I‘m never going to the movies again. Okay that’s probably not true, but the reason why I said it definitely is. Television is getting good. At this point in the game that might be a long overdue understatement, cause television has been “getting good” for a long time now. But seriously, we are in an age where there is an embarrassment of riches, in terms of quality entertainment on the old tube. And what’s best, is that there really is a large spectrum to be enjoyed. But fawning over the golden age of the mini silver screen is not why I’m here. Well not directly at least. Why I’m here is this trailer:
Have you seen it? If not watch it. Okay now that you’ve seen it, who the fuck does Matthew McConaughey think he is. Doesn’t he know he’s just a pretty boy actor who’s supposed to do terrible chick flick movies like How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days (tell him you want to break up, that’s how) or Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (honestly the first 42 minutes of this movie are legitimately hilarious. And even funnier if you watch it with an over the top faux-feminist who gets appalled at the obviously absurd jokes based around poor gentlemenliness and being a player, but I also just realized, are we supposed to assume all his ex girlfriends are dead? That completely changes the tone of that movie for me). Yet McConaughey is seemingly determined to show everyone they were wrong. As viewers we really only get a small portion of an actor’s story. For all we know McConaughey did all those terrible roles because his good looks prevented him from getting casted in anything else, which I’m beginning to think is the case. I’m not certain McConaughey deserves an Oscar for any of his individual performances in recent year (he should at least be considered for some of them), but if Hollywood had some form of collective performances award over a span of 3 years, I think McConaughey would be shoe in for the 2011-2013 season. His biggest road block for getting an Oscar recently I think is the fact that he did so many movies you’d have to consider as Oscar-worthy. It’s like a delayed onset “Leonardo DiCaprio” syndrome. You do so much good shit that the academy assumes they’ll just be able to give you an award eventually. If McConaughey was a sports star, he’d John Elway, that’s all I’m saying.
With all that being said, and whether you agree with my views or not, this show looks good. And I haven’t even began to talk about Woody Harrelson, although I don’t think I need to. We all know how good of an actor he is by now, right? Well he’s in this too. what really draws me on this one and what makes television shows such a viable art form now, is that it’s no longer the lesser of two boxes. It used to be, if you saw a high profile actor on a television show it meant he or she was in need of a paycheck. Now the world has shifted to a point where two great actors obviously not in need of a paycheck can just show up in your living room and put on big screen performances we’re not used to getting for our monthly cable bill, and it’s to be expected. This is undoubtedly a good thing. I don’t think the movie industry has anything to fear. I think if anything this will help to culture the average viewer making more room for smarter than they should be Hollywood hits like Magic Mike. So while television spends a little more on talent, as is the case with a show like this, or a little more on production, with shows like Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead, Hollywood is realizing they don’t need everything to be dumbed down for the small screen audience and we’re seeing a bit more artistic freedom in general from both sides because of it. So unless you hate high quality, intellectual properties, this is a great time to be watching either screen. And with Breaking Bad ending soon, I’m glad to see there’s some good shows on the horizon like True Detective. To put it simply, and to quote a friend of mine with not as high opinions of these two actors, “I don’t really like either of these guys, but this show looks effing good.”
About Matt Cargile
Matt Cargile is the Editor in Chief of rookerville.com. He also works in finance, but refuses to read any news printed on pink paper. He is a child at heart with adult means. His childhood dream was to either become a magician or the leader of the next great empire and somehow both these things make complete sense. He's contradictory in nature, but is always consistent.
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