catching up

I have a confession to make. Until last night, I had never actually seen Purple Rain from start to finish. This despite multiple attempts and the fact that I have a childhood friend who legally changed his name to Prince in honor of His Royal Purpleness. Said friend had a bad habit of having me watch this movie superlate at night and then blame me for falling asleep before the credits rolled....dude, it was dawn by then! I can't hang!

But before a legion of 80's babies and Prince fans could bang down my door and rip my ghetto pass from my broken and bloody hands, my boyfriend outed me to his bud and resident Prince fan Murph, who was nice enough to chain me to the couch and pin my eyelids to my forehead long enough to finally, FINALLY watch the Purple One's masterpiece from beginning to end. I'm just kidding about the bodily harm...not that it compares to the actual bodily harm I experienced when the crew made me watch "Commando," and that shit both sucked and blew. I'm still plotting my revenge.

Turns out, Purple Rain's a pretty good movie. Actually, a VERY good movie. I just feel real stupid for thinking that Dave Chappelle made up that "Lake Minnetonka" line. Oooooops. And may I just say that making someone jump in a lake naked for no reason is a definite dealbreaker, as is writing a song like "Darling Nikki" for her. Great song, but I just don't like my biz out in the street like that. ;)

Unfortunately, this seems to be a running theme in my life...apparently I haven't seen enough 80's movies. Then again, I've spent the last two years happily coupled up with someone who saw the vast majority of his favorite films before he got to junior high. That's totally cool, but this is the same guy who still can't believe I just saw Real Genius for the first time two months ago. He also thinks I'm nuts for never having seen Caddyshack or Time Bandits or Fletch. Hey, I've still got entire scenes from The Last Dragon memorized, what do you want from me????? Of course, this could just be a matter of taste, as he's not overly fond of several of my favorite 80's movies and I think anyone who doesn't like The Princess Bride or Pretty in Pink cannot possibly have a soul. Lest you think I'm a total girly girl, he didn't like two of my all-time favorites, History of the World, Part I or Monty Python and the Holy Grail all that much either. Then again, I think I just might be a bit strange. In any case, I'm planning on catching up on all the 80's flicks I might have missed over the years. Give me time. I'll be quoting Caddyshack like everyone else on the planet pretty soon. Off to Netflix!