Sister Flicks

We just dropped Kelly off at the airport and she is returning to her beloved boyfriend after visiting us for the weekend. While she was here, I realized I miss having a sister to watch movies with. Though Jeff is loads of fun in most environments, he gets anxious when he has to sit and watch a movie or TV at home. So it was fun to have someone with the same sick sense of humor to laugh with at some of the old Peck sister favorites. We even found a new movie to add to our repertoire. In honor of Kelly, I've decided to post and review a few of our favorites here:

Two Weeks with Love. This musical finds an adorable Patti (played by Jane Powell) hoping to convince her parents to buy her a corset and let her grow up whilst vacationing at Kissmee in the Catskills (their summer vacation spot). The girls plot and scheme vying for the the affections of a handsome Latin man named Demi Armendez. In my opinion this musical has the most adorable songs and funniest plot of any musical I've ever seen. Patti's dream sequence where Demi finds she has no corset is my favorite part of the movie.

Kelly and I grew up watching everything Hailey Mills. We love Parent Trap, Summer Magic, Moonspinners, Pollyanna, etc. etc. What's not to love about Hailey?



Kelly bought me a copy of Mystery Date for my birthday. Kelly and I actually watched this last night and died laughing when Ethan Hawke's character Tom McQue gets girl advice from his older brother Craig. Some favorite snippets:

"Girls like it when you treat them good or when you treat them sh----, as long as you are listening to them." "Girls like mature men. Basically, they just want a guy that wears glasses." "Never let the law get in the way of a good time." Ethan Hawke is a master at playing a nervous emotional wreck trying to impress his beautiful date while he is inadvertently mistaken for his older brother...a guy who is in big trouble with the Asian mafia and the law.

The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Jane Seymour is an all time favorite. The best part is near the end where Sir Percy brags to his captors that his yaught the Day Dream is docked outside and ready to take his group to saftey. The camera pans to a shot of a yaught that is in mid sail with no land in sight. I can't tell you why this is so hilarious to us but growing up, we would rewind and rewind this part and be rolling on the floor in fits of hysterical laughter.

Now for unrelated funnies. Kelly and her boyfriend text each other 500 times a day. I'm not kidding. Kelly's phone keys are so worn from texting that you can't even see the numbers on them. I'm noticing that texting is a huge part of being a single these days. Luckily now that she is at home, maybe the keys can cool down a little and other things can heat up.