Thursday, October 20, 2005

Adventures in Movie watching

There are some movies that just stand the test of time. Princess Bride, A Knight's Tale, Jerry Maguire, That thing you do, Mary Poppins...

And Adventures in Babysitting. Elizabeth Shue shines in this action/comedy--as a friend at lunch said, "They just don't make movies like that anymore." It's a little wierd to have nostalgia about 1987...

Fun facts about AIB:


  • Vincent D'Onofrio (of Law & Order: Criminal Intent) is Thor/Dawson, the blonde mechanic. Having seen him as his normal swarthy self in L&O:SI and as Edgar in Men In Black, it was wierd to see him as a blonde. (When do you make the blond/blonde distinction?) He is billed as Vincent Phillip D'O, which he also uses in Mystic Pizza (1988), but not in Full Metal Jacket, made the same year as AIB.
  • "Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues," my favorite quote.
  • Read this great review from the Washington Post, written in 1987, copyrighted as e-material in 1995.
  • This review has a picture of Vincent D'O, although I strongly disagree with the writer's last sentence: You should rent/borrow/buy this movie ASAP.
  • This review talks about the other babysitting movies. It also describes the DVD (what, no DVD-ROM with Thor-inspired computer games?)
  • Go here to listen to the best two lines in the movie on wav. (mp3...)
  • The movie was Christopher Columbus' debut film. One of the critics thought, that being the case, CC should do an audio commentary to the DVD. Cool idea, but un-realized. (What movie is that from? Oh, Twister. Sorry, my brain is on the flicks today.)
  • And this is one movie where it pays to watch all the credits, b/c you get a last look at the thug on the skyscraper.

Alright, Joke, here are a few unarguably pink things: for some reason, everyone has been wearing this color the past two days at the library. On my desk are two pink books: Ballet Shoes and The Borrowers. In my pen holder is Zelda, my pink flamingo pen. My keychain has a hello kitty pill holder and a pink flip flop emory board.

Enough blogging for one day...

1 comment:

Joke said...

1- I loved, loved, LOVED Adventures in Babysitting. When I saw it, I immediately developed a searing crush on Elisabeth Shue. The scene at the blues club is in my top 10 all-time scenes. Even IF Vincent D'Onofrio is a howling idiot.

2- Blond = male, blonde = female.

3- Well, yeah, then, PHOTOGRAPH the alleged pinkitude.

-Joke

P.S. The verification word is "pgufck." I SWEAR.