Rule 32: Enjoy the Little Things

[andromeda331]

On 2/9/2023 at 9:44 AM, Ms Blue Jay said:

This is such an old post but I wanted to quote it because this is one of my favourite movies and I really agree.

I always whine about May-December relationships in the movies where the man is older, and yet, this is one coupling that I really love.  Why?  Because Mona Lisa and Vinny really love each other, and you can tell.  They have so much chemistry and the couple feels really real.

They are one of my favorite couples. They'll bicker because of their personalities but they love each other. I love when Vinny tells her to stand by her man and she immediately starts mockingly "on the way you handle judge" it's also their foreplay. I love how much they support each other. When Vinny first hears about mud in the tires early in the episode he immediately asks Lisa if she ever heard of it. He knows she knows everything about cars and trust his judgement. He also heads straight to the bar when he finds out she tried hustling for money but the guy didn't pay. Lisa of course supports him though whole time except for that fight at the end which Vinny realizes right afterwards he was wrong to take his frustrations out on Lisa. I also love when Lisa kind of goes off on him about getting married. Most movies would make this a big fight or break up scene. Vinny calmly points out everything on his shoulders right now the judge, no sleep, fighting an idiot for 200, and the trial. He doesn't need her on him about marriage and kids. Most movies would have Lisa storm off ticked off. Nope, Lisa just agrees it's a bad time to bring it up.

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In real life, Marisa Tomei wanted to audition for "A League of their Own", so Joe Pesci was trying to coach her in playing baseball.    How cute is that? 🥰  She was hopeless at it unfortunately.😄

From IMDB trivia:

 

Too bad. She would have been great in that movie.

[Bastet]

12 hours ago, andromeda331 said:

Too bad. She would have been great in that movie.

Not if she was hopeless at learning to play baseball.  Penny Marshall knowing she didn't want to have to rely on doubles or cuts in the game scenes, that she'd only audition actors who could play baseball (even Oscar winner Geena Davis got balls thrown at her in Marshall's backyard before they could sit down and talk about her playing the catcher), is one of the little things that makes the film so great.  I love the recent TV series, too, but that some actors could play well and some not so much was noticeable in wide shots; the film has no such distraction.

[Spartan Girl]

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery: Austin automatically turning down Vanessa coming onto him when drunk. And unlike too many movies and shows with that similar scenario, it wasn’t treated like some agonizing temptation or noble sacrifice on his part. Just “No, you’re drunk, it’s not right” and that was that.

Also loved that while he did have some feelings for Mrs. Kensington back in the day, he respected her marriage. Say what you must about Austin Danger Powers, but he had standards. He would have used a Time Machine to rewrite history so he could cheat his way into a manufactured happy ending with Mrs. Kensington…

[DearEvette]

I was watching Back to the Future  and as we know the movie makes a point of showing the big effects of the changes that Marty's intervention in the past made to his family.  But I always get tickled at one small thing.

In the present day, Marty meets Doc at the Twin Pines Mall that has a bright neon sign that says 'Twin Pines Mall' at the entry of the mall parking lot.  But when Marty time travels to the past he knocks over one of the twin pine trees at the Twin Pines Farm  which was the original site of the current day mall.

First thing he does when he comes back to the present day,  he runs to the Mall to see if he can save Doc from the Libyans and he runs right past the neon mall sign that now reads 'Lone Pine Mall.' 

I love that scene because the movie didn't try to draw your attention to the new sign because all the tension was on Marty trying to get there in time to save Doc.  But it was there, and they let the audience realize the significance on their own.

[Spartan Girl]

So I know Peter Dinklage’s singing in Cyrano wasn’t perfect, but I think the moment he really nailed it was his reprise of “Have you ever wanted something…” in the finale. The tone was just so poignantly mournful that it struck a chord with me in more ways that one, and it’s my favorite moment in the whole movie.

[BlueSkies]

On 2/16/2023 at 5:58 AM, andromeda331 said:

They are one of my favorite couples. They'll bicker because of their personalities but they love each other. I love when Vinny tells her to stand by her man and she immediately starts mockingly "on the way you handle judge" it's also their foreplay. I love how much they support each other. When Vinny first hears about mud in the tires early in the episode he immediately asks Lisa if she ever heard of it. He knows she knows everything about cars and trust his judgement. He also heads straight to the bar when he finds out she tried hustling for money but the guy didn't pay. Lisa of course supports him though whole time except for that fight at the end which Vinny realizes right afterwards he was wrong to take his frustrations out on Lisa. I also love when Lisa kind of goes off on him about getting married. Most movies would make this a big fight or break up scene. Vinny calmly points out everything on his shoulders right now the judge, no sleep, fighting an idiot for 200, and the trial. He doesn't need her on him about marriage and kids. Most movies would have Lisa storm off ticked off. Nope, Lisa just agrees it's a bad time to bring it up.

Too bad. She would have been great in that movie.

The miscommunication here is hysterical

 

 

[andromeda331]

5 hours ago, BlueSkies said:

The miscommunication here is hysterical

 

 

I love that scene! It's so funny. Talk about a miscommunication!

[Spartan Girl]

Remember when I posted that Christopher Reeve’s smile in any movie he’s ever done was a Rule 32 for me?

I have to say the same about Brendan Fraser’s smile. In any movie—Bedazzled, George of the Jungle, School Ties, The Mummy. He, like Reeve, perfected the art of the warm, sometimes dopey, aw-shucks kind of smile that just thaws the cold dead parts of your heart.

[andromeda331]

One thing I really like about Lisa in My Cousin Vinny is she's wears great outfits but also knows everything about cars and used to be a mechanic in her father's shop. Most movies and TV shows would have made her a tomboy. Wearing jeans or overalls. A woman wearing great clothes has to be a girly-girl and not one who would ever work on cars. She can never be both. But Lisa is. It's really cool. 

[Spartan Girl]

Something I noticed in the animated Little Mermaid is how, despite being a prince, Eric is always dressed super casually. Other than the wedding(s), the only time you see him in full-royal regalia is when “Vanessa” shows up, which is a subtle clue that something is off with him.

Regarding the new movie, a little thing I loved is that when Ariel’s exposed as a mermaid by Ursula, all the spectators are shocked and horrified—but Eric’s reaction? He just held her tighter.

Edited Thursday at 02:57 PM by Spartan Girl