More Than Just a Teen Soap

A lot of my favorite things change. My favorite movie, my favorite song and my favorite outfit all have a way of becoming something different in a matter of weeks, sometimes even days. But one thing that has not changed is my favorite television show, One Tree Hill. Currently in its fifth season, One Tree Hill (OTH) has remained my number one since the very first episode of season one. The show is basically about two half brothers, Nathan and Lucas Scott. They share two things in common, their father and their love for basketball. During the first season, the two hated each other. Lucas is the abandoned son of Dan Scott. His mother, Karen, got pregnant at the end of her senior year of high school. Dan went off to college to play basketball and met Deb. Deb got pregnant soon after the first semester and had Nathan. Dan married Deb and moved back to their hometown of Tree Hill, North Carolina, where they all grew up. Lucas’s best friend is Haley who begins to tutor Nathan and falls hard for him. They wind up getting married in season one and having a baby in season four. Nathan’s girlfriend was Peyton, the best friend of Brooke. There was always a love triangle between Lucas, Peyton and Brooke. But when last season wrapped, Peyton was with him. There is a lot more to the plot line and believe me I could go on and on for pages about this show. I guess I will fill in a lot of the details as I go along.
This season, the writers decided to skip ahead four years. The season four finale left the Tree Hill gang as they graduated from high school. This season, a lot of the questions from season four will be answered in flashbacks of events that occurred over the time gap. The writers did not want this season to be freshman year of college for a number of reasons. Many of these teen soaps do that and are not as successful as they were. The OTH writers did a risky thing by doing something never attempted at by any other show. In my opinion, this show works no matter what you throw at it. This week was its sixth episode and I think it is amazing so far, just like every season has been. Every week I will keep you updated on what is going on with the OTH crew. After one episode you are completely hooked so check it out. New episodes air Tuesdays at 9pm on the CW.

27 Dresses Fits

Let me start by saying I love Katherine Heigl. When I saw Grey's Anatomy she became my favorite actress. James Marsden, who by the way I think is one of the best actors in Hollywood right now, starred in 27 Dresses along with Heigl. Marsden can do every movie role possible. If you think he can't I can prove you wrong. He was in X-Men as Scott a.k.a. Cyclops, The Notebook, Sugar and Spice, Superman Returns, Enchanted, Hairspray, and the list keeps on going. I love them both so imagine how bad I wanted to see 27 Dresses.
I saw it last weekend. My friends and I got there a few minutes late and the theater was as packed as I have ever seen it. So, we walk in and there are literally no seats left. Then we see four in the second row. Even though my neck hurt, it was an awesome movie.
It was about this girl Jane (Heigl), who was in 26 weddings as a bridesmaid, falls for her boss but he doesn’t even know it. He fell for her sister Tess. Kevin, who is Marsden’s name in the film, plays a writer who works for the most popular newspaper. He winds up doing a story about Tess and Jane’s boss but is secretly working on a story about Jane. After the story about Jane blows up in the papers, she cuts Kevin out of her life. Finally, she lets him back in. I don’t want to spoil the ending for anyone who wants to see it but I bet you can figure out what happens. All in all, 27 Dresses fits!