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firthgalI shouldn't turn to the Encore channels, ever. I always end up watching obscure films that I've tried to forget about. Tonight? The Fan. Ooooooh, Robert Fucking DeNiro, how I adore you. The fact that I will sit through that atrocity for about the 25th time says it all, really. Well, this time I only sat through the second half, which, honestly, is when the movie starts getting interesting. As in, that's when DeNiro starts killing everybody instead of just freaking them out. Do you know what the movie's biggest fault is? Besides the dialog, I mean. It's the soundtrack. Horrid. A song that says "I want to fuck you, I want to penetrate you" while DeNiro is preying on Benicio Del Toro in the shower totally sends the wrong message. Just... no. And then a different song with the same general message plays as he tries on Wesley Snipes' clothes, and when he calls him on the phone, and when he kills Coop. So so so wrong. Now, I've said this before, but I'll say it again. DeNiro's performance in that film is AMAZING. He freaks me the fuck out. I believe he gave me nightmares the first time I saw it, and I'm freaking in love with the man. But, he just plays insane so realistically. You can tell something's off about him, but it's not on the surface, and as the film goes on it slowly builds up until he just completely loses himself in his obsession. And through it all, you somehow sympathize with him, even though he's crazy and he's done all these horrible things, and you think he couldn't possibly be redeemed, and then in the end, there's this little flash in his eyes, this little moment of recognition where you see the old him and he realizes all that he's done and he's trying to find an answer to Rayburn's question, and then the light flashes out again and he walks to the pitcher's mound to show him his best pitch (with a knife), and he just wanted to matter. That's all. He wanted to matter. And then he very dramatically gets shot up and of course it's in slow-mo and it's a little ridiculous, but I'm still all teary-eyed nonetheless, especially when the very last words he utters are, "A simple thank you would have been nice," and of course this applies to his entire life of being under-appreciated and feeling worthless. He just wanted to matter. :'( Damn, DeNiro kills me. I forgot how much I loved that man. And, I'm not joking when I say that I've seen this film about 25 times. I have it on VHS and used to play it quite a bit despite the fact that the movie is atrocious. That's how awesome DeNiro is. I can't help but look at Gil Renard as the character that Travis Bickle probably became when he got older. You know, if the script for The Fan hadn't been so terrible.
Anyway, House. Completely sucked ass until about the last 3 minutes. I haven't been that bored by a TV show in a LONG time. I really miss season 1 House. I wish I had been into House during season 1 so that I could have savored it. And, the only Cameron scene where she had interaction with House was cut off by my stupid FOX station that can't figure out how to do the commercials. But the Cameron/Wilson scene was wonderful. &hearts And the House/Wilson scenes were pretty good, but again, it didn't really interest me until they got to the meat. Fact: I've begun to ship 13/Taub. It was pretty inevitable really since Cameron/Foreman was my #2 ship, and 13 and Taub are basically Cameron and Foreman. Only, I have no inklings whatsoever to ship House/13, so I have no conflicting ship urges there. YAY! I know most people ship 13/Kutner, but... I dare to be different, I guess. Anyway, my heart just isn't in House/Cameron anymore, so 13/Taub is probably where my heart will drift. And House/Wilson. But, if the show continues to be this boring, I'll probably drop it.
In other news, MY LIFE DVDs FINALLY ARRIVED!!!! Sadly, the extras are extremely lame. I was warned, but I thought, "Well, they can't be that bad, right?" Wrong. So lame. And my excitement was completely gone because they took so long to get here. The only extra that gave me any joy was the deleted scene where Dani touched Charlie's thigh. Yes, I'm shallow (and was living vicariously through Dani). I should just not buy TV DVD sets that aren't The Office, because The Office is the only show that delivers with the bonus features. At least 8 minutes of deleted scenes for every single episode (sometimes 15 minutes), hilarious commentary for at least half the episodes, a 30 minute blooper reel, and a bunch of other stuff. Every show should strive to do that. Instead, most shows give us nothing and charge us $40. So, at least Life tried to give us something, but ugh. Oh, and the bit where Damian was playing a song on his teeth and he looks up and says, "That was for you, Steve." Was he talking about that Steve McQueen fellow?
In conclusion, DeNiro rules, House sucked, Life extras suck, Damian is pretty.
Anyway, House. Completely sucked ass until about the last 3 minutes. I haven't been that bored by a TV show in a LONG time. I really miss season 1 House. I wish I had been into House during season 1 so that I could have savored it. And, the only Cameron scene where she had interaction with House was cut off by my stupid FOX station that can't figure out how to do the commercials. But the Cameron/Wilson scene was wonderful. &hearts And the House/Wilson scenes were pretty good, but again, it didn't really interest me until they got to the meat. Fact: I've begun to ship 13/Taub. It was pretty inevitable really since Cameron/Foreman was my #2 ship, and 13 and Taub are basically Cameron and Foreman. Only, I have no inklings whatsoever to ship House/13, so I have no conflicting ship urges there. YAY! I know most people ship 13/Kutner, but... I dare to be different, I guess. Anyway, my heart just isn't in House/Cameron anymore, so 13/Taub is probably where my heart will drift. And House/Wilson. But, if the show continues to be this boring, I'll probably drop it.
In other news, MY LIFE DVDs FINALLY ARRIVED!!!! Sadly, the extras are extremely lame. I was warned, but I thought, "Well, they can't be that bad, right?" Wrong. So lame. And my excitement was completely gone because they took so long to get here. The only extra that gave me any joy was the deleted scene where Dani touched Charlie's thigh. Yes, I'm shallow (and was living vicariously through Dani). I should just not buy TV DVD sets that aren't The Office, because The Office is the only show that delivers with the bonus features. At least 8 minutes of deleted scenes for every single episode (sometimes 15 minutes), hilarious commentary for at least half the episodes, a 30 minute blooper reel, and a bunch of other stuff. Every show should strive to do that. Instead, most shows give us nothing and charge us $40. So, at least Life tried to give us something, but ugh. Oh, and the bit where Damian was playing a song on his teeth and he looks up and says, "That was for you, Steve." Was he talking about that Steve McQueen fellow?
In conclusion, DeNiro rules, House sucked, Life extras suck, Damian is pretty.
