Tagged : Aaron Eckhart

in Life of Giang

Hrm!

We humans are an iniquitous bunch, aren’t we? Hrm. Just a thought.

The other day I was talking on the phone with a student named Dana Andrews, and I said, “Oh! You know, like the actor?” and he responded with, “Well, I ought to. He was my uncle.” Which made me gush and smile for awhile. Which is weird, isn’t it? I mean, it’s his nephew, not the man himself (which would be weirder, since he is deceased). I am the gushy type. Which is why, for the most part, when I see a famous person, I try not to say anything to them, since I would just make an ass out of myself gushing. I have never run across anyone who would make me break this rule, but I suspect if I saw Aaron or Patrick I might just break that camel’s back, you know? Yummy.

Okay, enough random babbling for the morning. To work, to work!

in Movies, Music

Batman!

Batman has ousted Wall-E as my favorite movie of the year. I went in thinking I could have waited until it came out on DVD to watch, but it did impress me. The first movie is all about hot-ass (oh, forgive me, but he so is) Christian Bale turning into Batman, kicking ass, etc.: typical superhero fare. This second movie was different: fearless in execution, with a surprising depth to it. The cast was superb. Christian Bale was hot, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine were nice and steady, Gary Oldman (whom I love) is a great supporter, Maggie Gyllenhaal was so much better than Katie Holmes it made me want to cry, Heath was great as the Joker, and Aaron Eckhart (who is runner up to Patrick in the title of Hotty McHotterson) – well, my cup just runneth over.

…the only thing that consistently bothered me was how Batman – who has a Knight Rider car, and access to cutting edge technology and can pretty much take over the world from his cave – can only disguise his voice by dropping it like nine octaves and talking like he just broke a bottle in his neck. And like any red-blooded woman on the face of this planet wouldn’t recognize those uber-pouty lips of Christian Bale’s/Bruce Wayne’s underneath that black mask. Please.

Yeah, but other than that, it was good. Go see! Go see!