#re-cember

(Re-cember, when, in the month of December I rewatch movies I haven't seen in a long time)

Kramer vs. Kramer, (not not the hipster doofus of Seinfeld battling his clone) a 1979 film starring Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman and the adorable Justin Henry, who a few years later played Molly Ringwald's obnoxious little brother in 16 Candles, about a divorced couple in a custody battle over their child.

I saw this in the theater when I was a kid. I must have been about 10, wow. Not exactly a kid's movie but I liked it then and although it is kind of dated, it was still a good movie. Back in the 70s, divorce was not such an everyday thing and I remember it being spelled out (like that Tammy Wynette song) in my presence when discussed by adults. Funny, that.

This story though explored the relationship between a previously career-oriented, too-busy-to-be-bothered father and his 6 year old son after the mother leaves and subsequently come back after 'finding herself' in California. But the movie is sympathetic to both sides. Neither is the villain, both are imperfect human beings who love their child and try to do what they think is right.

(Re-cember, when I rewatch movies I haven't watched in a long time and probably have only seen once or twice)

Snatch. I saw it once, I don't think I saw it in the theater, probably rented it around the time it came out on DVD. Or more likely, video because I didn't get a DVD player till like 2004 I think. I bought this on tape. Probably never watched my copy or maybe that was the one time I saw it, I fucking forget.

ANNNNYway

I liked Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels a lot, even if it was very obviously Tarantino-esque, it was still very entertaining. That little movie got Guy Ritchie some big name stars for Snatch, most notably, Brad Pitt.

Once again this is a film about a bunch of different factions intersecting and colliding and screwing one another over, inadvertently intersecting again, etc. etc. Same formula, different characters and settings. Still entertaining and humorous, harder for me to follow. I seriously would need to watch this a few more times before I got all the who-screwed-whos straight, but I still enjoyed it.

(Re-cember, when I rewatch movies I haven't seen in a while because, you know, why the hell not make it a month)

Little Miss Marker, 1980, Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob fuckin Newhart, and the adorable little Sara Stimson in a movie based on the story by Damon Runyon, which I can't remember if I have read or not. I've read a bunch. Maybe I'll read it tomorrow.

I saw this one in the theater too when I was a kid, I remember my sister and I dying at how cute the little girl was, which, well, that hasn't changed, the kid is fucking adorable. But so is Walter Matthau. If you don't like Walter Matthau, you must have a screw loose. Or else you don't know who he is.

So like all Damon Runyon stories, this one is set in the 30s in NYC amidst the horse racing, small time crook, bigger time gangster scene, where women are 'dames' or 'dolls' and men wear 3-piece pinstriped suits with hats and live in apartments with Murphy beds.

(Re-cember, when I rewatch movies I haven't seen in a long time during the monthof December)

I saw The Muppet Movie in the theater when I was a kid. I don't think I've seen it since. I loved it then and I loved it now. It lessened my grumpiness at least for a bit.

(Re-cember, when I Rewatch movies I haven't seen in a while during this, the month of December)

I only saw this movie once. Probably in the 90s, back in the day of videotape.

I didn't remember much about this one either, I know I liked it okay, I didn't hate it, but this time around I really liked it. I forget what other old movie I came across with John C. Reilly in it but he had a decent-sized role in this too. I first remember seeing him in Magnolia, I think. Anyway, also in this movie, besides the main actors of Leo DiCaprio (who really was very good as Arnie), Johnny Depp, and Juliette Lewis, are Mary Steenburgen, Crispin Glover, and Kevin Tighe (who I always remember from Emergency! opposite my childhood crush Randolph Mantooth), as far as well-known actors go, and then of course there was Darlene Cates who played the housebound morbidly obese mother.

I totally do not remember anything about this movie. It makes me doubt I even saw it. But I think I saw it with my BFF and probably her sister in my mom's basement one New Year's Eve. I probably wasn't drunk but maybe I was tired.  Anyway, nothing at all rang a bell in this movie. I didn't even remember that Michael Caine was in it.  I also recognized Billy Mitchell from Eastenders as a pimp. And is that was ponce means? Pimp? because I did not know that. Sheds a whole new light on Ponce de leon, eh.

(Re-cember: when I watch a movie I saw a long time ago, or not that long ago, but probably a long time ago)

I saw This is Spinal Tap in high school. Like a couple years after it was made, so a really fucking long time ago. I don't recall seeing it since. So I didn't really remember a whole lot except my friend Sean used to say "lick my love pump", and I remembered that the drummers all died, and not a whole lot more. Oh These go to eleven. Right.

Anyway, this movie is hilarious. I thought I was the only one who hasn't seen it a hundred times and maybe that's true in my age group but my Tuff Turf screencaps got more love than Spinal Tap but that's RDJ for you.

Anyway