...My take on Hollywood....

Yesterday started off the same as any other day.

I worked out with Lisa and Sam, and then played a long round of Rockband.

I love that game.

At night, Mikee had invited me to go and have sushi with him, which is what we did. We went to a Thai place called, The King and I.

We had sushi and sweet and sour chicken. I love sushi. I hate fish, but I love sushi. What is wrong with me?

After, we met up with the gang and watched Hellboy 2. Now, the movie itself was funny. I enjoyed it more than the first... but Selma Blair's acting was... somewhere along the lines of Jessica Alba's acting mixed in with a bit of Hilary Duff's acting. That... is sad. I found myself cringing every time she spoke. Don't get me wrong, she had the whole pout faced, hard ass look down pat, but the lack of emotion she used when speaking her lines was just atrociously noticeable.

However, she was a must for the sequel simply because they had placed her in the first film.

Hollywood... is such crap. They recruit actors for movies based solely on their looks. Let's bring up Jessica Alba once again. She wants to take herself seriously but really........ she can't act. How does she expect to be in a huge blockbuster flick when director's only want her for certain roles because she's physically attractive. It sucks for her because she'll only ever be just a pretty face, and it sucks for the people who actually care about the acting skills of the actors they are watching in certain films. We have to suffer through emotionless lines and the zero personality she brings to the characters she portrays.

Now, I'm not only picking on Jessica Alba. There are plenty of actors out there who are picked for roles solely on what they look like. Orlando Bloom for one, Carmen Electra (shudder), Vin Diesel (where the attraction lies is beyond me), Camilla Belle (gorgeous but horrible at acting)... and others I am too lazy to mention.

As a movie buff, I adore watching movies that have an amazing cast, and excellent script, and an incredible storyline... but nowadays, it seems as if directors are just lowering their standards by hiring some super gorgeous actor for their movies just so that they can get more people to watch their films.

What ever happened to the art of movie making? As the audience, we're not only just watching a movie, but we're being captured by the story telling. Hence the reason why skilled actors are needed for certain roles. You want to feel the characters and cry, laugh, and get angry with them. I don't know about you, but that's why I watch movies.

Take "Steel Magnolia's" for example. I love this film. One of the reasons why it became such a hit is because of the cast. Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, and Dolly Parton (she was amazing in this flick), all made the movie memorable with their chemistry and believable acting.

Then you have Sally Field, doing this:

and you realize how not only the cast was amazing, but how the story telling just picked at your heart and in less than two minutes, made you feel pity for Sally Field's character after the loss of her daughter Shelby (Julia Roberts), and then flipped the mood around and made everything lighthearted again.

That is what true movie making is. People in Hollywood just tend to forget that.