Dumb and Dumber
Most underrated part:
“Hey, guys! Oh, Big Gulps, huh? All right. Well, see you later!”
Quiz Lady
When Sandra Oh got hit by a car in the opening minutes, I was like, “Oh shit…is this gonna be one of those movies where the one sister is a party animal and the other is a bookworm and they learn a little something from each other?”
But the movie kind of rights itself once it has a story to pursue and we end up with a good comedy with an earned emotional moment or two that’s, well, not some piece of shit about some lady who’s supposed to be in her late 20’s and can’t get her life together and learns a bullshitty lesson like, “And then I realized that maybe it’s not cool to have a toddler hold your lit cigarette while you’re pumping gas,” and her sister isn’t like, “I guess I can drink half a glass of white wine once a month and not do my taxes or something.”
I always hate that. The responsible sister is fine! She doesn’t need to be on TV! She doesn’t need to be super rich! She’s content! Jesus Christ, do you know how few people are content?! Leave her alone! She doesn’t need to learn a lesson. She’s a millennial who will never own a home, her life doesn’t need an ill-conceived road trip to the Wigsphere to fix her. That’s such a Hollywood idea: people who don’t pursue their silver screen dreams are cowards who are unhappy. No! Lots of people don’t want to do that stuff. I know you think it’s gross that some people are happy working as accountants for small organizations and having a small family and owning a home in, let’s say, Omaha. But it’s true. Face your fear, Hollywood: we don’t all want to be you.
Ahem, anyway, solid movie that doesn’t go those dumb places.
Kiki’s Delivery Service
For a movie with almost zero plot, it delivers.
Fuck you, cute movie, cute review.
It’s also kind of the best Spider-Man movie. Person trying to use powers loses faith in ability to do good, loses powers, regains them to help someone in crisis high above the city.
Extra points for hitting the comedy point I was salivating for, when the guy is like, “That’s MY broom!” when his broom is on TV. That man and I, we are the same. Just hoping to one day see a broom we use sometimes on TV. That level of fame is right where you want to be.