Let's all go to the movies!

So, I've seen a lot of movies lately. Well, not a lot, but more than I would normally see in the past week.

I'm one of those people that when others are talking about "classic movies" I'm the one that's like "Oh, I haven't seen that" to which I usually get "WHAT?" For instance I've never seen The Goonies or any of The Godfather movies. (You're totally going "WHAT?" right now.) Instead of expanding my mind and watching new movies I prefer to watch the same movies over and over again. I've seen Mommie Dearest one billion times. Anytime Smokey & the Bandit is on I will faithfully watch it even though I own it and can pretty much recite the whole movie from heart. I will also stop whatever I'm doing to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's, Almost Famous, Troop Beverly Hills, and Easy Rider.

Recently I watched Mamma Mia. It was OK. I've seen the play so I knew what I was in for. I do love Meryl Streep though. And, if Pierce Brosnan can get a role singing in a movie then I can still hope for my Broadway career (I can't carry a tune in a bucket).

On Sunday we went to the drive in to see The Goods with Jeremy Piven. The Pivs (as I like to call him) is a fabu actor and he always makes me laugh. And I did a lot of laughing during The Goods, however, it wasn't that great of a movie. I think that The Pivs has been type casted. He plays Ari Gold (his role on Entourage) so perfectly that I think he's destined to play the role of the over bearing smart ass for the rest of his life. Last night Keeping Up with the Steins (another movie The Pivs is in) was on WGN so I checked out a few minutes of that (even though that is a movie that I have actually seen before) and I realized that Ari Gold and his character in Steins is basically the same. Though he wasn't a Hollywood hot shot in The Goods his character was still very similar to his role on Entourage and Steins. I would like The Pivs to flex his acting chops a little more like he did in Old School where he played the loser Dean of Students. But don't worry, I haven't given up on The Pivs and will continue to be his fan (and one of his Twitter followers).

Last night we "rented" I Love You, Man (it was OnDemand and we paid $4.99 to watch it). It was good. Was it the best movie ever? No. Was it as hilarious as The Hangover? No. Did it keep me entertained and make me happy? Absolutely. I adore Paul Rudd. And I like Jason Segel (the guy who's "frontal" we saw way too much of in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was also side splitting hysterical). I Love You, Man was what I would like to think of as a chick flick for guys (like a bromance? Cause it was kinda a love story about two guys becoming BFF). But it had dirty boy humor, lots of love for Rush (Rush is totally a man's band even though I love them), and a super cute dog.

Let's talk about the dog for a minute. The dog in this movie, Anwar (his real name, I IMDB'd it), is a Puggle. And though I've never discussed my love for Puggles on this blog (I don't think) I have been in love with this breed (a hybrid Pug and Beagle) forever. Our neighbors in our old apartment complex had a Puggle named Charlie and he was the cutest thing in the whole wide world.

So, anyway, I Love You, Man was definitely worth seeing.

I was checking HBO OnDemand (I have HBO now!) and I noticed that Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is available. I think I might watch that later today. You know, whenever I hear the word "emporium" (which I think is on it's way out of our vernacular) it always makes me think of the days before CVS and Walgreen's when we would shop at Drug Emporium. I think emporium is a great word and I will do my best to bring it back from the edge of extinction.

I still haven't seen Funny People. I also want to see Inglorious Basterds, and that new Matt Damon movie. And of course, Taking Woodstock.

Perhaps if I can see all four in the next month or so I can write another movie post.

Until then I'll be on my couch watching Dazed & Confused for the 397th time.