Limbo

This site has gone in a limbo recently. Uh, i hate myself. For not keeping up with a commitment to update this site once in a week, at the very least. I'm still watching films, that was certain. And i just finished two books recently, The Children of Hurin from Christopher Tolkien, and Next from Michael Crichton. Both of which, unfortunately, doesn't live up to my expectations. Alas, i couldn't find anything to write about, or enough materials compiled from my tiny specks of gray matters that could well fit into an article that publish-able.

Well, it's a pressure on jobs, and a high-pursuit of dreams i'm in right now, which made me had to prioritized things. Anyway, i'm going to write something light in this post. It's about my favorite things. Yeah, if you'd think that it would be corny and waste of time, click away, because it is going to be corny. Anyway, you've been warned.

Favorite actresses:
Rachel McAdams - I first laid eyes on her on that stupid waste-of-time comedy (as was ANY comedy that billed Rob Schneider as its lead role. Sorry, The Animal fans, it's true), The Hot Chick. Her sheer resemblance with an Alias star, Jennifer Garner, immediately captured my attention at the time. And though she appears briefly at the film, she quickly become a sight for sore eyes and longing for more. A couple of years later, she appears in a film, one of very few film features Lindsay Lohan that at least NOT below average, Mean Girls. And again, she was a sight for sore eyes. But of course, an actress with an outward beauty was often offered only roles that show off her outward qualities. Take Jessica Alba for an instance, who wouldn't fall for her? Well, at least i fell head over heel with that coppery skin, slim and tight waist, and downcast eyes of her that could melt any guy's knees. Mine, at least. Rachel McAdams however, was on a right track to prove that she was a versatile actress. After Mean Girls, she appears in a drama, The Notebook, and another comedy, Wedding Crashes, and finally, a thriller, Red Eye, which contrary to popular beliefs, i held as one of better thriller that i could watch for the second time without wincing (with Cillian Murphy, my another favorite actor). She's still has a lot to prove, but i'm more than willing to wait to find out.

Another names that become my favorites over the years, Cate Blanchett, and Kate Winslet, whose films i'm always eager to watch despite the buzzes, or the absence of it, that circles around the film. Nicole Kidman was another, but it's been four years since Dogville the last time i saw her stellar performance. She was too prolific.

My guiltiest pleasure lays on Anna Faris an actress really closely associated with Scary Movie franchise, and a perfect, a really perfect living proof of a stereotyped 'stupid-blonde'. I couldn't see her in a serious role, nor i would like to. Another guilty pleasure of mine was Julia Stiles. But unlike Anna, whose my pleasure lay on her stupid looks, Julia had more capability in acting department and her portfolio shows exactly just that. She was 18 in Wicked when she fall in love with her own father, and grows that love into obsession, a maniacal suicidal obsession. It's a fun B-movie to watch, and it was actually enjoyable. She was again, appears in Bourne trilogy which final instalment due this August.

I was planned to wrote another about male actors. But, if it took me a good portion of my day to write about girls, it's therefore in my very best interest to not to write about men, well, at least for the time being.