So it turns out that the issues I've been having since last Thursday is the same flu that Jeremy had last week. Yay, it's not permanent. But I haven't had stomach acid for nearly a week now, and the indigestion is killing me. Oh, well, it'll go away.
The good news is, I'm extremely light-headed right now, and it kind'a feels cool. I went shopping earlier for some pepto and ice, and I felt like I was gonna pass out. That wasn't fun, but now I'm kind of enjoying it.
My Taste
So a couple of nights ago when I was feeling like crap, I was wide awake at 2:30 in the morning and in need of a little lightheartedness to ease my discomfort. That's when I discovered that I don't have any movies in my collection that fit the bill. My taste in movies run towards the grotesque.
For the most part, I love horror movies, some action movies, and the occasional thriller or drama. No Feel Good movies whatsoever. None. Nada. I'm not kidding, when you're feeling awful, sitting through 28 Days Later isn't going to do anything but make you feel worse. What I wanted was a good Danny Kaye movie, or maybe a collection of episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. I wound up watching The Shop Around the Corner with Jimmy Stewart on Youtube, which is the movie that You've Got Mail was remade from. I've seen it before on TCM, and it's pretty good, but it still wasn't up to the task.
After mentioning this to my buddy Jeremy, he told me to watch the movie The Family Man, with Nicholas Cage. He assured me it was a light, happy movie that I would enjoy, and that I would fall in love with Tea Leoni in this film.
All lies.
The Family Man was by far the most depressing flick I've watched in recent days, and mind you I just watched No Country For Old Men. I. Hated. It. Do not watch any movie with Nicholas Cage in it that wasn't made by Jerry Brucheimer, and only watch half of those. Other Nick Cage turkeys to shun are The Weatherman, The Wicker Man, Matchstick Men, and any other movie he made ending with the word "man/men." Don't do it. Stick to some of the Brucheimer films, but only some of them, for the love of all that is holy.
Choose, but choose wisely.
5 comments:
I am SO not a fan of Nicholas Cage. Family Man was stupid. I can't think of a movie he's in that I like.
You need to get Pirates of Penzeance...and She's the Man.
I've got She's the Man in storage somewhere. Normally I'd never bother with cheeseball teeny-bopper flicks, but STM is based off of Shakespeare, which is always a good time. They've made other teen movies based off of Shakespeare plays, like 10 Things I Hate About You, which is based off of Taming of the Shrew, but I hated that one. The premise was good, but I disliked both Julia Stiles as well as her character.
Seriously though, Pirates of Penzeance, Amy? If I ever watched that movie, I'd lose a Man Card permanently.;p
Nicholas Cage- National Treasure and Face/Off... Those are the only movies with that ugly, ugly man that I like.
Movies that make me feel good when I'm sick-
Money Pit- This movie will make you feel nice and warm... of course that's after you laugh so long that you pee your pants.
Newsies- Nothing like Batman dancing around like a fairy, singing about Sante Fe.
Pollyanna- After you've been sick for so long and after you've vomited up your liver, cleaned the involentary urine up after watching Money Pit, nothing like playing a nice round of The Glad Game to ease your soul.
LOL!
The Money Pit is still one of the funniest movies ever made.
When the bathtub falls through the floor. That five minutes of him laughing... still makes me go into a giggle seizure.
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