Yesterday's movie

Say Anything

Ladies, ladies, ladies.... I'm surprised no one got this! Alicia, I thought for sure you'd be all over this one. No matter. John Cusack. I could just end this entry with those two words. He started his movie career decades ago and is still going strong. His co-star in this movie, Ione Skye? Whatever happened to her? I don't think I saw her in any other movie. Googling her produces only pictures of her from this movie. At least she can say she was in one of John Cusack's best movies. I love how John and his sister Joan almost always are in the same movie. I wonder if it's part of his/her contract agreement. I don't know that I'd be so willing to do that with one of my siblings. What if John Cusack and Ione Skye got together for a reunion movie? Is that something you'd go see?

Today's quote:

"I'll bet someone back East is going, 'Now, why don't he write?'"

Blogger seems to be having issues today. After 3 tries, I still can't post a picture. Regardless, Friday's movie was "The Wizard of Oz." Did you know that movie came out in 1939? I remember my dad telling me that when he watched that as a kid, the winged monkeys (why not monkies?) used to scare him and he'd hide behind the couch. Those are scary looking animals, but appropriate minions for The Wicked Witch of the West. And speaking of "Wicked".... have you had a chance to see that? If not, and you're even the slightest bit interested in "The Wizard of Oz," please go see it. It's amazing. There's a lot of urban legends in connection with "The Wizard of Oz" too, mostly having to do with the munchkins. One I've heard is that during a scene in the woods, you can see a munchkin hanging himself in the background. I've looked for it, and like with Wall-E and Toy Story, I can't see what people are talking about. Here's a question for you: If he doesn't have a brain, how come the Scarecrow outsmarts the apple trees and finds a solution to save the whole gang from the army of the Wicked Witch?

Today's quote:

"She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."

Yesterday's movie:

Toy Story

I heard that in the scene where they're flying down the street behind the car, one can see Wall-E in the background. I never could see the little bug-eyed machine. Anyone else ever hear of that? Pixar movies are great. I went out with a guy once that worked for Pixar. That's probably the closest I'll ever get to being in the movies.

Today's quote:

"My! People come and go so quickly here!"

Yesterday's movie:

Field of Dreams

If you build it, he will come. In my opinion, Kevin Costner had only a couple good movies and this was the other one. Waterworld anyone?

Today's quote:

"Tuesday night's plastic corrosion awareness meeting, was I think, a big success."

Yesterday's movie:

Little Monsters

Fred Savage! This was made in his prime. You know, "Princess Bride" "The Wonder Years." He's the kind of child actor that I wonder about. What's he up to these days? What's even cuter about this movie? Fred Savage stars in this movie with his little bro Ben, of "Boy Meets World" fame. This isn't the most reverent child/monster movie, downright grotesque in a couple places, but overall pretty innocent. And again, Fred Savage! He's so cute!

Today's quote:

"The only thing we had in common is that she was from Iowa, and I had once heard of Iowa."

Yesterday's movie:

Grease

Grease is the word. The 25th anniversary of this movie came out on my 18th birthday and I got together with a big group of friends from school and we went to see this. We were first in line. While waiting in line there were hula hoop contests and other fun shenanigans. I don't remember seeing one guy waiting in that line either. To this day, whenever I hear the song "Greased Lightning" I see in my mind the theater full of women singing along and doing the hand movements and everything. My mom still doesn't like this movie. Some people you can never change.

Today's quote:

"Baseball cards? I LOVE baseball cards! -Got 'em, got 'em, need 'em got 'em, got 'em got 'em, need 'em, got 'em, need 'em, need 'em, got 'em, need 'em, need 'em got 'em, got 'em need 'em!"

Friday's movie:

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

One of our family favorites. I couldn't remember ever watching the entire movie growing up, so during a hot and pregnant summer last year, I finally sat down and watched it. There's not much else you can do with swollen ankles. It was funnier than I thought too. It's kind of a long movie so prepare. But with classics like Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman (isn't that a male mermaid?) and Buddy Hackett, how can you go wrong?

Today's quote:

"What'd she just give him?"

"A lock of hair.... from her chest!"

Yesterday's movie:

Up

My husband and I sat down to watch this movie one night and cried for the first 20 minutes. Totally not expecting that. Anyone else cry during this movie? I didn't think I would like this one because it wasn't a typical Pixar movie about kids or monsters or fish or cars. It was about a grumpy old man. Now, the cute little scout-ish friend in the movie (for whom yesterday's quote is attributed) was fun, but it was odd to have a full-length kid's movie have an old man for its main character. My husband thought maybe that's why the movie didn't have that much kid appeal. It wasn't about kids or kid-ish things. Definitely a winner though.

Today's quote:

"Mama, it's alright. Everything's gonna be alright. Your baby's coming to get ya. You just sit there. Sit there, relax, take it easy. I'm coming to get you Mama." (Hint: 1963)

Yesterday's movie:

Hope Floats

Love Sandra Bullock. Love Harry Connick, Jr. Wonder why yesterday's quote earned this award. I've always thought this was the cutest movie. I saw this with a dear friend of mine when it came out in theaters and still love to watch it, although I can't remember the last time I did. Sandra Bullock is such a versatile actress. Mr. Connick, Jr., he's stepping it up in movies it seems. Wasn't he in something fairly recently? I think he played a bad guy. He's definitely someone I would define as "hunky." What a weird word.

Today's quote:

"Kevin's a girl?"

