Myssi's Movie Mondays

Happy new year!

Over my break I saw way too many movies. I can’t even remember all the movies we watched. I seem to remember more of the bad movies than the good ones. It’s a random list, so be patient.

One of the ones I saw was “Gym Teacher.” I recorded it months ago and was waiting for a chance to see it with Dan’l. It is one of those Nick movies and whenever I watch anything on a kids’ channel alone, I feel like a perv. Well, he had already seen it so I decided to watch it anyway. I was interested in it because Christopher Meloni from Law & Order: SVU was in it. So I saw it, but I don’t remember much about the plot. All I remember is Meloni’s butt sticking out of his shorts like two medium-sized melons kissing and a scene at the very end that the censors missed. I never saw him in Oz, but I saw what all the fuss was about. And yes, I did feel pervy after it was over.

I also saw “The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit.” I thought it was about PR and advertising in the ‘60s and thought it sounded interesting, despite Gregory Peck being the lead. It was not what I thought it was going to be about. It was long and annoying. Gregory Peck’s wife is a nag who wants a bigger house and nice things and tells him she’s ashamed of him. He ends up getting a job in PR, except his title is assistant to the CEO, and ends up doing research for suggestions or outlines for the CEO’s speeches. I tried to like this movie, but I cannot recommend it.

Another movie which was in high rotation in the past three weeks was “Die Hard.” Believe it or not, this is one of my favorite movies, but I started hating it about the fourth time I saw it. There are some parts that bug me, but it’s all worth it to hear Alan Rickman say, “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.” Yes, I prefer his version to BW.

“Born Yesterday” is one of those movies I thought I wasn’t going to like, but I ended up liking it. It’s supposed to be funny and we’re supposed to laugh at the dumb blonde. Her boyfriend hires a journalist (ha) to teach her about stuff and he ends up teaching her “too good.” The saddest part of the movie is when the gangster boyfriend starts slapping the blonde around. She leaves him for the reporter and ends up very wealthy. It’s a fun quick paced movie; I recommend it.

I made Dan’l watch “Soylent Green” with me and I think that was a bad idea. I had a good time watching it because I knew what it was about. Dan’l didn’t know and was bored, but he sat through it. Except for the part where Moses gets naked and goes to bed with the “furniture.” That was too much, even for me. At least I thought that until the shower scene. Gross. Even with those two scenes, it’s not a bad movie. Not a great movie, but it’s fun.

Speaking of fun, I also saw “Them.” Giant ants are attacking people and are set to take over the world. Fortunately a sexy female scientist and hunky FBI guy kill the queens and all is good with the world.

I also saw “Eagle Eye,” “High School Musical 3” and “Body of Lies.” I can’t remember any other movies. It’s all a big blur now. Oh I almost forgot about “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s R’s favorite movie so we watch it every year and I cry every time. Plus no matter how much I hope for it, the old mean banker does not give George Bailey the money.