Friday, November 30, 2007

12/1 Rankings and Performers

Performers of the Week

1. Alex Vega- Cane (14)
2. Frank Rossitano- 30 Rock (9)
3. Gabriel Sylar- Heroes (8)
4. Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock (31)
5. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights (6)
6. Chris Turk- Scrubs (5)
7. The Warden- My Name Is Earl (4)
8. Ramon- Cane (3)
9. Gregory House- House (30)
10. Captain Awesome- Chuck (5)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (3)
4. The Office (4)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (6)
7. Friday Night Lights (7)
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm (9)
9. Grey's Anatomy (8)
10. Chuck (10)
11. House (12)
12. Entourage (11)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. Dirty, Sexy, Money (15)
15. American Idol (14)
16. Cane (17)
17. My Name Is Earl (16)
18. Brothers and Sisters (18)
19. Family Guy (20)
20. Scrubs (-)

Monday, November 26, 2007

Enchanted


This combination of Romantic Comedy and Disney Animated fused together quite well. I thought that there was going to be more animation than simply the first ten to fifteen minutes of the film.

I loved the comedy of the animated characters acting in fairy tale ways while in New York City. Amy Adams' princess character, Giselle, was absolutely ridiculous for the entire movie. Sometimes this was annoying but most of the time it was charming. Although I enjoyed Patrick Dempsey (Maine native) in this film it was a bit disappointing if you were to compare it to his performance as Dr. McDreamy.

What I think made Enchanted a good movie instead of a ho-hum movie was the music. The songs were great and the score was fantastic. Who was the man behind the curtain? Alan Menken, music genius who composed Disney classics like Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.

Best Music by Alan Menken

1. Newsies
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Aladdin
5. Hercules
6. Enchanted
7. Pocahontas
8. Hunchback of Notre Dame

Sunday, November 25, 2007

11/25 Performers and Rankings



Performers of the Week

1. John Casey- Chuck (10 total)
2. Noah Bennett- Heroes (20 total)
3. Gregory House- House (28 total)
4. Brian Darling- Dirty, Sexy, Money (7 total)
5. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes (19 total)
6. Chuck Bartowski- Chuck (17 total)
7. Alex Vega- Cane (4 total)
8. Dan Vasser- Journeyman (5 total)
9. Jeremy Darling- Dirty, Sexy, Money (2 total)
10. Dr. Kutner- House (8 total)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (3)
4. The Office (4)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (6)
7. Friday Night Lights (7)
8. Grey's Anatomy (8)
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm (9)
10. Chuck (10)
11. Entourage (11)
12. House (12)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. American Idol (14)
15. Dirty, Sexy, Money (16)
16. My Name Is Earl (15)
17. Cane (18)
18. Brothers and Sisters (20)
19. Back To You (17)
20. Family Guy (-)

Monday, November 19, 2007

Bee Movie


Just finished watching this movie and I have to say Seinfeld was just not up to his old sitcom standards. It was a pleasant movie but had nothing special. It was extremely poor given the amount of big name voices they grabbed for this picture. First of all this was Seinfeld's big comeback party. You have Renee Zellweger playing his romantic lead. Then you have quality voice actors that have been in major successful animated pictures with Patrick Warburton (Emperor's New Groove, Hoodwinked, Open Season) and John Goodman (Cars, Emperor's New Groove, Monster's Inc.). Add to the mix two of the most recognizable voices with Chris Rock (Madagascar) and Rip Torn (Hercules). All of that being said I was certainly not blown away. I will say it again as I've said before, Dreamworks can't write the kind of story that Disney/Pixar does. At no point did they have the magic in this one. They tried to go with the Shrek-like comedy but it didn't stick with me like Shrek did when it first came out. Instead of making fun of fairy tales they simply made fun of people in general. The major flaw of this story about bees is that it is not in the classic Pixar style. When Berry Benson first talks to a human they completely lost me. In Toy Story, Monster's Inc., Finding Nemo and A Bug's Life all of the action could actually be happening and we would have no idea, because when humans come around they act like normal toys, fish and bugs, but behind the scenes there is so much going on. That's is what makes it so intriguing and magical. Bees engaging with humans just doesn't do it for me.

