It's true, I am insane.

[trinityvixen]

Somebody tell umeyard to stop trying to bankrupt me. I barely got out of the DeepDiscount Buy 2, Get 1 sale under $30. I just trimmed everything away until they were almost all really terrible movies that I just have to own. (glvalentine, be proud of me?)

Remember last summer when I tried to drag people to the theater to see Mannequin? Yeah, well, um, you don't have to go to the theater any more! You lucky people! I did pick up Say Anything to counter that. (God, I'll never be able to watch it though; that movie breaks my heart every time.) Ever After is a toss-up in terms of taste. My stupid girl heart gets all fluttery and wuvvy-wuvs it. My cynical side sits and speculates about how many venereal diseases people in the movie probably have.

And, unrelated to the sale, because it was $6, I bought He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword. Sing it with me now ('cause I know feiran is, and she's probably hating my guts right at this moment):

A stranger walked into my wooooooooooorld
And when he talked, I really hhheeeeeeeeard
He spoke of things like love and peeeeeeeeeeeeeeace
The joy they bring will never ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

For the honor of looooooooooove
By the power ABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
I have the pooooooooooower, I have the pooooooooooower!

Comments

[glvalentine.livejournal.com]

Not only am I proud, but The Secret of the Sword is on my list to blog, because I saw it when I was a kid and IT MESSED MY SHIT UP.

[fairest.livejournal.com]

**SINGS**

Hate you? I bought that movie on tape the instant I spotted it in the store, last time! It's so delightfully awful. :)

P.S. HE-MAN HAS NO NIPPLES

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I rewatched Secret of the Sword a few years ago (then lent it to a friend who went home to Lebanon then dropped out...yeah, I'm never seeing that DVD again). It hurts to watch. OMG so bad.

The thing that got me about Ever After is the anachronistic glitter in the ball scene. Glitter.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It messed you up? Man, the friggin' GI Joe movie did that to me. I can't remember what it was about, even, but I think of it and do this shudder right down to my five-year old soul. I think I have to buy it, too, so I can have the unholy trifecta of 80s cartoon movies (that I used to rent from the podunk video store in upstate New York) on DVD. And then I will know why I am the way I am.

Ooh, a Questionable Taste Thursday movie I will have actually seen! HURRAH.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I remember! $20 for a like totally bootleg copy and we watched it in Schermerhorn. Good times.

P.S. I THINK HE-MAN MIGHT BAT FOR THE OTHER TEAM.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

We watched Secret of the Sword not too long ago, and it was brilliant. There's so much gayness in 80s cartoons that just got condensed into this one movie. So what if it, like every other cartoon movie of the decade was a rip-off of Star Wars?

Ever After is just forgiven for all its anachronisms, kay? When you throw Leonardo Da Vinci in as a match-making mensch, you pretty much throw everything else out a window. (THAT THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE EITHER.)

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Ever After is also a tragic waste of Anjelica Huston.

[shell524.livejournal.com]

I <3 Ever After.

In regards to He-man and She-ra, I have this pair of DVDs.

[shell524.livejournal.com]

But it was entertaining, mission accomplished, as far as I'm concerned. :)

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have to admit--I like Mannequin. It's utterly goofball but fun. And I like both Say Anything and Ever After, as well. :)

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Prince Adam *definitely* bats for the other team.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Oh god oh god now that song is in my head and it's the worst song ever LA LA LA SINGING SOMETHING ELSE NOW!!!

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, his "Fabulous Secret Powers" line in the intro should be the tip-off to that.

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

Dolph has the power!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

But she was fabulous!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, that was SARCASM, hello!

(I LOVE SARCASM. IT IS GOOD EVERYWHERE.)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I think I never watched the show, just the movie. That was true of most 80s cartoons. I never really watched all that much Transformers, but you couldn't pry me off of the movie (the old one, I mean; with the animated cars turning into robots). So, I'd get She-Ra or He-Man on DVD except this is really the only story line I know.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I admit it I love Mannequin, too, and not in the ironic way. I always have liked this movie, especially since before I ever knew that anyone ever actually put that much effort into window-dressing. Andrew McCarthy's adorable schtick was good for about two movies, and this was one of them. It's totally stupid and silly, but hey! It was my first exposure to gay people! (Not including He-Man.)

Say Anything is probably one of the most enduringly wonderful romances I've ever seen, and I just have a soft spot for Ever After.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Oops. I knew it would get someone, I just assumed it would be feiran. Sorry!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Now THERE is a version that has no aged well. I remember rewatching that ENDLESSLY. Saw it again recently and cringed hard enough to leave permanent lines. Eeeeuggghhh.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Ah, sarcasm--I've heard of that.
:)