Soul Taker

(Natalie’s mom calls to her from upstairs while Natalie says goodbye to that John Stamos-y guy.)
Mike: He’s making violent love to me, mother!

Once again, It’s a Wonderful Life. George is visiting Mary after his brother got married. He’s being pissy and they get into a fight, and Mary’s mother is pissy too and asks her what he’s doing down there. Why doesn’t she like him? She wants Mary to…um marry Sam Wainwright who is rich. Why is everybody pissed off in this movie? I don’t know. Everyone seems to have a chip on their shoulder, especially in Pottersville. What? You mean that’s The Point? Oh, okay.


(some nurses run into a patient’s room as she codes)
Crow: George Clooney’s taking his shirt off!

Um…although George Clooney started off as a TV star (playing Dr. Doug Ross on “ER”, which Crow is referencing here, by the by), he’s now a big movie star, and that’s why I’m going to write about him now (it’s not because I like him a lot. Nope. Not the reason). So, the movies Clooney made after becoming a star started out as crappy (Batman and Robin, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Peacemaker) then progressed to average (One Fine Day, The Thin Red Line). During his last season on the show and afterwards, his movies have gotten a hell of a lot better with Out of Sight (directed by Steven Soderbergh, who would go on to win a Best Director Oscar for Traffic), Three Kings, The Perfect Storm, Ocean's 11 and O Brother Where Art Thou? And now his movies are just awesome; he's won his Oscar for Syriana and has been nominated again for Michael Clayton, and has directed a great, Oscar-nominated film (Good Night and Good Luck). I like to think back on the days when people thought he was nothing more than a TV actor, and would never match the success of his days on "ER". I always had faith in you, George.