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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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Re: OC and Sloppy Firsts?
Date: 2003-08-27 12:52 pm (UTC)