yeah, i'm an ignorant fool
i am ALWAYS sticking my foot in my mouth when it comes to movies.
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so, on the cookie baking day, we're watching tv, and a movie trailer comes on, and it's Steve Martin and a bunch of hellish kids. Immediately I say something to the effect of "do we need another Daddy Day Care?" only to have Kelly tell me that it's in fact a remake of Cheaper by the Dozen, (I saw the title at the end of the trailer...) but I'd never even heard of Cheaper by the Dozen!
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I really never got into Python or Mel Brooks movies, and I've seen none of them in their entirety, and everyone around me quotes them both, I never know what movie they're quoting. So, months ago, when someone mentioned the Fifteen Commandments, I immediately thought Python. Oh boy was I wrong. And corrected. Again and again. You stupid self! You should know these things!
Well, I dont. And it's bugged me for months. I cannot watch a Python or Brooks film all the way through. Dont get me wrong, I've enjoyed a lot of parts of both. I just have a hard time sitting through either Python or Brooks. No idea why. I just cant get into them. Therefore, I'm left behind.
This has been your yearly "I'm a fool" update.
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The question then becomes, "do we need another remake of an old classic?" (That is, if you consider Cheaper By The Dozen an old classic.) Between the remakes of older films and the deluge of books-on-film, I've concluded that Hollywood is, in fact, bankrupt of originality. At least we still have the Drexel to counter the crap a little bit.
Posted by: Michael | December 23, 2003 2:46 PM
this inability to watch python or mel brooks movies is obviously linked to the gene that allows one to stomach more than half an episode of dr. who. the rest of us who do not have this gene not only get into python's and mr. brooks's collective works, but generally cannot stand even half an episode of the dr. who. i think i'm on to something...
Posted by: juice | December 23, 2003 2:57 PM
You are not onto something. I know plenty of people who are fans of both.
I think I figured out why I'm so bored with Brooks, specifically. Whenever one of those movies is on, it's a scene I've already seen at least a dozen times and I just dont care. I see it coming. I see scenes, but I never see the whole film. Sure, I like scenes from Blazing Saddles, or History of the World. Or Spaceballs (seen completely through at least TWICE). I feel like I'm watching the same dick and fart jokes over and over.
With Python, I notice something different each time I watch, but I'm ultimately bored because again, I settle into "clip show watcher" mode, where I've seen the pieces over and over and over. But at least it makes me smile, unlike Brooks.
Posted by: Gigamatt | December 23, 2003 3:15 PM
Bob?
Oh Bob?
Does I have any openings this man might fill?
Posted by: Nala | December 23, 2003 5:35 PM