Swingers

Can't remember when I first started watching this one (it has to have been months ago), but I just now picked up the last 15 minutes of it. I also can't remember what I thought of the first 81 minutes, but evidently they weren't enthralling enough to keep me going until the end. So, all I can think to say about this movie now is that it's strange to see Vince Vaughn in a time before he was puffy and unattractive. I almost didn't recognize him.

Strangely, though, I was halfway tempted to watch the movie again just to see the swing dancing scene (which I couldn't remember at all, but it was mentioned during the last 15 minutes of the movie). I always did like those GAP ads. I wish I could dance like that! But hey, YouTube to the rescue. Now I don't have to watch the movie again.

License to Drive

Man, this was a stupid movie. Maybe if I'd seen it when it first came out (I was fourteen!) I would have loved it. But now that I'm old and crotchety, I guess I'm well past the age where I might have appreciated this drivel. It's certainly nowhere near Clueless caliber.

Dull plot and lackluster script aside, not even The Coreys were enough to rescue it for me--not least because they weren't anywhere near as cute as I remember. Although I suppose it shouldn't bother me a bit that I no longer find teenage boys attractive.

The best parts about this movie: Corey Haim's old, pregnant mom (who, by the way, I recognized from The Princess Bride; I wish she'd had the same line in this movie: "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!") who reminded me of me, and the fact that now I can remove License to Drive from my netflix queue. One down, 290 to go . . .