The Rock

Never thought wrestlers were good-looking. Always thought there was some disproportion between their intellect and their physical size, still, at least Dwayne Johnson doesn't have a squeaky Mickey Mouse voice underneath that machismo, unlike a certain Engish football player we all know.

That is Johnson's saving grace.

I never watched any of his other movies, other than Scorpion King I think, but I have no memory of him whatsoever. This time he really caught my attention when I first spotted the trailer for DOOM, his 2005 movie. He sports a more chiselled face and a less bulky build, so much so that he actually looks "normal sized" now compared to The Rock I knew in the past. Not that I paid him much attention then, but aren't all wrestlers are super big, super bulky and super strong?

I actually thinks he looks quite Asian in the movie. I mean he could have passed off as a Filipino. Or perhaps with a bit of Chinese/American mix. Maybe that's where I find him rather attractive. I don't fancy the typical Caucasian look. Sure, there are many good-looking white men, but none really stand out in my opinion. Sorry, not even Brad Pitt. Ok, maybe the pilot from Flightplan. Even Richard Gere is a little passe. Come to think of it, based purely on looks, I really can't point out a white Hollywood celebrity that rings out to me. Hmm..well, okay, maybe Keanu Reeves. Then again, he looks a bit Chinese mix I think.

As the commanding officer in DOOM, Johnson is incredibly attractive. Although there are hints of something evil towards the end where he displays the stone-cold trait of a soldier engaged in controversial military warfare, the precision of his executions and assertive instructions are typical of a man in control, which is rather sexy in a bizarre way.

But he does seem to tip over the reasonable scale, so although he's eye candy, I really can't imagine getting along with someone like that. I guess his place remains in the bytes of this entry and nowhere else.




Somehow, the other male lead in the show reminds me of my writer/director/actor Playwriting lecturer. It's the facial features, although I can't imagine my Playwriting lecturer shooting away at mutated creatures in a movie.

Oh yes, about the movie, watch it only if you fancy The Rock, or Rosamund Pike or some actor or the other, cos' there is absolutely no storyline and as a girl who's never ever played the game, half the time I have no idea some of the jargon they use.

Then again, if you have good company, any crappy movie is still worth the time.

Lucky me.

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