Movie #350 - L.A. Story

L.A. Story
1991 - Rated PG-13 - 1 hr 35 min
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Pollak, Patrick Stewart, Iman

I love this movie, I really do.  It's got all the trademark wit of a Steve Martin-penned comedy (better than Shop Girl, that's for sure) and tells the "real" truth about late 80s / early 90s Hollywood.  From trendy twists of lemon to Marilu Henner's outrageous jewelry "points" system, Martin shows us his satirical side.  Good stuff, all around.

So the talking signboard is a bit weird, but for some reason, it's just handled as fact.  Martin's character doubts it at first, as anyone would, but once it proves itself, he starts listening.  And it's never explained, which I think does this movie a great favor.  To do so would belittle the "fairytale" of this love story.

And who doesn't want to rollerskate through an art museum?

Watch this one and laugh--both at the outdated technology (it's 1991, for crying out loud) and the witty reparte that Martin writes so well.

Movie #206 - Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator
1986 - Rated PG - 1 hr 30 min
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Joey Cramer, Paul Reubens, Veronica Cartwright, Sarah Jessica Parker

This movie was not as cool as I remembered it being.  And actually, Max (that's the ship's computer) is kinda mean to him at first.  Then, suddenly, he's PeeWee Herman... so that's weird.

This light-hearted take on alien abduction is a bit disturbing, kind of contrived, and really doesn't do anything for me anymore.  It's a pretty hollow "adventure" story.  Not that I expected it to blow me away, but I remembered it being more meaningful.  The only "real" moment in this movie is how different he acts to his parents and brother when the alien spaceship returns him to his own time.

Otherwise, I'm scratching my head.  And oh, by the way, this movie's being remade this year. So we have that to look forward to...