GLEE - R.I.P FINN HUDSON THE QUARTERBACK

FINN HUDSON - THE QUARTERBACK

We all heard about  the death of Cory Monteith the actor who plays Finn Hudson in one of our favorite shows GLEE. And as the death passed, we all knew that Glee would do a tribute episode to Finn in the new season. Please note this has spoilers if you have not watched the episode - do so before continuing on with the post!

The show opens on Kurt giving us a voice over - depicting the happenings the last three weeks. The funeral has happened and now everyone was heading back to Lima, Ohio for a special tribute Mr Schuester has planned for Finn. One thing that stood out during the first couple of minutes was what Kurt said - "everyone wants to know how he died, but who cares?", which is powerful in itself. Everyone dotes on the fact that the actor died from drugs - but that is irrespective! We should be mourning the fact that such a great talent and person has been taken from this earth at such a young age!!

The song selection was moving, and loved the fact that so many of the old characters came back to pay tribute. But there were definitely some people missing - where was Quinn, Lauren and Brittany! I kept on thinking how could they possibly miss this! And Rachel was missing for most of the episode and I was like where's Rachel and then she shows up for the last song in the last five minutes! Wow! 

Jane Lynch and Naya Rivera were amaze-balls in this episode! There were Santana takes on Sue because of her wanting to take down the memorial was long overdue! And in the second confrontation were Sue breaks down and talks about her feelings with Santana, was a definite break through for the character and definitely made me like her even that much more!!

I was moved by the episode, two scenes had me wiping away tears. There where Finn's mother Carole broke down in Finn's room while sorting his things - wow! That was a moving scene and I was totally feeling her pain which was unreal! The second scene was after Santana sang her song to the club, broke down, cried and ran out. There where Kurt found her in the auditorium and she read him her tribute to Finn, showing us her soft side had me balling!!!

OK, now for some not so good things! Firstly Puck - his acting was terrible, we all know he's sad and might not be at the top of his acting career, but damn, you could see from space that whatever he did was put on for show! Secondly, Rachel only sang one song and it wasn't even that amazing of a song! Thirdly, Kurt did not sing a song - what the hell!! And Tina was just irritating in this episode - complaining about wearing too much black, who does that?!!

I would have ended the episode with Kurt and Rachel in the front singing their harts out to Finn, with the rest of the guys sitting around like in the first season finale, when they were singing about the Glee club ending. Yes it was nice to see that Mr. Schuester eventually cried about Finn, but that was not the way to end the tribute episode.

My heart goes out to everyone who was close to him, especially Lea and we all hope that everyone can bounce back from this devastating loss!! 

Good episode but could have been better 7/10

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

Right off the bat this movie kicks off strong - that is even before watching it. With an ensemble cast of Butler, Eckhart and Freeman you know it can only be good. 

The action sequences were not over done, the acting was strong and there's just a whole mess of violence going on. This in one of those movies you can watch over and over again without getting tired of it. 

Dylan McDermott as the redeemable bad guy was kind of obvious -but never the less you still hate him when he turns. His acting is kind of on the same par as always with no new exceptions. And we all feel his remorse when he aid Butlers character and we flinch when he dies - definitely a solid performance

The tragedy at the beginning of the movie is expected - creating the sub-context we all have come to expect from these kinds of movies. But it's not really on the sad level as we don't really see any of the characters grieve, so we just accept it as a plot twist to create the backstory 

The plot of the movie is this - Mike Banning a former Secret Service Agent returns to the White House after it has been infiltrated by an army of terrorist, to rescue the president from the hands of the bad guys. He has to battle the terrorists on the inside as well as the politics coming from the outside all the while trying to stay alive. Simple concept with a whole lot of fun.

For all the haters of this movie out there - go suck a plum! If you didn't like this movie you have no sense. It embodies all there is in action movies and brings it to life in a burst of violence and CGI enabled carnage! This is an action movie for goodness sakes not a Emmy nominated chick flick - watch and enjoy!

I really enjoyed the whole idea and the genius that went into the creation of this movie - the aircraft attacking the White House first then the army of troops taking out the Secret Service and taking control of the White House. It almost felt like Air Force One - except it was the White House and the president didn't take out the bad guys. The whole movie felt so real. Where the Secretary of Defense was beaten to get her code - it was as if I felt her pain and cheered her on in her quest to defy the terrorist.

Gerard Butler was superb in his role as Mike Banning - it almost felt like I was Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard movie. The fight sequences were not over done and the movie ended on a high note. 

Just want to add - would kind of have sucked to be a Secret Service Agent in this movie - they kind of get their asses handed to them right from the beginning!

Awesome movie 8/10

Getting to the BONES

THE BLOOD IN THE BONES

Over the last 8 seasons we have all grow to love all the wonderful characters on the amazing hit show Bones. Special Agent Seeley Booth, Forensic Anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan, Coroner Dr Camille Saroyan, Artist Angela Montenegro, Entomologist Dr Jack Hodgins and FBI psychologist Dr Lance Sweets are all characters that we have embraced and love!

With the overall cast and the supplement cast with the squinterns appearing every week create a feeling that the show is constantly moving forward and does not stagnate on the old. I have noticed the plaque that was put up in the lab in honor of the lost squintern. At the moment I have finished every episode that has aired and cannot wait for the next installment. I have to mention my favorite episode of season 8 would have to be the Patriot in The Pod and the episode with the comedian being murdered. The Comedic styling of the squintern Fischer was brilliant and just what was needed to create that light-hearted environment that works for this show because it tries to draw one away from the gruesomeness of the murder victims and plays more on the awesomeness of the characters that have been built over the last 8 years.

From season 1 to 6 we can feel the sexual tension between Booth and Brennan, and we all sighed a sigh of relief once they found each other, only after crying because what brought them together was the death of a beloved character, Mr Vincent Nigel-Murray. But even though his death was sad, that episode also meant the beginning of a new life, that of Christine Angela Brennan - Booth. 

We all gasped when Booth was blown up, shot, stabbed or when Brennan was kidnapped or when anything else happened - because this show is just that good. We wept when Nigel was murdered, laughed at Booth in the tub with his Comic books and concentrated just as hard as any squint trying to solve the murder every week.

My favorite character was Zack Addy, maybe because he reminds me so much of Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory and the parallels that are draw between brilliant men becoming serial killers etc. I have to admit I have a new favorite - Dr Lance Sweets, his dry humor gets me every time! Also I just have to state this - Booth reminds me so much of Tony DiNozzo from NCIS, that cool demeanor and the attitude he has is making him fast become a overall favorite.

I for one cannot wait to see what comes next for this amazing show!!!! 8/10