Chicago

So when you live in Chicago, you have to own the movie, right? :) The funny thing is I could have sworn that I had it on DVD. But no, still VHS. So that's one I'm gonna have to get on DVD for sure. I mean, I just love singing Big Mama's songs with Queen Latifah.

Does it ever hit you that most movies have the absolute worst morals? I mean it's all about getting away (literally) with murder in this film. I know what people say--it's just a movie, it's escapism, it lets them fantasize but not actually do anything about it. (Untill you get people who don't know real from fake or why what they do in the movies isn't ok in real life. But that's another post)

I guess I'm a pretty big fan of musicals any way I can get them though. There's nothing better than singing along--as long as it's not someone else in the room, the first time you've ever seen it. Not that that's ever happened to me. ;)

Center Stage

For the longest time I was a total chick flick junkie, until I couldn't stand watching those movies any more. Center Stage, however, is one of those movies that I never really grew out of. I think part of it is because it's a movie where the heroine realizes at the end not only what she wants out of life, but what she doesn't want, and she's willing to move on towards her dreams despite the obstacles. And, while it's a "love story," it isn't the kind where the guy rescues the girl. And that's the part I think I like the most. :)

Bring it On

I'm not really a fan of cheerleaders, but Bring it On is a cute high school chick flick. I mean, who doesn't know how to do Spirit Fingers thanks to this movie??

It's funny, I have this little mental note to play six degrees of Kevin Bacon (at least every now and then), but I'm pretty impressed by how often Gabrielle Union has shown up--she's been in 3 out of the 10 movies I've watched so far! I wish I liked her a bit more, but I think ever since 10 Things I Hate About You when she was a little, um, witchy, I never really liked her much. Funny how a movie can influence how you feel about an actor or actress. :)

Braveheart

So when I pulled out Braveheart, I got a little worried. I mean, it's two VHS tapes. Wow, that's a long movie. I was also pretty amazed that each tape was exactly 177 minutes long. That's consistancy.

Yeah... it's only 177 minutes long--total. Right. Which is actually good because it's such a sad movie, I now have time to put in the next one before I go to bed.

When you think about Mel Gibson now, you think about the anti-semetism, the mistakes, the fall from grace. But when I look at Mel in this movie I think "wow, what a beautiful body."

But if you take just one thing from this post, let it be that the man or woman who stands up for that in which he or she believes, they can win the hearts of the world. So stand up for something worth fighting for.

The Birdcage

Oh my goodness, it feels like all I do when I'm home is watch movies. I wonder why that is. :)

Well I just finished watching The Birdcage. I love Robin Williams in just about anything, plus Nathan Lane, double-plus for Christine Baranski (who is just amazing), and of course who can forget Agador Spartacus, the butler who stymies them all with his "gwhatamalaness." You know, I don't think I ever connected this Hank Azaria to the Hank Azaria who does all those voices for the Simpsons (same guy). Wow.

The things you learn when you watch old movies. Hooray.

Bad Boys II

At some point, I might actually have to not start movies at 9:30pm. But I just luuuuurve Bad Boys and Bad Boys II and I didn't want to have to wait a whole nother day to get my Will Smith fix. (Will Smith..... *drool*)

Ok, segue: I just went to imdb.com to get the link for you and I accidentally typed in "bad goys II"

Thank goodness imdb knew what I meant. Seriously... Bad Goys II? That sounds like a hysterical spoof though, doesn't it? I would love to see that.

Ok, movie. Love the car chases and stuff getting blown up. Love the Ferrarri. Love the product placement with Dan Marino (ok it's hokey but funny). Love love love when the mansion gets blown up. And absolutely love it when the hot CIA spy asks "permission to tag along." Man, I'd let him tag along any...

So, the movie. Yeah. Not the best of the best, but always enjoyable. I'd love to see another one. It's sortof a Lethal Weapon for a new era. I think they could totally do it.

Bad Boys

The first time I watched Bad Boys, my boyfriend and I had created a picnic on a blanket, downstairs in my parents' house. Neither of us had seen the movie yet and we laughed so hard, and so long, at some of those lines that we actually had to pause the movie and restart sections--and explain to my mom that we were actually quite all right. This was like my favorite movie, ever.

The next few times I watched it, it was funny, it was good, but there wasn't this big explosive laughter. And I remember I didn't see it again for months after that first time so I was fully expecting the big laughs again. Not really.

Not to take away from the movie. I just watched it not too long ago--it's funny, it's got Will Smith, it's a good lite film.

But I guess there is something about watching a movie the very very first time, when you haven't heard any of the lines before and you don't know what's gonna be funny next, I think that's why it hasn't been laugh-out-loud funny since. No worries though, I still love it. And my favorite line is when Martin Lawrence's character tells Will's character not to get sidetracked by all the "scattered ass" in this nightclub. Seriously, what better description is there??

Looking forward to my next movie night... Bad Boys II!