: The whole theater watching this with me was riddled with Germans, and they all snickered when Bacon started speaking German. I'm not surprised, though, that Michael Fassbender spoke excellent German, seeing how he has a German father. That part, at least, was very belieable. And they're gonna get credit for casting a few real Germans later on in that bar scene in Argentina.
So, yeah, overall the latest X-Men installment gets a thumbs up from me.
On a more TV-ish note -- and I will point at my icon right now -- I'm watching another new show. It's called The Glades, and it's a mid-season A&E cop show set in southern Florida. It's not like I'm head over heels in love with it, but I'm liking it more and more. It gets minus points for not trying very hard to make things believable, but it earns plus points for having two adorable, down to earth leads and a buttload of UST between the two. Though I'm totally hating the fact that I'm sure they're gonna drag this whole "they wanna be together but can't" thing out over the rest of the season. With most of my other shows on hiatus right now, I'm actually glad I have something besides White Collar to look forward to. Mid-season shows FTW!