First was A Room With A View. I love love loved this one! It's definitely a classic starring some absolutely phenomenal actors - two of whom are two of my absolute favorites: Dame Maggie Smith and Helena Bohnam Carter. This was one of Carter's first films, and the film that put her on the map. Although I have to admit, as an avid Harry Potter fan, it was weird at first to see McGonagall as Bellatrix's nanny, but I soon got over that. This is the story of a young woman (Carter) who falls in love with a man while traveling with her nanny. However, once she gets home, she is soon engaged to another man. As fate would have it, things are not always as they should be, and the young woman's true love comes back into her life, complicating her impending engagement. Definitely a much see, and I hope to read the novel that inspired the movie soon. 4 stars.
Last week's movie was Beverly Hills Cop! I had heard much about this movie so I had pretty high expectations. While I thought it was very funny (my favorite being when Eddie Murphey's character puts a banana in the tailpipe of a cops car) and very deserving pf its spot in the book, I don't think I could handle another minute of Eddie Murphey's ANNOYING LAUGH. If you can get past the laugh, then watch this movie. It has a wonderful soundtrack - an essential to any self-respecting 80s/90s movie. I guess I should maybe tell you what the movie is about, right? Basically a hot-shot Chicago cop takes a "vacation" and goes to LA to investigate his friends murder. But no description can do justice to the raw humor that makes this movie what it is. 3 stars.
Finally for this weeks movie. DRUMROLL..... Say Anything! This. Movie. Is. A. Classic. I think that pretty much sums it up. It is a movie of big romantic gestures, cheesy one-liners, and a corrupt dad who only wants best for her daughter. Unlike most gooey romantics, this movie is told from the perspective of the boy - John Cusack. Ironically, his sister in the movie is played by his real-life sister Joan Cusack, which I thought was pretty cool. Lloyd (John Cusack) is kind of a no-nothing loser. He has no ambition and just did alright in school, but he has found that he has fallen for the school valedictorian, Diane Court (played by Ione Skye). No one thinks they will ever become anything. In fact, when Llyod first asks Diane on a date, she has to look him up in the yearbook after saying yes. But Llyod doesn't stop for anything, especially after Diane breaks up with him before she leaves for college in Europe. Most people associate this movie with Lloyd holding a boombox over his head underneath Diane's window, but that wasn't even my favorite part of the movie. My favorite part was actually the last scene - which I don't want to ruin for any of you who haven't seen the movie, so go watch it and find out what happens. All I have to say is, this is one for the books, and one everyone would see at least once in their lifetime. 4 stars.
