Reviews

[roguem]

Have been watching a lot of stuff recently, and wanted to do some mini-reviews.

Movies:

Punch-Drunk Love

I hadn’t really intended to watch this, but the TV was on that channel while I was cleaning, so it ended up getting me to follow the story.

This movie definitely goes on my weird-shelf, but on the higher end as I actually enjoyed it. At first I had

Comments

[m_agda]

I gave up on 'Vanished' after three episodes. Even though my 'Queer as Folk'-induced love for Gale Harold will probably go on forever, it was not enough here.

I'm so happy you gave 'Shark' a try. It's not one of my favorites, but I really enjoy it. And I adore James Woods. About the similarities with 'House M.D.', that was something I noticed on the very start (on my own, mind you - later, when I wanted to check out what is the general Net assessment is, it was quite funny to discover that practically everyone else thought the same way), but the feeling disappears pretty soon, even before the middle of the season. At this point the show already has its own identity.
And don't you think that Sam Page is very very pretty?

I think 'Numb3rs' gets much better with every passing season. I think it was seaosn 2 when I got really pulled in.
They keep pushing how math will make it easier to solve crime, yet I keep thinking that the way it’s put forth it’s way to easy. It might help in some areas, but it keeps ending up being the key and that element is bugging me.
You are not alone there. Especially that sometimes it looks like the FBI would be totally clueless were it not for the genius little brother. Come on, show, give those guys a bit more credit, they are professionals, they have their ways too.
That said, I still think 'Numb3rs' is a very entertaining show and the characters are really quite great.

[roguem]

I can't blame you, I seriously don't know how I've kept watching this far.
They killed off your guy in episode 7, so it was just as well that you stopped watching.

Yeah, the comparison wasn't exactly something I considered until I read a review of it. I don't think it's a big part of it though, and am sure this show will fly away from that soon.
Sam Page is pretty, a little to Ken Doll, so not quite my type, but does make for nice eye-candy. ;)

Yes! That's exactly it! They're Feds!
It's a fun show, but I have a hard time taking it as seriously as the creators seem to want me to.
I will keep watching though, as I like crime shows, and as stated I like some of the characters, but it's not one of those shows that'll I'll feel bad if I miss an episode.

[m_agda]

If they offed Gale Harold, then it's actually good thing that I stopped watchign.

Sam Page is pretty, a little to Ken Doll, so not quite my type, but does make for nice eye-candy. ;)
True. He's one of these guys that I wouldn't hesitate a second to call 'mmmmmm pretty', but 'omg hot' not necessarily. It goes exactly the same way with Jesse Spencer aka Robert Chase which was one of the reasons why the 'House' similarities were so strong at first, actually.

But it's not one of those shows that'll I'll feel bad if I miss an episode.
And fortunately 'Numb3rs' is one of the few shows where missing an episode will have practically no concequences whatsoever. In the first two seasons they were exactly NO major story-archs. Every single episode was autonomous and had no plot connection to any other episode so missing one went basically unnoticably.

[roguem]

I actually find Jesse more attractive than Sam Page, but yeah they're more eyecandy than anything else.

Actually feels kind of good to have one of those shows on my list as well.