Never you mind, honey. Never you mind.

YOU GUYS. My last post was 2 months ago. 2 MONTHS. I promise I haven't abandoned you, and I have no excuse except that life has been busy lately and I haven't been making the time to post like I should. I'm feeling very behind, but am going to get my ass in gear and keep at it.

A few side notes: the picture above accurately describes my feelings about the film, which I'll explain in a minute. Second, I went and saw the Queen Bee (Beyoncé, for those of you who are not aware of her amazingness) in Seattle last week and it was everything I've ever wanted and more. If you follow me on snap chat, you would have caught a few snippets of an epic 2.5 hours.

Synopsis

It's the 1950's in West Texas, and a group of high schoolers are looking for a way out of their bleak, isolated, and atrophied town. With the town slowly dying, both economically and culturally, the teenagers learn how to cope with heartache, loss and growing up as they move on to the next chapter of their lives.

Fun Facts, Compliments of IMDB:

At 9 minutes and 54 seconds, Ben Johnson's performance in this movie is the shortest to ever win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
All the film's music (except for the closing credits and the live band at the Christmas party) is played in the background on radios, jukeboxes, or on a portable record player.
Cybill Shepherd's film debut.
The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Jeff Bridges, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn; and four Oscar nominees: Randy Quaid, Peter Bogdanovich, Frank Marshall and Eileen Brennan.

Ryen's Review - Meh

While this story is about young love and growing up (normally one of my favorite movie plots), I just couldn't find the "wow" factor. I made what some would call a "bad move" and read Roger Ebert's review of The Last Picture Show. For Ebert, this movie was nostalgic. It brought him back to his childhood; the smell of buttered popcorn, jubilees, and his days spent at the Princess Theatre (the theatre of his childhood) in Urbana, IL. While this movie was filmed in the 1970's, it was set in the 1950's and I feel like this is why it resonated with him so much. I'm pretty sure I've learned my lesson though: don't read movie reviews by famous movie critics. You'll lose your mojo.

I didn't have those same warm and fuzzy feelings of nostalgia with this film as ol' Roger did. I will say that there was a fantastic cast (shout out to Jeff Bridges) but other than that, I felt that it was just your average, run of the mill, black and white film. Maybe one day I'll give it another shot, but for now, I have about 94 other movies to watch.