The Wire

I've recently finally buckled down to really start watching this show and start appreciating it. Simply put this is probably the best TV show I have ever seen and one of the most gripping and intense pieces of media that I have ever been fortunate to experience. Ruthlessly uncompromising, it creates a vivid brutal look at society and the institutions that run it.

The level of care that this show is put together is on a whole other level. The cinematography is simple but effective, the dialogue is natural and never comes off as forced or fake, the pacing is endlessly rewarding and keeps you captivated the whole time, but what really makes this show work is the acting. The acting is a sublime joy and it's so fluid that it never seems like acting, but rather like people in a documentary.

This show creates such a feeling of defeat, that no matter how hard people try there can never be any real change because of the institutions that they all work for. It certainly leaves an impression and something that makes you really think. In many ways this show is much more frightening than any horror film or thriller I have ever seen. What makes it scarier is how this isn't something that assaults us in our imaginations or dreams, it's that this truly is reality. The things portrayed on the show can easily be witnessed every day and often do occur in every major city in this country. It shows us what movies and television programs neglect to include: the reality of the situation, that the "good" guys always win, that things will get better when it really doesn't look that way. This is a stark and searing piece of storytelling that shows us the way things really are. It does so unflinchingly and without taking sides or even really making a statement. It just shows things they way they really are

Blood on the Tracks

I guess it's been awhile since I've posted anything. I really have nothing to say right now though. I have to do a lot of thinking and make some big choices. I guess I'm ready for it, after all I don't have much of a choice. It's just waiting for it to get here that's really bothering me