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The Secret Life of Us (2001)
The best TV Australia has ever produced
This is the only show that every one of my friends and I can all agree on. We're all around the age of the characters, and this is the first show that we feel has reflected us back to ourselves. It has excellent writing and it never cops out or goes for the simple solution. The characters are complex and believable. The cast is uniformly brilliant, and its good to see under used Australian actors like Deborah Mailman being given the chance to turn in consistently good performances.
The premise might seem cliched (8 twenty-somethings, their lives and loves etc.), but it brings an amazing originality to that. I'll admit I was reluctant to watch it in the beginning. At first it seemed like it might be one of those shows that tries too hard and insults its audience, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I think it will be a long time before we get to see another drama of such high quality, so I hope people continue to get behind it.
Legally Blonde (2001)
Excellent work by Reese
Although some of the comedy falls flat and it can be a little corny at times, I really enjoyed this film. Reese Witherspoon is excellent as usual. She adds a depth and class to the movie it might not have had otherwise. Her character was a genuinely sweet person and she really won me over. I also enjoyed Ali Larter's performance and I wish there had been more of her. She's extremely talented but she doesn't seem to get the opportunity to demonstrate it much.
Legally Blonde is light and a little silly, but it has its heart in the right place. One of its virtues is that it challenges stereotypes and makes you think about your unfair assumptions about others.
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Over the top, fun, and a little scary
This movie's fun because it doesn't take itself seriously. And unlike many horror movies, it has some genuinely scary moments. Unfortunately, the movie loses it towards the end, which slightly detracts from the good stuff that came before it.
I loved the bitchy exchanges between Price and Evelyn. The performances are all pretty good, given that there isn't much character development (not that there really should be, in this type of movie). Taye Diggs and Ali Larter are likeable leads and they have pretty good chemistry. The house is a character in itself, and it's very creepy and effective.
One of the things that amused me about this movie is the characters' ability to use the F word in any situation. It takes a creative person to come up with, "that's enter-@#$!*&#-tainment!" or "congratu-*&^%#$&-lations".