First Post with some real content

So I thought long and hard about what my first post should be on the site. Finally i decided to just add all my choices into one. Therefore i present my favorites in the following categories:

Favorite Actor - DANIEL DAY LEWIS.

While is body of work is not extensive, according to IMDB he has acted in only 25 movies since 1971 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/ (which is low for an actor), the quality he puts into them is unmatched. I'm just going to talk about my two favorite roles of his for now.

The first is Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York. I know most people hated this movie, but I for one, loved it. Most of that love stemmed from DDL's portrayal of the old gang leader. He just totally became Bill the Butcher and watching him, you can appreciate what a skill it is to be an actor.

Secondly is his role as Daniel Plainview in There Will be Blood. Another example of DDL just totally becoming his character and giving us the viewer the opportunity to get lost in his world for the over 2 hr run time. he was in almost every scene of this movie and for some that might be overkill, but at the end of this movie you just wanted more. And I'll give credit to my co-blogger Mr. Panopticon when he says that the ending to this movie is probably one of the best of all time.

Favorite TV show - Present -LOST Past - The Wire

Don't know how to decide between these two shows as my favorite of all time, but there is no denying the similarities between the two that make them classics in their own right. When it comes down to it, both are character driven shows that try their hardest to show you as much as possible about every character on the show time permitting. 5 seasons of The Wire gave us so many characters to discover that I don't even know where to begin. I will say that Chris and Snoop were probably my favorites if i had to choose. They may differ in style in that Lost is pretty much a mystery and The Wire is more of a straight narrative, but they both give us the viewer the opportunity to take everything in and make our own decisions about things. In The Wire that decision had to do with what is really right and what is really wrong. While Lost doesn't claim to be as deep as that, there are questions that Lost asks, maybe not on the surface that are just as intriguing. Probably for me, that is best shown by Sawyer, here's a guy who at the beginning of the show helped build a raft to go home, and now that he has had time to think, he is seeing that maybe the island is a better home for him. Brings a great dynamic to the show, is the island this utopia where you don't have to worry about things like bills, and government, something that some people may be better of with. I know I'm going off on a tangent here, but let me just say if you've never watched these two shows before, then i implore you to go buy the box sets.

Favorite Movie - ????

This is a very tough one and ultimately i couldn't decide...yet

So, thats my first real substantive Post. My next one is most likely going to be a movie review, and i know you'll all be holding your breath.