Dreamworks Animation Movies

1. Shrek
2. Shrek 2
3. Bee Movie
4. Over the Hedge
5. Madagascar
(haven't seen Shrek the Third yet)

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Superbad


Before people get mad, let me start out by saying that "Superbad" was a good movie. That being said, obviously I did not think it was as good as everyone I know was saying it was. Most of my friends and acquaintances have absolutely loved "40 Year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" while I enjoyed them but was not that impressed by them. So going in I had low expectations for my own enjoyment. I thought the crudeness and vulgarity was toned down compared to the other two recent Apatow movies which was a positive for me. I find that the vulgar aspects of 'Virgin' and 'Knocked' took away from the comedy of them both. The fact that the characters are in high school probably had a lot to do with this. I found it interesting that the two girls they casted for the romantic leads were not surprisingly hot. Seeing as the two guys were nerds and ugly this made it more believable than those movies that have extremely hot girls getting with losers.

Favorite characters

1. Officer Michaels- Seth Rogan
This performance was right up there with his part in 'You, Me and Dupree' if not better. I really liked him here where as I disliked his character in 'Virgin' and could've taken him or leaved him in 'Knocked'

2. Officer Slater- Bill Hader
Very close 1, 2 on this one. I've enjoyed Hader on SNL at some points but I haven't seen him this funny very often (except for maybe in Laser Cats). He should think about doing more movies.

3. Seth- Jonah Hill
Being in both 'Virgin' and 'Knocked' I was glad to see him getting a starring role. I thought he was very good and can't wait to see what he does next.

4. Evan- Michael Cera
Didn't enjoy this kid very much. Yeah he was real awkward but I wanted him to shut it most of the time.

5. Fogell (McLovin)- Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Couldn't stand this kid. Every second he was in I wanted to slap him in the face. I know you need a real loser to play this part but I think they could've found something more manageable.

Judd Apatow Produced Movies

1. Celtic Pride (right)
2. Talladega Nights
3. Anchorman
4. Kicking and Screaming
5. Heavy Weights
6. Cable Guy
7. Superbad
8. Knocked Up
9. 40 Year Old Virgin

11/18 Performers and Rankings


Performers of the Week

1. Michael Scott-
The Office (35 total)
2. Mark Sloan-
Grey's Anatomy (30 total)
3. Jack Donaghy-
30 Rock (24 total)
4. Dr. Kutner-
House (7 total)
5. Adam Monroe-
Heroes (6 total)
6. Chuck Bartowski-
Chuck (12 total)
7. Derek Shephard- Grey's Anatomy (11 total)
8. Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock (27 total)
9. Matt Seracen- Friday Night Lights (5 total)
10. Peter Petrelli- Heroes (7 total)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (3)
4. The Office (4)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (6)
7. Friday Night Lights (7)
8. Grey's Anatomy (8)
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm (9)
10. Chuck (10)
11. Entourage (12)
12. House (11)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. American Idol (15)
15. My Name Is Earl (18)
16. Dirty, Sexy, Money (14)
17. Back To You (16)
18. Cane (20)
19. Scrubs (19)
20. Brothers and Sisters (-)

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Sports Top Fives

Football

1. NFL
2. Patterns
3. College
4. High School
5. Arena League

Basketball

1. AAU
2. High School
3. NBA
4. College
5. International

Running

1. Road Races
2. High School
3. Olympics
4. College
5. Professional

Soccer

1. World Cup
2. High School
3. Travel
4. Champions League
5. College

Baseball

1. Little League
2. MLB
3. High School
4. College
5. International

Hockey

1. International Junior Goodwill Games
2. Street Hockey
3. High School
4. College
5. NHL

Saturday, November 10, 2007

11/10 Rankings and Performers


Performers of the Week

1. Greenzo-
30 Rock (10 total)
2. Danny McCoy-
Las Vegas (51 total)
3. Creed Bratton-
The Office (18 total)
4. Chuck Bartowski-
Chuck (7 total)
5. Tracy Jordan-
30 Rock (24 total)
6. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes (13 total)
7. Dwight Shrute- The Office (35 total)
8. Matt Seracen- Friday Night Lights (3 total)
9. Randy Hickey- My Name Is Earl (8 total)
10. Mark Sloan- Grey's Anatomy (21 total)

Power Rankings

1. Heroes (1)
2. Lost (2)
3. Las Vegas (4)
4. The Office (3)
5. 30 Rock (5)
6. 24 (7)
7. Friday Night Lights (8)
8. Grey's Anatomy (6)
9. Curb Your Enthusiasm (11)
10. Chuck (12)
11. House (10)
12. Entourage (9)
13. Journeyman (13)
14. Dirty, Sexy, Money (16)
15. American Idol (15)
16. Back To You (14)
17. Desperate Housewives (17)
18. My Name Is Earl (19)
19. Scrubs (20)
20. Cane (-)