In the 20th week of 2020 for Wandering Through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks. We go into the subject of girls’ trip. Movies where it’s about the ladies having a good time and going on a trip as it’s been a popular subject with films in the last decade. Here are my three picks:
1. Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
One of the finest comedies of the 1990s as it revolves around two life-long friends who are trying to start a clothing business as their 10-year high school reunion is about to happen. Driving from Los Angeles to Arizona for this reunion, the two friends deal with themselves and what they hope to get out of this reunion in the hopes that everyone who saw them as losers in high school either accept who they are or can simply go fuck themselves. The duo Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow is what makes the film a joy to watch.
2. Spring Breakers
From Harmony Korine comes one of the great films of the 2010s as it revolves around four young girls going to the South of Florida to enjoy spring break and get themselves involve in some crazy shit. Along the way, they meet a drug dealer as a few of them take part in his crazy lifestyle while also getting wild and rowdy. It is a visually-entrancing film with some intense imagery of debauchery while it showcases Korine’s maturity as a filmmaker as he explore young people wanting to have fun and maybe get carried away a bit as it does prove to be a major breakthrough for one of cinema’s enfant terrible.
3. Rough Night
A bachelorette party that goes wrong where four college friends reunite with a new friend in tow to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of one of their own as they travel to Miami and do some crazy shit. An accident involving a male stripper, trying to hide the body, and all sorts of things lead to a film that is quite funny. Notably as Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, and Kate McKinnon are the ones providing a lot of the funny stuff while Scarlett Johansson and Zoe Kravitz wisely play it straight and do a few funny bits of their own. It’s an entertaining film that doesn’t take itself seriously and just let itself be insane as it wants to be.
© thevoid99 2020
We match on Spring Breaks but I'm lame and didn't love it like everyone else in the blogosphere did. lol
ReplyDeleteIt took me quite a while to get around to Romy & Michele, the preview made it look incredibly stupid, but once I did I found it to have a certain sweet charm. No masterpiece but the two women worked well together.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen Spring Breakers and I've heard a lot of negative comments which don't predispose me to making the effort to catch up with it.
I absolutely hated Rough Night.
My second two are surely inspired by Thelma & Louise in some way. The first is just one I love.
Orchestra Wives (1942)-Small town girl Connie Ward (Ann Rutherford) is swept off her feet by Bill Abbott (George Montgomery), a trumpet player in Gene Morrison's swing band (actually Glenn Miller and his entire orchestra). She hits the road with the band but soon finds herself at odds with the cattiness and petty jealousies of the other band members' wives also accompanying their husbands on the cross-country train tour. Add in her jealousy at the harmless flirtation between Bill and Jaynie (Lynn Bari), the band's female vocalist and it’s only a matter of time before things blow between all concerned. A more serious storyline and a lot of glorious Glenn Miller music distinguish this from other 40’s musicals.
Leaving Normal (1992)-Waitress Darly (Christine Lahti) unhappy with her lot decides to drive to Alaska to try and come to terms with her muddled past. In her travels she meets Marianne (Meg Tilly) who is running away from an abusive relationship. As they hit the road north they forge a bond over shared hardships and encounter some eccentric characters along the way.
Bonneville (2006)-Newly widowed Arvilla Holden (Jessica Lange) has a problem. She wants to scatter her late husband Joe’s ashes as he requested but her bitter step-daughter Francine (Christine Baranski) demands they be placed in her family crypt in California. Arvilla, still reluctant decides to take them there herself and hits the road with her two best friends, Margene (Kathy Bates) and Carol (Joan Allen) from her home in Idaho. As they share memories along the way they visit various places Arvilla & Joe spent time during their marriage and begin to scatter some of Joe's ashes as he wanted.
We match with Romy and Michelle! Haven't seen your other picks but I heard a lot about Spring Breakers.
ReplyDeleteSince I lean more toward horror, The Descent and Annihiliation would probably be two of my choices.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Spring Breakers. Great pick. Didn't care for Rough Night at and haven't seen Romy & Michelle.
ReplyDeleteRomy and Michelle is an interesting one to look back on.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I have not seen any of these but would like to see your first and third one which are popular this week
ReplyDeleteI thought Spring Breakers was okay but didn't love it. Rough Night is one I've been meaning to watch as I love Zoe Kravitz.
ReplyDelete@Brittani-Sorry it didn't work for you but that's cool. Harmony Korine isn't for everyone.
ReplyDelete@joel65913-At least you liked Romy & Michelle
@ThePunkTheory-Spring Breakers is strange yet fascinating as it does explore the world of spring break but it's a much darker film as well as probably the most accessible film that Korine has made so far.
@SJHoneywell-The Descent is the one film I'm eager to see but in its director's cut.
@Wendell-I'm glad someone here loves Spring Breakers.
@Jay-Watch it again.
@Birgit-Those are films that if you don't take them seriously, you'll have a good time.
@Sonia-Rough Night might not be a great movie but it's a whole lot of fun.