Sunday, December 11, 2005

Second Opinions, Part II - Grey's Anatomy

Everyone and their mother (literally) seems to be obsessed with Grey's Anatomy this season, so despite my initial dislike of the show from their first couple of episodes, I decided it was time to give it another chance. It's kind of too late for me to catch up thoroughly (and I kind of don't care enough to) but I'd been reading about the show's happenings on various TV/entertainment websites so I figured I could start by just watching the most recent episode. And honestly, I didn't feel like I had missed much.

The reason I didn't like the show in the very beginning was mostly Ellen Pompeo. This is probably unfair, but I found her whispery voice and squinty eyes to be kind of annoying. The whole thing with Patrick Dempsey was obviously just a trainwreck waiting to happen, and everything just seemed so pretentious, like being a surgical intern is the hardest thing in the world. I mean, I'm sure it's harder than anything I've done, but I guess I just dislike being told straight up that they have it worse and I'm supposed to feel sympathy for them. Plus, this is a medical show, and we all know that I'm not a fan of medical shows.

The second time around, I have to say that things have improved. Meredith isn't nearly as irritating, and I was kind of glad to see that Dr. McDreamy's wife is sticking around and is completely Meredith's opposite. Katherine Heigl has more to do now, and I've always thought that she was a great actress (even in Roswell, although her scenes with Jason Behr squicked me out because it was a little too un-sibling-ish). George is just ridiculously likeable, and Sandra Oh and Dr. Bailey get all the best snappy remarks.

But unlike Everwood, I don't think I'm quite a converted fan yet. I might watch a few more episodes to make sure, but there are still two big things holding me back. First is the medical thing. The hospital stuff just really doesn't hold my attention. I know that we're all supposed to be fascinated by all these weird and different and heartstring-tugging cases, but I'm just not. I can't help it.

The second thing is Meredith's voiceovers. Voiceovers can really make or break a show for me. If they're good, they can really contribute a lot, but when they're bad they can ruin the entire show for me. I hate Meredith's voiceovers. They're filled with too many metaphors and wisdom and life-affirming crap, and I just don't buy it as really coming from Meredith. It just sounds like Ellen Pompeo reading it off a sheet of paper.

So...yeah. Mira, I know you continue to be a fan of the show so keep posting on it! I'll focus on 24 when it premieres in January. So excited for that!

2 comments:

mira said...

hahahaha i like her voice. and i do the squinty eyed thing. i think that's why i got a big ol' crush on her. :-D hahahaha. but yeah i love this show!!

Anonymous said...

i think it's worth watching for izzie, cristina, dr. bailey, preston and george alone. teeheehee.