Last night I watched "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" because it was on and I like background noise when I'm doing stuff. The thing is I completely ditched what I was going to do and just watched the whole thing, start to finish. For whatever reason I like that movie a lot. Probably because it's a fairytale or something. It makes me cry.
Like, how often does that happen, falling in love with someone over the phone? Or from listening to them on a radio? When I had a radio show (sure, fine, it was only campus/community radio, but still) I only had calls from people that sounded scary, like they wanted to eat my brain or wanted my skin for a new coat. One guy informed me he loved my voice while beating off (short call, obviously). But never did an attractive man want to date me just from hearing me talk. Granted, I'm no Jeannine Garofalo.
In reality, a lot of the people I know from radio are actually attractive. The old adage about having a face for radio isn't relevant in most cases I've seen. Except for the one guy who had a bit of a white man afro, but he managed to get married with it, so someone thought he was attractive. And me, apparently.
I guess I'm unconvinced that Jeannine Garofalo was ugly, even compared to Uma Thurman. Like, Uma Thurman just looks weird sometimes and she didn't show her teeth in that movie. It's unnatural to smile without teeth at least some of the time. Watching the part when Abby/Donna leaves the guy's apartment and then sits outside to cry is the same feeling I get when watching "Some Kind of Wonderful," when Watts walks away crying so Keith and Amanda Jones can be alone. I always get the hopeful feeling that the guy won't be an ass and will realise she's the one he wants, not the pretty one. Even though all movies end like that anyway, with the ugly girl getting the boy. Are there any when it doesn't?
OK, I get too involved in movies. I'm a sucker. This is why I shouldn't watch romcoms.
Currently listening :
Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives
By Novillero
Release date: 07 June, 2005
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