You really don't want to see Birth of a Nation. Unless you need a new TV anyway. Because it'll make you put your foot through the screen.

I have a slightly less violent reaction to Gone with the Wind, but I still can't watch that movie all the way through. Partially because of the depiction of the slaves, but mostly because I just want to smack Scarlett into oblivion. You lost Ashley, girl--get over it!

Loved Grease as a wee child but always hated "tarted up" Sandy. She was so much prettier and more likable untarted. I had a similar reaction when Olivia came out with Physical. She was meant to be a good girl, damn it.

I hate musicals in general, but LOVE this musical with a message: HEDWIG!

I just really can't get past who the Perons were. It's a thing for me. Even if it's not there in the musical, I still read it as an undercurrent, and am boggled that ALW could write a musical on who these people were.

Uh, that's not for ignoring. It just isn't. (Perhaps why I have a big problem with the glorification of two of the hemisphere's really horrible people).

Microsoft employees at MSN used to have random games of volleyball.

Don't know if they still do. You'd have to ask Jilli.

Nope, they play random games of basketball.

I like The Fifth Element, and can't stand either Grease or Gone with the Wind. I've never seen Evita.

For that matter, I've never seen Top Gun, and I don't want to. I had a chance to see it for free when it came out, because where I worked was treating all the employees to a free movie. We had the choice of Top Gun or Aliens. We had two choices because, as our manager said at the dinner afterwards, "I assumed Jilli and Aaron wouldn't want to see Top Gun. "

Then Sean, if you haven't already, you really don't want to see Birth of a Nation.

Fred Pete, I know. They used to have an original window card for it up at the office of the makeup artist's union that was all "See this wonderful movie about the heroic Knights of the Ku Klux Klan!"

It was all I could do to not tear that thing up every time I saw it.

Still, part of me still wants to see it, since it such a huge part of cinema history.

What, precisely, do you think Che is singing about? It ain't "look at her pretty dresses".

To be honest, I haven't heard that song, because I just can't sit all the way through it.

Joins Jilli in the "have never seen TOP GUN" corner.

Still, part of me still wants to see it, since it such a huge part of cinema history.

I've seen it for just that reason. Every time I thought it couldn't get more racist, it proved me wrong.

it gives Stockard Channing the chance to nail the hell out of "There Are Worse Things I Could Do."

She is great at that.

Weird, though, I totally thought Rizzo had the pregnancy scare in the stage production, too, or at least the version I saw (my only serious experiment with Los Angeles public transportation outside of the Gold/Red lines. 4-6 hours on buses each way for a 2.5 hour musical, and ended up stuck about 3 miles from home on the way back, but that's totally another story.) I don't think it was a re-adaptation of the stage version in light of the movie, either, because it was pretty different in lots of ways. Also, the Rizzo and/or Frenchy (whichever one sang 'There Are Worst Things I Could Do' anyway), was inCREDible in that production, easily the best thing about the show and completely worth all the trouble I went to. The only unfortunate side effect being that, when I hear the movie soundtrack (which I adore, though I agree that the ending of the movie itself is terrible or even horrible), I'm actually disappointed at the quality of the best song on it.

he'll be boozing and she'll be abusing Valium and they'll both be neglecting their (unplanned) kids within scant years.

Considering the aforementioned exit via flying convertible, a gritty socially realistic turnout for those two kids may be a bit much to expect.

Random thoughts from the last 150 posts:

Another iconic 80's movie: Purple Rain.

Trey and Matt = good. Michael Bay = bad. Trey and Matt talking about Michael Bay = priceless.

I never saw the appeal of Grease, myself. Well, not when I was younger. I can watch it now, and appreciate it, but, yeah, growing up in Salt Lake, every girl and every girl's parents thought that movie was the be all and end all of movies. Hell, I knew a guy and girl who got together in 6th grade JUST BECAUSE their names were Danny and Sandy. (Actually, it was Samantha, so I thought it was a bit of a stretch.) I also find amusement in the fact that they're touting this as being of good morals, when Rizzo does her "Better to fuck than be a tease or a bitch" song.