Brownies and Never Been Kissed
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ceebeegeeI made some Butterfinger brownies for Thyme rehearsal tonight.
And, uh, ate half of them already. *embarrassed smile*
They were soooo chewy and not too sweet. I couldn't resist! At least there are enough left for everyone else to have (just) one. Sorry guys!
MTV has been playing the '99 Drew Barrymore movie Never Been Kissed lately, so I've watched it a couple of times now. The only thing that makes this movie work are the performances, because there are so many holes in the plot, you need a river pole to get through it.
1) If Josie (Drew's character) is so smart, why is she in so many classes with the dumb-but-popular girls?
2) Baseball fields don't have clocks (although I suppose that field has multiple purposes).
3) If Rob (David Arquette's character) has such love for baseball and being part of a team, why would he risk the school's championship by playing, when he's ineligible? As soon as he was found out, the school would have to forfeit.
4) The whole dog-food scheme is lame. Dog food is pretty solid and not that easy to dump on someone, and not particularly visual. They should've gotten something better like--pig's blood! That's it! Someone should make THAT movie...
5) Would a student really be allowed to make an announcement in the middle of classes about the prom? That seems really disruptive--in my school they would've waited until beginning- or end-of-day announcements.
6) Not a hole as such but annoying--Josie and Guy dress as Rosalind and Orlando for the prom? Why is she wearing a dress then? Why is he carrying a sword? Orlando's a wrestler. They look like Romeo and Juliet, not Rosalind and Orlando. (I will say, I LOVE the lighting in the prom sequence--absolutely gorgeous, all those golden tones.)
7) A teacher actually goes to the same hangout (that music basement) as the students? And isn't considered unbearably lame and wannabeish?
8) Rob's gymnast GF is nothing more than a plot device--that poor actress does almost nothing except to further the plot. If she's supposed to be so naive and childlike (she comes off as slow), why is she grilling her BF (at a party, of all places) about his future plans? And would two students really have a discussion in the middle of class about how they want to have sex for the first time soon? Maybe in whispers at the back of the classroom, but not like that.
Okay, so I'm a nitpicker, but the holes were driving me crazy! I will say I like the basic theme of the movie--that even though you think you've left it behind, high school will still have a hold on you. I also liked Michael Vartan throughout it--I definitely would've crushed on him!
And, uh, ate half of them already. *embarrassed smile*
They were soooo chewy and not too sweet. I couldn't resist! At least there are enough left for everyone else to have (just) one. Sorry guys!
MTV has been playing the '99 Drew Barrymore movie Never Been Kissed lately, so I've watched it a couple of times now. The only thing that makes this movie work are the performances, because there are so many holes in the plot, you need a river pole to get through it.
1) If Josie (Drew's character) is so smart, why is she in so many classes with the dumb-but-popular girls?
2) Baseball fields don't have clocks (although I suppose that field has multiple purposes).
3) If Rob (David Arquette's character) has such love for baseball and being part of a team, why would he risk the school's championship by playing, when he's ineligible? As soon as he was found out, the school would have to forfeit.
4) The whole dog-food scheme is lame. Dog food is pretty solid and not that easy to dump on someone, and not particularly visual. They should've gotten something better like--pig's blood! That's it! Someone should make THAT movie...
5) Would a student really be allowed to make an announcement in the middle of classes about the prom? That seems really disruptive--in my school they would've waited until beginning- or end-of-day announcements.
6) Not a hole as such but annoying--Josie and Guy dress as Rosalind and Orlando for the prom? Why is she wearing a dress then? Why is he carrying a sword? Orlando's a wrestler. They look like Romeo and Juliet, not Rosalind and Orlando. (I will say, I LOVE the lighting in the prom sequence--absolutely gorgeous, all those golden tones.)
7) A teacher actually goes to the same hangout (that music basement) as the students? And isn't considered unbearably lame and wannabeish?
8) Rob's gymnast GF is nothing more than a plot device--that poor actress does almost nothing except to further the plot. If she's supposed to be so naive and childlike (she comes off as slow), why is she grilling her BF (at a party, of all places) about his future plans? And would two students really have a discussion in the middle of class about how they want to have sex for the first time soon? Maybe in whispers at the back of the classroom, but not like that.
Okay, so I'm a nitpicker, but the holes were driving me crazy! I will say I like the basic theme of the movie--that even though you think you've left it behind, high school will still have a hold on you. I also liked Michael Vartan throughout it--I definitely would've crushed on him!
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Date: 2007-08-29 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-08-30 03:55 pm (UTC)I can nitpick RotJ almost as much--why was Lando made General so quickly, and yet Han Solo, a much bigger hero and, oh yeah, not a traitor, wasn't a General by Empire?
How did Luke finish his training on his own? He must've--he says "I've come back to finish my training" and yet hands everyone's asses to them in the third movie. What the heck did he do between the two movies?
What was the "You Rebel scum" dude's motivation for that line, besides getting his SAG card?
Inquiring minds want to know!
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Date: 2007-08-30 05:37 pm (UTC)I don't know what Luke did between movies, but I'm sure there are a bunch of novels/comic/whatever books that cover it all in excruciating detail.
His motivation, I presume, was that he really doesn't like rebels.
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Date: 2007-08-30 11:04 pm (UTC)