Yesterday's movie:

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

The quote from yesterday is courtesy of Miss Veruca Salt's dad (anyone like the band named after everyone's favorite brat?), but who doesn't love a little Violet Beauregarde? Now if I had put "Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!" everyone would haven't gotten that quote. I had a roommate in college named Violet. She was nothing like our little blueberry above, but I'm sure she heard, and got tired of hearing, that line more than once. While I am a Johnny Depp fan, I did not care one iota for the remake of this classic (speaking of remakes of classics, have you seen this?). They only had one Oompa Loopma who was computer regenerated in order to give the appearance of a multitude of the little ones. The songs were also lacking. However, I heard the remake was more like what Roald Dahl wrote in his book. Haven't read that one yet. You?

Today's quote:

"Dancing's just a conversation between two people. Talk to me."

Yesterday's movie:

Shrek

Are they making a musical out of Shrek? I seem to remember hearing that somewhere. I didn't think I was going to like Shrek, or Shrek2 (haven't seen the 3rd yet), but I gotta admit that the humor is there. Adult humor, not that dirty adult humor, but humor that is definitely above the heads of the little tots, is clever and witty in this movie. Thank you Leilani for sharing another great line from this movie. =)

Today's quote:

"Snozzwangers. Vernicious knids. What kind of rubbish is that?"

Friday's movie:

You've Got Mail

For me, this movie was kind of an extension of "Sleepless in Seattle." I love seeing Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks together. He's usually not a romantic type actor, but he does well in this one. One thing I realized about him in this movie though is that he doesn't have good hands. They're a little pudgy and don't seem well manicured. For as much as he makes, I'm sure he could afford a little hand make-over. Hands are one of those "things" for me, otherwise I couldn't care less.

Today's quote:

"Wow, that was really scary and if you don't mind me saying, if that don't work, your breath will certainly get the job done, 'cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or something 'cause your breath STINKS."

Yesterday's movie:

Rocky IV

Ya know, I heard once that Sylvester Stallone is really quite short and that he got his start through the Rocky movies. He's done some other films, but I can't even think of any of them right now. He'll no doubt go down in history for the Rocky movies. Can you imagine him in a romantic comedy?

Today's quote:

"The Godfather is the I-ching. The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to any question. What should I pack for my summer vacation? "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." What day of the week is it? "Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday." "

Yesterday's movie:

Big

Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors and I always seem to forget it. Whenever someone asks me who my favorite actor is, I never have an answer. And then when I watch a Tom Hanks movie, I'm reminded of how much I like him. There's probably one movie I've seen him in that I didn't like: The Man With One Red Shoe. He did a great job in the movie, but the movie itself was just too dumb.

Today's quote:

"I know sometimes I act stupid and I say stupid things, but you kept me around and other people would have said "drop that bum". You give me respect. You know it's kinda hard for me to say these kinda things, cuz it ain't my way, but if I could just unzip myself and step out and be someone else, I'd wanna be you."

Yesterday's movie:

Dirty Dancing

Well done ladies! I thought that might be a well known line. I'm thrilled I was able to find a picture of Baby carrying said watermelon. This movie is the classic bad-boy good-girl movie. Funny that they were all in their 20's-30's when they filmed this movie. Besides this movie and "Ghost" what other movies were big hits for Patrick Swayze?

Today's quote:

"She spent the last three months writing down her married name. "Mrs. Judy Hicks", "Mrs. Donald Hicks"; "Mrs. Judy Mitchellson Hicks", sometimes with a hyphen, sometimes without a hyphen. Sometimes, she spells the hyphen. "

Thursday's movie:

Mystery Men

I apologize for the lapse in movie quoting for Friday and yesterday. We were out of town and I didn't get a chance to hit up the blog. You understand. So Mystery Men is one of my all-time favorite movies. Again, this is one that, from my experience, not a lot of people know, and if they do, they think it's a dumb movie. All in the eye of the beholder, my friend. Come on, a Paul Reubens as a character named "The Spleen"? Just doesn't get any better than that. Ben Stiller is at his best in this one too.

Today's quote:

"I carried a watermelon?"

Yesterday's movie:

Jurassic Park

Nicole, you amaze me with your movie knowledge. Here's a blooper from JP that stayed in the movie: After a walk in the mud, the soles of Dr. Grant's shoes are squeaky clean as he climbs the electric fence. Go figure.

Today's quote:

"We've got a blind date with destiny, and it looks like she's ordered the lobster."

Yesterday's movie:

Simon Birch

This movie was never really well known and I'm not surprised that no one could name it. A roommate in college introduced me to this movie and I love it. It's about the friendship of two young boys, one of whom, Simon, has physical difficulties. Such a cute movie and will certainly make you laugh and cry. Please watch it.

Today's quote:

"I am not a computer nerd. I prefer to be called a hacker."

Yesterday's movie:

Steel Magnolias

This movie always makes me want to live in the South. I believe that this movie was also one of Julia Roberts' first movies. What a group of ladies to start out with: Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Shirley McClaine. Wow. And this was a stage show before it was a movie. One of my other favorite lines from this movie is "He's so confused, he don't know whether to wind his butt or scratch his watch."

Today's quote:

A: "Last year we were in the squirt league, and this year we're in the peewee"

B: "So?"

A: "So what do they want us to do? Play baseball or urinate?"

Friday's movie:

Hook

This movie reminds me of baby-sitting. I watched it sooooo many times while baby-sitting a little girl named Rachel. I guess that was some way of preparing me for my own kids. Is there any way I can train my kids to fall in love with my favorite movies so that they'll want to watch them over and over again? Or will they become my least favorite movies because they'll be watched over and over again?

Today's quote:

"All gay may have track lightin'. And all gay men are named Mark, Rick or Steve."