Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Over the last two days, while nursing my adorable 3 month old, I've been watching "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," as I've never seen it straight through.

Every time someone said "Save Ferris," or wrote it on something, it made me think of the 90's band, and I'd go, "Hey. They like 'Save Ferris'." I had to remember I was watching the movie the band got their name from. That was weird.

Minutes into the movie I realized Cameron was the best thing about the movie, and then it hit me that this movie has divided its protagonist. Ferris carries the action forward, but Cameron travels the hero's journey and changes at the end. The climax is when the car shoots out the window, not when Ferris's sister sticks up for him. Which leads me to believe and argue that Cameron is our protagonist.

Anyway, the movie is hilarious. The Dean of Students drops the F-bomb once. There are a couple SH-bombs. There's mention of drugs. There's mention of nudity. There's Charlie Sheen. But other than that....

The funny thing is, someone gave me this movie (on VHS) when I was a teenager for a birthday or Christmas and I still didn't watch it all the way through. I probably said something like, "I NEVER WANTED THIS!" or some ungrateful thing like that, (I was a horrible teenager!) But now I would have gotten rid of it anyway, (it was on VHS!) So I guess it's all a moot point, or as Joey would say, a moo point. "It's a cow's opinion. It's moo."

Ender's Game Trailer

Ender's Game Trailer

Musicals and Me

I was talking with my sister, "Pnutty," one day about how we used to think we loved musicals because we liked all the ones we had seen when we were younger. However, now that we are older we realize that there are a LOT more musicals than the ones we knew, and we don't like MOST of them.

I went ahead and counted the musicals I like. I got to 20. Here they are. They PROVE, that I do not like most musicals. (I say "most," because I don't want to be one of those people who say, "I don't like country music; I only like a few songs." But then all they ever listen to is country.)

Beware, when I say "musicals" I mean musicals that have been on Broadway.

Now the following don't count because I haven't seen the stage-version, but I'd probably like them.
"The Little Mermaid"
"Tarzan"
"Man of La Mancha"
"The Wizard of Oz"
I'm also not counting Gilbert and Sullivan because their "plays" aren't considered plays.

And some things don't count because they haven't been on Broadway, like, "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Moulin Rouge," and, "Aladdin Stage Show."

So, here is my list of

MUSICALS I CAN STAND/LIKE

(In no particular order)

1. "Les Miserables"

2. "The Phantom of the Opera"

3. "Guys 'N' Dolls"

4. "Marry Poppins"

5. "Oklahoma!"

6. "The Sound of Music"

7. "The Music Man"

8. "Brigadoon"

9. "Beauty and the Beast"

10. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat"

11. "Evita"

12. "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"

13. "Chicago"

14. "Into the Woods"

15. "Little Shop of Horrors"

16. "Cinderella"

17. "My Fair Lady"

18. "West Side Story"

19. "Fiddler on the Roof"

20. "Annie"

I can tolerate...

1. "Hello Dolly"

2. "The King and I"

3. "Dream Girls"
4. "Cats" (I saw it live and loved it. I didn't think I would. But in all honesty, the songs blow, [apart from "Memory."])

Thievery!

Remember THIS BLOG. Well, TV Guide copied my idea!

Personally, I think my list far outweighs TV Guide's, because TV Guide seems to just list songs of well-liked shows. Many of those songs are horrible and boring.

I mean, who are you going to trust? Remember, before you answer, I don't get paid for my opinions, and I'm really nice, and I baked you a cake for your birthday, (you just didn't get it.)

I mean, SpongeBob SquarePants? That song sucks! (Nothing against the sponge of course.)

Hitchcock

With a stellar cast starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, Hitchcock pleases audiences with a backstage look at Psycho and Hitchcock's relationship with wife, actres/writer Alma Reville.

The film is charming, not exactly humorous, but entertaining, interesting, and a joy. After the first scene I loved it.

King of Kong a Fist Full of Quarters

One of my fans, (okay, he's my brother,) requested that I review King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters, a documentary about a man's quest to be the Donkey Kong champion.

Steve Wiebe has a Donkey Kong Jr. arcade machine in his garage where he hones his barrel jumping skills. The documentary follows him as he strives for video game immortality, and sacrifices his time, family, and normalness.

As someone who is not a big documentary fan, I must say this one's one of my favorites given the daughter's sense of humor.

The Host

If you make a movie based off a boring book, you're likely to get a boring movie. That's sure what we got with The Host!

I know everyone in Hollywood is looking for "The next Twilight." But my guess is it's not gonna come from Stephenie Meyer, 'cause it certainly isn't The Host.

Melanie's body is taken over by a "pod person," as are most bodies. However, Melanie fights back and argues with her inhabiter. The inhabiter, Wanderer by name, feels for her and tries to help. Only, not many of Melanie's friends are ready to jump on board.

It's a nice premise and all, but we spend the entire movie in a cave, a boring, boring cave.

Okay, I'll be honest. I didn't finish the movie. I didn't see it in the theater, so it's not like I walked out or anything, but I didn't finish it, and I have no desire to.