300: Rise of an Empire

Last week I saw the much anticipated sequel to 300, 300 Rise on an Empire, and it didn't disappoint. This movie focused more on the intelligence of the Greeks, and how superior tactics and formations allowed them to overcome a far greater enemy. The Athenians provided the brain to the Spartans' brawn and together the two formed a nearly unstoppable fighting force.

The film featured some excellent battle scenes and a number of entertaining new characters.  Eva Green played an excellent villain, and Sullivan Stapelton came up big as the male lead. I'm a big fan of his from his role as Sgt. Damien Scott on the series Strike Back, and in 300 he showed versatility in playing an intelligent and calculating general. In strike back he's more if a go with the flow guy, not really a great tactician, mostly relying on luck and firepower to get him out of a sticky situation, and it was nice to see him succeed at a completely different role. 

This film had some great action sequences, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed its predecessor, but I wouldn't say that it surpassed the original. Still very good and enjoyable, but not better than the original; about the same is say. In any case, go see it.

"Girls" has Really Gone Downhill

I remember watching the first series of the HBO Original Series Girls and being absolutely amazed.  The first season did a great job chronicling the life and difficulties of an American college graduate in today's working world, and nearly everyone I knew really enjoyed the first season.  I recently started watching the second season, and it's like I'm watching a different show.  All of the witty greatness and real life application had been replaced by countless uncomfortable moments and episodes that left me wondering why I wasted 25 minutes of my life watching such a terrible show.  Lena Dunham received a ton of credit and notoriety after the success of the first season of Girls, and I wonder if it went to head and distracted her from putting out another good product.  That or she was a one hit wonder, but in any case the second season of Girls is horrendous.  I think it's in it's third season now, but honestly I don't care enough to investigate.  It's just disappointing to see a show with such potential nose dive.

The Skinny Jeans Takeover

Buying jeans in Israel is a challenge because unlike a lot of other guys out there, my legs aren't the size of twigs.  Thanks to my genetics, history of intense leg workouts, and love of biking I have quite large and muscular thighs which can't possible fit into skinny jeans.  No worries right? Wrong, because now every pair of jeans out there is either skinny or slim which put me shit out of luck when I need to buy a pair of pants. I'm just curious, how to bigger, muscular guys in this country (if there are any) function? Since when did it become cool to be a skinny mini when you're a guy? I just don't get it, what happened to being a man? Look, if you're a skinny dude due to your genes and you want to wear something form fitting, no worries bro rock on.  My problem is that a guy like me with larger thighs has little to no options these days, and I feel like it's fashionable to be super skinny.  How is this the image of what a man should look like (see below):

This is how a man should look (That's right, it's fucking Steve McQueen). Guys take notice, and stand up for your right to be a muscular man and not a skinny little bitch.