Summer Lovin' - Part 2

On some of these rainy spring-almost-summer days and nights, the perfect way to pass the time is to pop in some quintessential summer movies. To qualify as a "summer movie," it must be relatively mindless, nostalgic, and of course, funny.

The Classic Summer Flick:
1) Wet Hot American Summer. This is by far my favorite summer movie. Nothing beats an all-star cast at a 1980's summer camp...except for maybe writing in your g*ournal

The "this is the last day of school and we may never see each other again so we've got to party" Flick:

2) Can't Hardly Wait is what started the raucous teen movie craze
3) Dazed and Confused just proves I should have been born in another decade

4) Grease. Growing up, a lot of the sexual innuendos went over my head, but I mean, a hickie from Kenicki is like a Hallmark card

The "we're so bored because there's nothing to do so we fill our days by getting into mischief" Flick:

5) The Sandlot, if you don't like this movie, you're killin me smalls

6) Now & Then, one of the only movies in the sub-genre tailed for girls...truth or dare?

7) Stand By Me, when the answer to any of life's question is "cherry flavored pez" you can't go wrong

The summer Blockbuster I'm most looking forward to seeing: The Dark Knight Rises

And of course, it wouldn't be summer without packing the car with friends and snacks and going to see a double feature at the Drive-In

Perfection

I had to post this immediately upon finding it. Can't wait.

The most refined lady bugs do it, when a gentleman calls

I've been listening to the music from the film, Midnight in Paris, on repeat for about a day now. How? Might you ask? Someone was kind enough to track down all of the songs used in the film (and their originals) and compile a 52 song playlist that supplies me with relaxing music for about 2.9 hours. It's pretty much amazing. This is the same guy who made pizza and drank wine with me on New Year's Eve and watched the movie with me, all without complaining.

The film, though not one of Woody Allen's best, but certainly not one of his worst, started my newly rediscovered love and appreciation for Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Stein and all of the allure of Paris in the '20s (granted, that love has been there for quite some time, but the film proved a good reminder). The characters in the film are complete - yet loveable -  parodies of the great artists we've so grown to love. Hemingway, of course, is the best.

Think about it.