Drop Dead Diva

If you haven't checked out this beauty of a show, get on it! Perhaps the idea of the show isn't completely original (there is some reminder of the Chris Rock movie, "Down to Earth"), but it is mighty refreshing considering all of the other law shows out there.

Jane is an outstanding lawyer that does ample amounts of pro bono work and volunteering. Deb is a shallow want-to-be Price Is Right girl. They both die at the same time and wa-bam! Deb is put back into Jane's body. Along with Jane's full figure, Deb inherits her wit and law knowledge. Stacy is Deb's model (trying to be actress) friend that creates humor where needed! She is probably the best part of this show!

I can't help but mention that this is becoming my roommate's and my own guilty pleasure. We savor Stacy's remarks on how to be more beautiful. As she says, the four steps are diet, exercise, pluck, polish. Besides hanging on to every clever saying that these fab ladies have to offer, we can to watch a newly empowered woman to realize that life isn't merely about good looks, but that every woman has something to offer. Deb/Jane provides viewers with the ability to look at themselves and realize that perhaps all we need is a really great mind and we can totally own Manhattan. Okay, well maybe that's not all we need. But we do get to glimpse into the life of someone who may not at first seem to live a glamorous life. Her life is glamorous but in a completely different way than the way the world says that glamor is. She is full of a giving spirit and putting others first. This is why she is fab.

Tonight's episode was especially great because we get to see some of Stacy's flaws. At first, she is afraid to go to an audition because she's not sure if she can make the transition from model to actress. So, she gets an opportunity to try out her acting skills! Whoop! And there she helps to provide evidence to Jane/Deb's case and totally rock the show.

Bummer. Grayson, Deb's former boyfriend, starts a new relationship with a woman at the firm named Kim. Of course, we're not great fans of Kim. She's often conniving and wants for Jane to fail. Boo. This episode should create some great new drama that I'm sure the writers are thoroughly enjoying. Who wouldn't want to see how human kind changes just weeks after the death of a beautiful girlfriend? Anyways, Grayson is making new leaps and bounds at the firm and is growing in his position as a lawyer.

That about wraps it up. The roommate and myself really enjoy this show. It's funny and refreshing!
New episodes are on Sundays at 9/8c on Lifetime Network.
Check. It. Out

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The Ugly Truth

Let's be honest. The ugly truth is that this movie is just not that great. I don't think we will even be seeing a great soundtrack emerge from this movie.

The high points:
Gerard Butler is still good looking :) But we all know this. He's played the manly King Leonidas in 300 (even men can respect him in this role) and the dapper, entrancing Phantom of The Phantom of the Opera. We don't see a lapse in his acting ability here. It's just that... really? Are men really like this? Seriously? Sure, some men are shallow (dare we call them men?) but not every man stoops to such low morals. I know some pretty great men (shout out to the older brother!).

Katherine Heigl has a great stylist working for her in this movie. I loved some of those dresses (um, yes please). Her hair looked silly sometimes with those removable weaves. Also, I noticed some wardrobe malfunctions while she was at the bar with Gerard mid-movie.

The Orthopedic surgeon that Katherine dates in the movie has a symmetrical face and good bone structure.

The low points:

Perhaps we're clued in that this is a raunchy comedy. Well, it is just that. Really. No more, no less. I don't know, it just wasn't that funny.

Be prepared to experience just about every sexual innuendo. None of them are done in a classy way. Nope. It's just out there. Whatever. I suppose that's what you're paying for.


SPOILER from here on out.



The ending was predictable.

Was it really enough for Katherine to end up with Gerard? His character was never dynamic. We never really got to see him grow and change. I'm sorry, but using the last 15 minutes to constitute a dramatic life change neither does anyone justice nor change the audiences opinion of this shallow man. I'm still disappointed. If you asked me, they should have had her end up with the cute doctor and show that maybe men weren't so vapid. Basically, the resolve was that men are still jerks, but, oh! in just one day a boy can become a man and all of his past that has led him to be a jerk can instantly be swept away and forgotten. I'm not as old as Gerard, but, I'm pretty sure it doesn't work like that. Nah, I know it doesn't work like that.

The cinematography was beautiful. Really, it looks like you're there. Also, the colors were spot on, clear and crisp (as if this is a problem these days).

Overall, I give this movie a C rating (which I think is generous). I have no suggestions though. What were we supposed to see, Orphan? Haha. No. But, I'll still review it for you. And I don't forsee too many college age students venturing on tween turf to see G-Force. :/


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Starting Out

Sure, at this point I'm supposed to be studying for my history test tomorrow, but I am ridiculously excited to start writing this blog.

My purpose: Reveal my thoughts to new movies/television shows.

Sure, sometimes my thoughts won't just be on new movies, but perhaps new movies to me.

Let's face it, my roommates and family often tell me I should be the person reviewing all of these forms of entertainment, so let's get to it!!!

Today, I ventured to watch some episodes of L.A. Ink. Um, hello, I like this show a lot. It has been decided. These people can often be ridiculous and I would absolutely never get a tattoo, but I surely enjoy listening to people's stories, and let's face it, those people are artists. No doubt. So, it's interesting because the store manager that no one likes is still there. Everyone complains about her (of course, no one is making life easier for her or even trying) and yet she is still employed. They should own up and just fire her. Hello. Also, really, aren't they just using her to get mad at so that they don't get mad at each other? I don't know, I think so. Kat did a really neat photo shoot where she had her tats covered up. Um, wow. That's why you don't full body tat yourself. It must have taken a very long time to cover her with that make up stuff. Anyways, I thought it to be very interesting and a look at for those who tat themselves like no tomorrow.

Whatevs. Interesting stuff.

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