Which is in contrast to.....

The Express, a movie about the first black Heisman trophy winner (Ernie Davis), has almost nothing in common with the aforementioned tv show The Wire. Now admittedly, my review is only based on the first half of the movie, as I simply had no interest in completing the rest.

While the Wire was real and gritty, The Express shocked me only in that it wasn't produced by Disney or as a Lifetime tv special. The actors are all very pretty, with overly eloquent and clean speech that hardly seems believable. The so called racial tension seem to lack any real tension at all, and the acting is mostly sub-par (I did like Dennis Quaid, and the actor who played Ernie's father).

As a side note, it was my first Blu-Ray movie, and the clarity was amazing. It almost threw me off, and I will have to figure out if it was just the video style of this particular movie, or if I am just not used to the definition.

Also, an update on my grandfather. He does have several Multiple Myeloma hot spots, and will start chemo tomorrow. Not too much other word.