Movie Review: Never Been Kissed

Never Been Kissed (1999)
Starring: Drew Barrymore and Michael Vartan
Characters: Josie Geller and Sam Coulson
Directed by: Raja Gosnell
Tagline: A comedy with class
Grade: A++

As you can probably see, I LOVE this movie. Movies like this make me happy. I think everyone can relate to Josie in some way or another. And Mr. Coulson has to be the hottest teacher, like, ever. Of course, I might be biased because I love Michael Vaughn....I'm obsessed with Alias, but who isn't? Anyway, the basic idea of the story is that a shy copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times who was very unpopular in high school (Josie) goes back to high school as an undercover reporter. When she gets there, she's still unpopular. So, after a while of being snubbed by the popular kids, her brother, who was popular in school, decides to step in. He tells her that all she needs is for one kid (the right kind of kid) to think she's cool and everyone else will be too scared to disagree. So, he goes back to high school with her and everyone thinks she's cool. While she starts hanging out with the popular kids she starts liking the popular guy in school, Guy Perkins, because he reminds her of the boy she liked in high school, Billy Prince. But the guy she's supposed to be with is the Shakspeare teacher, Sam Coulson. He's not allowed to like her, though, because she's his student. In the end, she writes a fantastic article about having never been kissed in that special way, she's never found that person that, when you kiss them, you realize you never want to be with anyone else. At the end, of course, she finds that guy and the film ends by showing pictures of the cast and crew in high school as the credits roll.
This movie is one of my movies I watch when I'm sad or not feeling good. It makes me laugh, feel good, and extremely happy, which is everything you need when you're feeling down. So, yes, I would recommed this movie to anyone who has a taste for good 90's movies...or movies in general.
-MOT (I've also decided that I'm not going to add my tag about movies onto the posts with reviews unless something has changed since the last post.)

So...

Let's see...I said I'm going to write about feelings. So, here's how I'm feeling. It's pretty normal for a 17 year old girl, I guess.
There's a guy that I went out with....I liked him a lot when we were going out...not so much anymore. Sometimes, I want to stab him with something sharp...not kill him...just hurt him very badly. Maybe put him in the hospital for a while. And I swear, I'm not violent. That's just how stupid and aggravating he is. And my problems with him isn't that he's too goofy (which he is) or that he's around all the time (which is also true). It's that he hangs out with my friends. They wouldn't even know him if it weren't for me and now he considers them his friends and thinks they'll be loyal to him. They're still nice to him...part of me is happy for that because I don't want people to think I'm bitter, but the other part of me wants them to hate him and be mean to him. I don't know why. I don't like it when people are mean to other people...but I wouldn't mind every once and a while someone slapping him or something....like, maybe me slapping him. haha Anyway, that's all I kind of feel like talking about. If I post anymore, I might get mad...or even madder. Wait...is that a word?

Just finished: Never Been Kissed
Watching now: The Thing Called Love
Excited to see: When in Rome

Movie Review: Say Anything...

Ok...so I've decided to review a movie.
A) Because I like writing
B) Because I'm bored
C) Because the title of this blog is, after all, Musings of a Movie Obsessed Teenager
D) Because I love talking about movies
So, here goes...

Say Anything... (1989)
Starring: John Cusack and Ione Sky
Characters: Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Tagline: To know Lloyd Dobler is to love him. Diane Court is about to know Lloyd Dobler.
Grade: A

I think it's fitting that the first movie review I write is about an 80's movie. There is no way to measure the love I have for 80's movies. Most of my favorite movies are made up of them. But I love this one in particular. It actually didn't interest me at first. But I watched it because I had gone to a lot of trouble to record it and I didn't have any other movies to watch. Now, I'm so glad I did. Because now, I love, love, love Say Anything...
The movie is basically about an unpopular guy (Lloyd), who also happens to be a wonderful guy, is in love with the beautiful and smart girl (Diane). It's pretty predictable, right? Wrong. Not only does she end up loving him back, but there's even a sort of "mystery" involved. **Spoiler** Diane's father is being investigated by the IRS. At first, you just think it's an unnecessary diversion from the main point of the movie. But it soon becomes what brings Lloyd and Diane back together. In the end, she (kind of) reconciles with her father and heads off to England, with Lloyd there to support her. Which, I think is a good ending.
Not only does this movie have a great ending (Woo! for happy endings), it also has several unexpected turns...*insert ghostly sound and cackle* Not that kind of unexpected turn, but still.
-MOT

Just finished: Say Anything... (still)
Watching now: Never Been Kissed (still)
Excited to see: Dear John

Contrary to popular belief...

I know that no one will ever read this. I'm not one of those bloggers that gets on here to become famous or to spout off their beliefs about everything. I have no desire to become like the woman from Julie and Julia (although that was a great movie...I might be a little biased, though. You're looking at Amy Adams' biggest fan.) But anyway, that's not what I'm trying to do. The only reason I started blogging is to get my feelings and the thoughts I have out. It helps me to write things, so here I am. Writing to make myself feel better. Hopefully, it will work. But I don't know how this will turn out or if I'll ever even do this again. So, let's see how this goes...

Just finished: Say Anything...
Watching Now: Never Been Kissed
Excited to See: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief