There's something very endearing and romantic about old movies. The crap they come up with nowadays (New Moon, anyone?) is barely watchable. Hence I'm going back to the older stuff, days when the words film and quality could stil be used in a same sentence. Of course, if 'quality-load-of-crap' is a word, it could be used with Hannah Montana too.
I watched my first black and white movie today. It's nice to see the world from the eyes of a dog (and no jokes about how I see the world from the eyes of a bitch, even if it may be true) now and then. I'd bought a collection of Marilyn Monroe (may she rest in peace) movies at Grammaphone, and one of the movies is 'Monkey Business'. She doesn't have a very big role in it, and is more of supporting character.
The movie stars Cary Grant, one of THE biggest male movie stars of the days of yore, as a chemist. He was working on a rejuvenating drug that can restore people to the vitality and vigor of their younger days, but to no particular success. When he wasn't looking, a lab chimpanzee called Ester (I don't know how that's relevant) escaped from her cage and mixed a bunch of chemicals together, then poured the mixture into a water cooler. See, i just knew chimpanzees are products of the devil. They rip your face off, and will poison your drink if they get the chance.
Cary and his wife try the drug on themselves, and also took some water to wash it down. The youth drug works to hilarious results, though none of them know it's the effects of the water. Madcap adventures ensues as they revert back to the personality of their younger selves.
Marilyn, as usual, was adorably stunning and delightful to watch. She's really perfected the role of the ditzy blonde, although in the black and white film, her hair is a weird shade of grey. Funny how her hair is not even blonde to begin with, but she's regarded as the most iconic blonde of the twentieth century.
The next film in the collection I'm gonna watch is All About Eve, the famous Bette Davis film that won as many Oscars as Titanic, and one of Mariah's personal favorites =)
I watched my first black and white movie today. It's nice to see the world from the eyes of a dog (and no jokes about how I see the world from the eyes of a bitch, even if it may be true) now and then. I'd bought a collection of Marilyn Monroe (may she rest in peace) movies at Grammaphone, and one of the movies is 'Monkey Business'. She doesn't have a very big role in it, and is more of supporting character.
The movie stars Cary Grant, one of THE biggest male movie stars of the days of yore, as a chemist. He was working on a rejuvenating drug that can restore people to the vitality and vigor of their younger days, but to no particular success. When he wasn't looking, a lab chimpanzee called Ester (I don't know how that's relevant) escaped from her cage and mixed a bunch of chemicals together, then poured the mixture into a water cooler. See, i just knew chimpanzees are products of the devil. They rip your face off, and will poison your drink if they get the chance.
Cary and his wife try the drug on themselves, and also took some water to wash it down. The youth drug works to hilarious results, though none of them know it's the effects of the water. Madcap adventures ensues as they revert back to the personality of their younger selves.
Marilyn, as usual, was adorably stunning and delightful to watch. She's really perfected the role of the ditzy blonde, although in the black and white film, her hair is a weird shade of grey. Funny how her hair is not even blonde to begin with, but she's regarded as the most iconic blonde of the twentieth century.
The next film in the collection I'm gonna watch is All About Eve, the famous Bette Davis film that won as many Oscars as Titanic, and one of Mariah's personal favorites =)
The theatrical trailer for Monkey Business:
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