Allow me to draw you in with a beautiful face plagued with the fate of humanity. Simply put, Christian Bale's epic level of hotness. I just can't. I can't take it anymore.
Since I have this awful inability to actually sit down and articulate what I think in a coherent way, I always am angry with myself. But this subject is one I really would like to blog about. I mean there's tons of things I'd love to blog about, actually. How coca cola slurpees make me feel, my mouse that is currently actually a zombie, the sun and it's majestic god like powers, Jane Austen's motifs, but let me get on topic here.
Star Trek and Terminator 4, two of the season's biggest movies, will be brought up in this post because of a charming little man named Anton Yelchin.
The Czech actor is only one year older than myself, which would make him twenty. That's another thing I could blog about, math! And in one month and in two films the young actor has played a significant part (well, not just him of course!)in revitalizing two separate franchises. We all know how well J.J Abram's Star Trek did, a washed up space ship exploit turned stand-alone action flick. I knew Abrams wouldn't let me down, not with my fervent love of Lost and time travel, which also plays a part in the film. I don't think the reviews on Terminator are so consolidated yet, it's opening this weekend wasn't mind-blowing, but personally I thought it was a great film. Some critics are saying the film lacks character development, which may have some truth in it. The action scenes really did have me on the edge of my seat, covering my mouth and gasping when a ridiculously gigantic robot would appear, etc etc. Interesting that Star Trek's cast did not suffer from any lack of character development, both Chis Pine and Zachary Quinto (by the way, their bromance is adorable) were able to establish their characters in distinct ways and introduce them to a fresh, younger audience. I mean, if it weren't for this reboot, I doubt Spock would be receiving the same level of girlish attention and battered eyelashes. He looks fierce, and attractive in some freakish way I will admit. But how anyone can pull off that haircut and have girls drooling over you is over my head.
Anyway, Sam Worthington was compelling as a half man half machine, confused, yet indestructible. I thought Bale gave a solid performance as Connor, minus the Bruce Wayne voice in some parts. I don't think Bale has actually ever been in a bad film, or has ever done a less than awesome job at what he does. The whole time I was watching, I was really trying to figure out in which scene the infamous freak-out occured. And watching the film, in some really emotional scenes in which this guy is supposed to find his then-teenage father (played by Anton) and send him back in time to secure the fate of humans while trying to fight off some pretty scary machine cyborgs (another thing was the rating, I'm pretty sure WB is getting slammed for slapping this with a PG13 when it totally deserved an R) I can imagine how vunerable an actor is at times like that, and I can sort of understand why he went so insane.
Back to Anton! I loved the screen time with him and Bale, although there wasn't much. His scenes with Worthington were great as well. I just find him to be so charming, I can't really get over it! In T4, he played Kyle Reese. He had some huge shoes to fill, I think, but he nailed it. Reese is a beloved character to those who grew up with the Terminator movies and he nailed some of his mannerisms and just did a good job in general.
I could type for hours on the topic of Star Trek, never a fan of the series, but I would love to call myself a Trekkie because of this newfound love of it due to the movie. Anton's role as Chekov was absolutely spot on, (minus the physical appearance) his Russian accent was superb, he is , generally, just an actor who really really makes me happy. One of the best in his age group, for sure.
He's young and really, his career is taking off.
And I would love to sit down and have sushi with him. Please.
I'll settle for Senor Bale if it doesn't work out, he can verbally abuse me any day of the year.
Oh and for the record, I like McG's style of directing a lot more than Michael Bay's. Although he's got nothing but some Sugar Ray videos and Charlie's Angels under his belt, I think he did considerably well. Both of these men had movies which featured action, explosions, and beautiful women, but Transformers is just an awful potluck smashup of those things in the worst way possible. I just Hate, with a capital h, Michael Bay and how everyone is drooling over Transformers 2 for the summer. It makes me a sad lady.
I really should get some sleep.
Bale & Yelchin in T4! Son and...father..how..cute?
