8.25.2009
We've moved!
If anyone happens to stumble upon this very dead space, I've moved by blogging elsewhere: sgperrault.tumblr.com. I prefer the format over there. It's more of a multimedia blogging site and I don't necessarily have to write anything/very much at all, though I will on occasion. This will just be easier to keep up.
3.23.2009
Two Typecast Actors
There are two actors in Hollywood today that I believe to be very versatile individuals who seem to keep accepting roles in only one genre of film. One of them garners more general respect than the other.
The former would be Johnny Depp. Depp has been nominated for three Oscars over the course of his career, even if his fan base is mainly creepy 40-year-old women. In 2008, Johnny Depp signed on to perform in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Though I do not doubt his ability to capture the essence of The Mad Hatter, it seems like ages since Depp has starred in a film not directed by Tim Burton or involving pirates. We get it, Johnny. You can create intriguing and bizarre characters and act them flawlessly. Yet, I still long for the Johnny Depp of old. His subtler (yet still slightly weird) work in Benny & Joon and What's Eating Gilbert Grape? was just as excellent. I'm not asking for him to cut off his dear friends Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter off entirely, but simply requesting a little bit of variety.
The actor that is generally considered less talented that I would like to mention is Shia Labeouf. As the bizarre Disney Channel nerd that I am, I grew up watching Shia's performance on Even Stevens. Unlike many of his peers on the mouse channel, Shia seemed to exhibit true acting chops and uncanny comedic timing for someone of his age. I only really began to believe in LaBeouf as an actor after his role in the Disney Channel movie Tru Confessions in which he flawlessly played a mentally handicapped teenager, a heavy role for a 15-year-old. Soon thereafter, Shia faded out of the spotlight and essentially acted in a series of B-movies. Until, he came back onto the Hollywood scene with Transformers. His biggest roles have been in films such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Disturbia, and Eagle Eye-- all dry action hero roles. This confused me coming from an actor who had thrived at both comedy and drama only a few years before. So please, someone take note of this young talent and grab hold of it.
And that is my plea.
The former would be Johnny Depp. Depp has been nominated for three Oscars over the course of his career, even if his fan base is mainly creepy 40-year-old women. In 2008, Johnny Depp signed on to perform in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Though I do not doubt his ability to capture the essence of The Mad Hatter, it seems like ages since Depp has starred in a film not directed by Tim Burton or involving pirates. We get it, Johnny. You can create intriguing and bizarre characters and act them flawlessly. Yet, I still long for the Johnny Depp of old. His subtler (yet still slightly weird) work in Benny & Joon and What's Eating Gilbert Grape? was just as excellent. I'm not asking for him to cut off his dear friends Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter off entirely, but simply requesting a little bit of variety.
The actor that is generally considered less talented that I would like to mention is Shia Labeouf. As the bizarre Disney Channel nerd that I am, I grew up watching Shia's performance on Even Stevens. Unlike many of his peers on the mouse channel, Shia seemed to exhibit true acting chops and uncanny comedic timing for someone of his age. I only really began to believe in LaBeouf as an actor after his role in the Disney Channel movie Tru Confessions in which he flawlessly played a mentally handicapped teenager, a heavy role for a 15-year-old. Soon thereafter, Shia faded out of the spotlight and essentially acted in a series of B-movies. Until, he came back onto the Hollywood scene with Transformers. His biggest roles have been in films such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Disturbia, and Eagle Eye-- all dry action hero roles. This confused me coming from an actor who had thrived at both comedy and drama only a few years before. So please, someone take note of this young talent and grab hold of it.
And that is my plea.
3.06.2009
Heartbeats by the Knife
I'm breaking radio silence here to dedicate this post to my current favorite song.
I feel like this song has changed my life, but I'm not far enough away from that point yet to tell you how.
P.S.
Sorry for the cruddy youtube quality.
I feel like this song has changed my life, but I'm not far enough away from that point yet to tell you how.
P.S.
Sorry for the cruddy youtube quality.
2.13.2009
Dead Blog
This blog needs an angle, man. Music? Film? Culture? All of the above? We shall see, but for now, if you happen upon this blog, don't expect anything new here for awhile.
1.07.2009
Hats Off to Gatorade
When I think about the "sports" beverage Gatorade, those old commercials of Mia Hamm and Michael Jordan sweating colored beads of perspiration are what immediately come to mind. They probably have a lot to do with the success of the drink. But how has a beverage specifically marketed to one group of people remained successful so long? Because Gatorade has fooled people with one of the most simple marketing schemes I have ever seen.
Gatorade releases a new line of drinks as often as a fashion designer. Of course we have our standard line of traditional Gatorade flavors (Cherry, Orange, Lemon-Lime, etc.) that don't taste very different from one another to begin with, but somehow Gatorade has convinced the masses that they should try out the vastly different lines of Gatorade Ice, Gatorade Frost, Gatorade Tiger, Gatorade Rain, Gatorade Fierce, Gatorade AM, and G2. Their current line of beverages (www.gatorade.com) seems to be an attempt to challenge the recent popularity of Vitamin Water. Likewise, Gatorade released Propel when flavored water became a fad.
How Gatorade convinced millions of buyers that there can somehow be hundreds of truly different varieties of sugar water is beyond me, but congratulations on your use of capitalism, guys.
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