(To quote Miss Alicia Keys "This girl is on fire." Thanks Alicia. Glad I could be a song writing inspiration to you.)
There are several probable reasons for my intense movie viewing marathon, but I think it's mostly due to two things: the still incredibly cold weather my area has been experiencing and the distinct lack of potentially disturbing movies on this year's list.
My 2012 List was chock full of disturbing stuff, from Silence of the Lambs (shudder) to Steve Martin's toe hair in The Jerk to West Side Story's gang fight that was a little too heavy on the jazz hands and pirouettes for my liking. By contrast, my 2013 List has been a breeze. A very non-disturbing breeze.
But then again, I've only been watching Harry Potter movies and The Princess Bride. Not a lot of disturbing stuff in movies geared for kids. Except for Goonies.
(Another movie I've never seen.)
(Scratch that. I've, like, totally seen Goonies. Heh heh. Seriously. Who hasn't seen that classic?)
Ahem. Moving on … I took a break from watching Harry Potter movies to tackle another film on my Must See 2.0 list: Throw Momma from the Train.
For those of you who haven't seen Throw Momma, it is the story of two men who want the ladies in their life (Larry's ex-wife and Owen's Momma) killed.
As I watched the opening sequence, I thought about why I'd never seen Throw Momma before now. It's a dark comedy and sometimes it takes me a while to warm up to dark comedies, but I've narrowed my aversion to Throw Momma down to one thing: Anne Ramsey. She played Momma and Momma is one scary looking lady. Check her out:
Egads. Someone hit her square in the face with the ugly stick, but only for this role. She's quite lovely outside of her Momma role.
And her voice? Oh my. There's nothing like it on Earth, especially when she's screeching "OWEN!!!" at top volume.
Oh Momma! You are such a complete and utter whack-a-doo. You are mean, snarky, demanding, demeaning, rude and unintentionally funny. And I love you.
The rest of the movie was kind of eh, but Momma was the best.
To recap: Watched Throw Momma from the Train and kinda liked it. I may have to watch it again to firmly make up my mind. For now, I give it a solid thumbs sideways.
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