Chris Pratt is the bomb

I'm on a Chris Pratt kick, right now, just like (according to tumblr) the rest of the world. It all started with Parks and Recreation, which I binge-watched last year, after having seen the first couple of episodes when they aired and not loving it. I revisited them thanks to my friend, who convinced me to try from the beginning of the second season, which did the trick.

So I worked my way through all of Parks and Recreation, even to the current season (I spend way too much money on iTunes), and along the way fell in love with Andy Dwyer. He has this childlike innocence that is both hilarious and endearing at the same time. It's such a joy to watch him on the screen because he comes through so honestly.

So then, I remembered that Chris Pratt was on Everwood, a show that I had only seen an episode of from the fourth season. Everything was coming together because I know all the main actors from that show from other things, so I decided it was high time to finally watch it from the beginning. Sarah Drew, Emily Van Camp, Gregory Smith, and Chris Pratt have all appeared in other media that I am rather familiar with, and so I embarked on an Everwood-watching spree. Of course, it's not on Netflix, so I bought the first season on iTunes. Then the second. Then a cliffhanger ending made me buy the third. That's where I am now, and it's living up to everything I expected, but there's still so much more to go.

In the meantime, Guardians of the Galaxy comes out, and I've seen trailers for it, not really sure what to expect either from this movie as part of Marvel's greater plot, or from Chris Pratt as a superhero. He's always been the lovable dufus, not the ripped hero guy. So when I saw GotG, I fell in love with him in a completely new way. I never expected to see this side of Chris Pratt, and it only makes him an even better actor. THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING. I had no idea.

So, here's a link to an article from Vulture that expresses a lot of this journey I've been undergoing for a while now.