True Blood on HBO is truly entertaining!!
As I began my first few episodes on Netflix DVDs, I wasn’t sure I was going to like this show. I loved the beginning credits, the song, the feel of it.. decidedly indie… but much of the dialogue and delivery bordered on banal and cliched. The director must have been experimenting with different sorts of deliveries and mood. It makes sense that as the show progresses, it gets better because the actors settle in, the direction has a clearer picture of what they are looking for, and the audience becomes more attached to the the characters. Sookie Stackhouse, played by Anna Paquin, is a likable lead and that is how they are sustaining the show. Her vampire boyfriend, Bill Compton, played by Stephen Moyer, is likable as well and stumbles between his human-ness and his vampire reality. Alan Ball is behind this show, which means it is destined to be great and has been very well received so far… The show takes place in Louisiana and is based upon the premise that Vampires have now been accepted into every day society. The struggles for Vampires and humans to co-exist is a common theme. It is a most clever premise and Alan Ball was behind the film American Beauty and the HBO Series, Six Feet Under. I like his sensibilities. He is dark, humorous, and seems to have a real grasp on “edgy.” His mind is sort of Hitchcockian and modern. True Blood is a mixture of drama, romance, fantasy and horror! All the right elements for escape and great entertainment! Of course, the cast is scantily clad and the dialogue can be silly and sarcastic as well.
PS Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are now together in life off the screen as well.. the chemistry between them works… great casting… realistic but attractive… odd and endearing, silly and dramatic… A+
Web Site for the show: http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/season2/
