Flight plan, Deadwood

Hope you all had a good holiday.I watched Flight plan and Deadwood last week.Flight plan stars Jodie Foster and is about a child disappearing on a plane and the question of whether or not she was actually on the plane.Jodie gives a good performance as always.She seems to like films in which she gets to kick some ass which is nice to see and also works for he as evidenced by the boxoffice of Panic Romm and now Flight plan.All in all it was an action packed movie although Panic Room was better.

Deadwood is a series I approached with caution.I normally have a knack of picking some good series to watch and I rarely go wrong.However recently I hit a wall when I attempted to watch Dead like Me which was a show on showtime.I just didn't get into the show and felt nothing for that girl.I find that if I like the main character of a series or characters it hooks me in and am able to dig in and enjoy the series.If I don't feel that connection with the main character or characters in the first episode it's curtains for that series for me.Deadwood had gotten some buzz a few years ago together with some awards so I was interested however it was a western and I haven't watched a western flick or series in years.However after getting used to the 1800 yrs theme I have come to like the occupants of Deadwood.Al who runs the GYM salon is quite a character and deserved the emmy or globe that he won.The series is graphic, funny and dramatic which makes for the ingredients of a good show.I had told myself that I would watch season one and if it sucked I wouldn't bother with season two, however I will most definitely be watching season two.

The world cup just ended and what a ride it was.Brazil shockingly didn't proceed to the finals as I expected.France after looking horrible in the early rounds woke up finally and made the finals.The final game was very enjoyable with both teams missing numorous opportunities to score leading to the useless penalty kicks which I hate as to me they are coinflips but hey you gotta crown a winner somehow.An ugly incident occured with Zidane head butting a Italian player dropping him to the grass, apparently there were some words exchanged however Z should have kept himself together not only is he the captain and has all the experience but also this was his last game for his country and it is sad to watch one of the great soccer players in the world go out like that.The Italians made all their kicks and celebrated their victory in 14yrs congrats to the AZURRI.