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fearlesstemp1. Clueless is the best mood altering drug ever. It made me wonder: Without Clueless, would we have had Legally Blonde (another personal fave of mine)? If so, props to Amy Heckerling for pioneering the ditzy-yet-smart fashion-conscious blonde + adorable, slightly-bookish brunette = RomCom Brilliance formula. Possible predecessor: The Christina Applegate flick from the late eighties, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, and possibly Born Yesterday.
2. I love The OC. LOVE IT. And I mean "love" in the most important sense of the word -- there is no reason or logic. I don't care if there are plot holes or if it's cheesy or how badly the main guy fake-smokes a cigarette. I LOVE IT. You know the main romance most people will find lame and uncool? Yeah, I totally dig it. And! Ryan and Seth's little friendship? SO ADORABLE. I kind of teared up a bit at the end when he came home to an empty, abandoned house. Shut up. It was moving!
3. I caught Jerry Maguire on TNT the other night and loved it even more than I remember loving it when I saw it like seven times in the winter of 1996/1997. I seriously think Tom Cruise gives a great performance in this movie. Shut up. He does! And no matter how many times I see it, I still crack up when he screams, "I'm Mr. Black People!" into the phone.
4. Other rediscovered fabulousness: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Caught Shall We Dance on TCM the other day and couldn't leave the room until it was over. God, those movies were BRILLIANT. They tap dance on roller skates! And are witty and funny and sexy and sweet! And the songs are great! I went through a period of intense Rogers/Astaire love in high school and remember Swing Time as my favorite and must go rent it asap.
And that's all that's fit to type in this update box.
2. I love The OC. LOVE IT. And I mean "love" in the most important sense of the word -- there is no reason or logic. I don't care if there are plot holes or if it's cheesy or how badly the main guy fake-smokes a cigarette. I LOVE IT. You know the main romance most people will find lame and uncool? Yeah, I totally dig it. And! Ryan and Seth's little friendship? SO ADORABLE. I kind of teared up a bit at the end when he came home to an empty, abandoned house. Shut up. It was moving!
3. I caught Jerry Maguire on TNT the other night and loved it even more than I remember loving it when I saw it like seven times in the winter of 1996/1997. I seriously think Tom Cruise gives a great performance in this movie. Shut up. He does! And no matter how many times I see it, I still crack up when he screams, "I'm Mr. Black People!" into the phone.
4. Other rediscovered fabulousness: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Caught Shall We Dance on TCM the other day and couldn't leave the room until it was over. God, those movies were BRILLIANT. They tap dance on roller skates! And are witty and funny and sexy and sweet! And the songs are great! I went through a period of intense Rogers/Astaire love in high school and remember Swing Time as my favorite and must go rent it asap.
And that's all that's fit to type in this update box.
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Date: 2003-08-12 05:25 pm (UTC)So there. You have excellent taste.
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Date: 2003-08-18 09:07 pm (UTC)But really, I'm so glad there's another person out there who believes old Tom gives a great performance in Jerry Maguire. I can't describe it well, but a lot of it is that it kind of looks like an actor playing a part, but then after watching the movie for a while, you realize that's exactly what Jerry is doing, or was doing in his life up to the start of the movie. And all the lovely vulnerable moments that come after his revelation (and I always crack up over how the cover looks like the Catcher in the Rye) -- when he arrives at work and isn't sure whether to get in or out of the elevator, when he says, "dental, sure, of course we'll have dental" when Dorothy asks in the elevator, and at the end, when he realizes he needs her? Even though it's been mocked and sampled everywhere, when he's standing in that Divorced Women's Meeting, saying he needs her -- oh, it gets me every time.
I do kind of wish there was a little more at the end, so it's clear that what Jerry needs isn't just a family or a connection but Dorothy in particular, but I can forgive it because who am I kidding? I love the movie pretty unconditionally.
And who can resist the Secret Garden song? The one that samples scenes from the movie that they played on the radio all the time back when the movie came out? Love it!
OC and Sloppy Firsts?
Date: 2003-08-19 10:59 am (UTC)Re: OC and Sloppy Firsts?
Date: 2003-08-27 12:52 pm (UTC)