Hipsy's View: Happy Halloween

Hello, my frightful ghouls and ghosts.
I'm mostly writing this blog to say Happy Halloween. Now "All Hallow's Eve" is a very popular holiday. In fact, it's the second most popular holiday known in the world, the first being Christmas. Many celebrate the holiday by dressing up (originally to scare off evil spirits), trick-or-treating (usually done by the poor who could not afford to buy a meal; in return, the poor would give the giving family a prayer to protect their home), and enjoying ourselves by going to parties, watching our favorite scary movies, and reading our favorite eerie poems and novels. Some of us have either all ready celebrated Halloween last night (on Devil's Night) or plan to do so tonight. I for one will be continuing my Halloween by reading Bram Stocker's Dracula, watching A Nightmare before Christmas, and just spend time with my family.

So to end this blog, I am hoping you all enjoy yourselves. Read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart, watch your favorite classic horror film, and have fun dressing up as a vampire, a zombie, a ghost, a princess, WHATEVER you want to be. Have fun and stay safe tonight.

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Hipsy's View: John Malkovich

This is my first view on an actor, and is more than likely not the last.

John Malkovich, in my opinion, is one of the greatest actors known in today's entertainment society. Every character he brings to life is unique in its own way. One of my favorite characters Malkovich help bring to the movie screen was a character named Lenny. Lenny is a character from a book by John Steinbeck called Of Mice and Men. Lenny is mentally disabled, due to kick in the head by a horse when he was young. He's a big man who is more like child in his own way. In 1992, Malkovich starred in the the movie Of Mice and Men, along side with Gary Sinise (who also directed the movie). Just look at the video clip from the movie (the link after this paragraph) to see Malkovich's performance; those that have read the book may agree with me that his performance was great. http://movieclips.com/watch/of-mice-and-men-1992/lennies-dead-mouse/

One the thing I love about Malkovich's performances and portrayals is that he makes the viewers believe in the characters; the characters become real to us. We feel what we are suppose to: we feel fear for him and Mary in the movie Mary Reilly when he plays Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde; we feel sympathy and remorse for him in The Man in the Iron Mask because of how he lost his son Raul; we don't like him when he plays the bad guy on Eragon. These are just some of his characters! The main point I'm trying to show is that he is an exceptional actor whose portrayal of so many characters amazes me that I can't help but what to watch the movies he is in over and over again. If I ever had the chance to meet him in person, I would consider it an honor and a privilege to meet someone with great talent such as his.

The following link is to Mary Reilly, available on hulu.com (note: you must have an account through hulu to view this; it's meant for mature audiences only):
http://www.hulu.com/watch/174888/mary-reilly