Catch Up, Ketchup!

I've been horribly behind as far as the 30 Day Film Challenge Goes. Come to think of it, I'm also behind on other things. Thankfully other things do not include credit card bills and a tetanus shot. It does, however, include modes of transportation (anyone care for a lift in my carriage), physical exercise (shall I pop in a bit of Jane Fonda), and cleaning tools (A Swiffer? How amusing!).

Now, where were we? Day 3: A Film You Watch to Feel Good

I'm a sucker for Home Alone 1 and 2. I've seen it a bunch of times but everytime the Wet Bandits get tortured I can't help laughing.

Day 4: A Film You Watch to Feel Down

A Japanese film called, Nobody Knows. Typing the title is making me sad. Let's move on.

Day 5: A Film that Reminds You of Someone

The movie Toy Soldiers will always remind of my older sister, in her early teens, pining for a post Stand by Me Wil Wheaton.

Day 6: A Film that Reminds You of Somewhere

Paris When it Sizzles always reminds me of our tiny one bedroom, Capitol Hill apartment from when we first moved to Seattle.

Day 7: A Film that Reminds You of Your Past

Oh gosh. Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet immediately brings high school back.

Day 8: A Film You Can Quote Best

You mean, aside from The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast? Probably Interview with the Vampire. What? Who can resist Anne Rice and a vampire-y Brad Pitt? 1791 was the year it happened. I was 24, younger than you are now...

Day 9: A Film with Your Favorite Actor (Male)

My current favorite actor is Michael Fassbender. MICHAELFASSBENDER&%!!! He has such an effective ass... Oops. Slip of the tongue. I mean he was such an ass in Fish Tank. Such an effective ass...

But, but, but, I also love I Confess where I thought Montgomery Clift was at his most tortured, brooding, and beautiful.

Day 10: A Film with Your Favorite Actor (Female)

I'm not sure if I have only one favorite actress but, I could probably watch Ingrid Bergman for hours and not get tired of her face. So, in honor of Ingrid Bergman, I would have to say Hitchcock's Notorious.

Moving Pictures

So my BFF sends me this 30 Day Film Challenge which she just completed. I'm on Day 2 which is Least Favorite Film. The first thought was the remake of The Fog with Tom Welling. I just remember repeating to myself during and after watching it that that was an hour and a half which I will never get back. I could have baked 2 loaf pans of banana bread, let it cool and eaten it all myself. Yes, that's right. Myself.



Speaking of movies, I just watched Animal Kingdom. That was intense. And that skin-prickling scene with the musical score and All Out of Love playing over each other? Wow.

Another movie I just watched was Midnight in Paris which was delightful. As a bookworm, oh what? Wait, I guess I'm more worm and less book. In any case, it was such fun to watch. And Adrien Brody's Dali was fantastic.

I also saw Insidious. The entities were definitely scary. I was trying so hard to like it, I really was, and I think I kind of like it but I was just overwhelmed by how much like Poltergeist it was. It was, right? Wasn't it?

I also watched a series of gruesome Korean movies. From most-liked to least, they were: I Saw the Devil, The Chaser, Lady Vengeance, The Man From Nowhere. Although, that man from nowhere was pretty cute. There was also H but that's another 2 hours which I will never get back.

Finally, and completely unrelated to the subject of movies, Sublime with Rome, or no Sublime at all?





Animal Kingdom poster from: The Cinema Source

Shooping

That was indeed what my cousin suggested as we talked about what to do after our Mediterranean dinner. Shooting, and then pooping -- shooping, for short. She might even have said shooting poop. It's best to keep in mind that this came from the same person who knows all the words to the song, Smell Yo Dick.

We ended up doing neither as the shooting range idea fell apart after we found out no one was going to come in and give us a little orientation. We were expected to just start shooting on our own. And everyone in our party, except one, has never been to a shooting range, and can hardly aim. And I mean, where do I point the remote control when I change channels? Do I aim for the TV, or the cable box? It's a mystery. When I drink any beverage I aim for my mouth but why is my shirt always wet afterwards? Just kidding, but really, don't ask me to throw you a candy bar or a bottled drink because if I aim for your outstretched hands I will hit your face, and if I aim for your face I will hit your neck, and so on and so forth.

What we did do was circle Bellevue until we ended up at this shady looking strip mall. But, surprise! Inside was a fantastic and cheap karaoke bar, Where you not only get a lesson in counting in Korean, you also get disco lights, outlandish accompanying videos (it's a car crash... no, look, ninjas) and a tambourine!!! It was so much fun the only thing missing was Riskay's Smell Yo Dick on the song list!



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