Four Weddings, a Funeral and an Exorcism.

Published 20 Jun 2011 17:30 0 Comments

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I'm like that Grasshopper who played Xbox all Summer and nothing like those ants that watched all the movies and re-enacted The Magnificent Seven.

By this point I should have seen, I don't know, 50 films?

I've watched 13. Uh-oh.

What I should have done was blogged about cooking. Maybe worked my way through Jamie Oliver's 30 Minute Meals. It would have been a hell of a lot tastier.

As Julie Powell once blogged: "If you think I'm going to come home and cook a French meal after schlepping to Jersey, being labelled a soulless bureaucratic goon, and schlepping back again via late-night public transit to my apartment, all as an unpaid volunteer, just for your web-based entertainment, you're nuts."

I say ditto to that.

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@SandyK1LL Hugh Grant meets American Andie MacDowell every time he attends a wedding, then another, then her Wedding. Someone dies. Then Hugh walks down the aisle.

Four Weddings and a Funeral (which purists will be horrified to know I'm referring to as Four Weddings from here on) was better than nearly every single wedding I've been to.

There's that right boring bit when the guests have nothing to do while pictures are being taken.

Advice, keep everything simple, short and sweet.

The problem with weddings is they're expensive, mostly for show, and ultimately it's a lot of money for ONE day, people! The last wedding I was at was annulled after six months. Annulled!

What I really want to know though is - who got my gift? Most likely the Bride.

I'm actually quite traditional, and all for weddings. Just not when it's more for the day rather than for keeps. Just sayin'.

Oh yeah. The film was awesome.

Apart from that skank, Carrie, played by Andie MacDowell.

If anything Four Weddings glamorises NOT getting married. Bit of trivia for you anyhow. The third wedding, in Scotland - wasn't even filmed in Scotland. It's a British film! I think I'd have preferred it if Jeanne Tripplehorn - she was Michael Douglas's other love interest in Basic Instinct - was originally cast in MacDowell's part.

The only thing in my opinion wrong with the movie is that Hugh Grant ended up with the wrong person. Hugh, Kristen Scott Thomas tells you she's in love with you and you settle for Andie MacDowall? Why Hugh, why?

Because she's worth it… Bleurgh.

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@SandyK1LL Troublesome teen Linda Blair starts spinning her head 360 degrees and projectile vomiting. The power of Christ compels you.

To be honest I was a little anxious at watching The Exorcist.

I remembered all the stories I heard about it when I was at the primary - you know, when the devil came to the door of those girls who watched it. And killed them until they were dead.

Looking back that might have been to scare me.

Wait... Isn't that the plot to The Ring, sort of?

I'd say I'm relatively religious. I know what Church I'm not going to anyway.

I can see why The Exorcist was banned for such a long time.

Banned. No way to get hold of it. Where did I get it? A bargain basket DVD in a supermarket for £2. How times have changed. The security tag was still on it when I got home so maybe the heavens were trying to protect me.

Drag Me To Hell - now that's frightening. I double check envelopes and keep away from buttons because of that film.

Still, this was apparently projectile vomit inducing scary. Ellen Burstyn was utterly helpless when Linda Blair started to become possessed. It really feels like calling for the exorcism was a last resort. It's just such a relief when it's all over. Oh yeah, and Tubular Bells. Mentioned.

My childhood was littered with Exorcist references. Now I can finally say without a shadow of a doubt - that's from the Exorcist, that is.

Like this. Rice has never been this compelling.

Skip straight to 5.00 for the Exorcist references.

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The Exorcist in 30 seconds- with Bunnies!

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And it wouldn't be a blog without an obligatory Dinosaur movie trailer.

Next week Godfather Trilogy. Enjoy.

The List So Far...

(X indicates watched)

1. White Heat.

2. Sunset Boulevard.

3. Ace In The Hole.

4. His Girl Friday.

5. The Thing From Another World!

6. Casablanca. X

7. Training Day.

8. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

9. Cool Hand Luke.

10. The Big Sleep.

11. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid,

12. The French Connection X

13. The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)

14. Rocky.

15. Soylent Green (is people!)

16. Planet of The Apes (1968) X

17. The Great Escape.

18. A Bridge Too Far.

19. Citizen Kane.

20. Lawrence of Arabia.

21. Doctor Zhivago.

22. The Dirty Dozen,

23. Angels With Dirty Faces.

24. Shane.

25. Red River.

26. Executive Decision

27. Dirty Harry. X

28. When Harry Met Sally X

29. Absence of Malice.

30. Outland.

31. The Man Who Would Be King.

32. Flight of the Phoenix.

33. The Departed.

34. JFK.

35. The Paper.

36. Naked Gun.

37. Reign Over Me.

38/39. Miracle of 34th Street. (Original and remake)

40. The Italian Job. (1969)

41. Zulu.

42. The Ipcress File,

43. Maltese Falcon.

44. Where Eagles Dare.

45. The Exorcist. X

46. The Omen.

47. Four Weddings and a Funeral. X

48. The Haunting (1962)

49. The Odd Couple. X

50. Blade Runner. X

51/52/53. The Godfather Trilogy. XXX

54. Halloween.

55. Magic.

56. The Lion In Winter.

57. Goodbye Girl.

58. High Plains Drifter

59. Stagecoach.

60. Twelve Angry Men

61. Bullitt X

62. Mystic River

63. The Princess Bride

64. Strangers on a Train.

65. A Shot in the Dark

66 - 100 (Douglas is working on it.)

This blog appeared in Cumnock Chronicle 21 Jun 11

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