Have you ever watched a movie that was so bad, yet just good enough to make you keep watching, and then blocked it out of your memory? The producers of Hurlyburly are really quite clever because they stocked this movie with stars a-plenty. So many good actors that you think to yourself, "Well anything with 2 Penns, a Spacey, and a Palminteri can't be bad...oh...and Meg Ryan! Let's go for it!" Let's just say, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.That's right, as the beginning scene rolled, it all seemed distantly familiar but I couldn't recall ever watching this movie. As each scene concluded, I would remember, and then eventually I knew what would happen next. I still couldn't imagine when, or why, I had ever watched this movie.
Flashback to Curwood. I was doing school/coaching/j.crew and Dave was working at Domino's with Ugly and kato. Somewhere along the line, we decided it would be a good idea for Ugly and kato (who resided in the Shedu basement at the time) to follow Dave home at 1 a.m. several nights a week for a late night movie...or two. Why we started this, I have no idea...why it continued after the first time is beyond any comprehension. Anyway, this is relevant because as the credits rolled on Hurlyburly I suddenly realized where I had seen this trainwreck of a film. The "review" by ween-3 at the imdb site was spot on by saying:
You liked "Glengarry Glen Ross"? You're gonna love THIS one.
Too bad I wanted to kill myself halfway through Glengarry Glen Ross.
2 comments:
you could always do what i do: dive headlong into the sea of 80s schlock. they are always disappointing, but in a good way.
Next time the Phoenix and Tuscon crews are together we need to play Totally 80s Trivial Pursuit. I have a feeling that you would totally kick our asses.
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