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I still haven't seen any of the Godfather movies, but I still get what the references are. I don't care that I haven't actually seen the scene or whatever.
And I have no idea about the broader cultural relevance of the Molly RIngwald oevre, just because most of my friends have seen them as many times as I have.
Is Dirty Dancing a teen movie? I would say it is definitely a touchstone, and it has the teen movie plot of geeky girl gets sexy gets guy, plus dancing.
I don't care that I haven't actually seen the scene or whatever.
That's how I feel about Gilligan's Island. I know when something's a reference -- I filled all that in because my friends were very boring that way. So I can act like I've seen it.
I can't act like I've seen the aforementioned teen movies, because aside from putting lipstick on with cleavage (am I remembering that right?) which I can't actually do -- never felt the touchstonal loss of them.
In fact, I didn't watch teen movies in the 80s, really. I wasn't in the US, it wasn't so much of a big deal. It wasn't until I got to college in Canada when I realised everyone else had. I fell in love with John Cusack, saw most of his, and felt sufficiently up to date. Would that Dobler were a touchstone.
I would say it is definitely a touchstone, and it has the teen movie plot of geeky girl gets sexy gets guy, plus dancing.
Ooh. Yeah, I might be down with that.
Ooh. Yeah, I might be down with that.
Plus? Most quotable line ever: "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."
I haven't seen The Godfather or The Godfather Part II or Schindler's List or Lawrence of Arabia or Brazil.
I am aware that this makes me evil. I plan to rectify. They just all seem so long and serious and I am often in the mood for short and and giggleful.
I used that quote the other day at work.
Everyone looked at me strange...it was more what I was refering to than no one getting it.
I haven't seen The Godfather or The Godfather Part II or Schindler's List or Lawrence of Arabia or Brazil.
Were we supposed to? Whatever! I saw Clueless.
And I didn't like Casablanca, which from everything I had heard about it, I should have loved. Now I don't go out of my way to watch over-hyped classics because, really, I think I expect too much from them.
You get a pass on Schindler's list.
You HAVE to see T G now. It's a really important American movie. And I bet you would find Lawrence of A fun IFF you find a way to see it in a theater.
You HAVE to see T G now. It's a really important American movie. And I bet you would find Lawrence of A fun IFF you find a way to see it in a theater.
Just the first Godfather?
And I'm sure Lawrence probably plays every now and again around LA. Hmm. Maybe when I have a car I'll go hunt it down, so I don't have to rely on talking someone else into it, which I'm notoriously bad at. I could be at the bottom of a bridge yelling that the water is really great down there, and everyone at the top would probably walk away.