Like They Do In the Movies

Jeanette:

I am not listening to Michael Jackson. I feel totally unaffected by his death right now. Instead, I am listening to Kings of Leon. So, sue me.

Jordan, learn Spanish. Please. Start a Manu Chao cover band. I would go to all of your shows and start a fan site. I'm only kidding a little bit.

So, about your new trend, that's cool. I mean, everyone who I went to high school with shopped at Hollister or just wore screen tees from Delia's. However, I am sure LA is filled with mislead fashionistas. I would like pictures of your creations, please and thank you. Also, I only vaguely remember what Klosterman essay you are referencing. All I can think of at the moment is "Three Stories Involving Pants."

Anyways, I just watched the movie "The Go-Getter." I thought it was pretty good. I didn't understand the main character's romantic relationship with Jena Malone. She was off-putting and, really, just gross. My favorite scene was when Lou Taylor Pucci was in the car with his fabricated image of Zooey Deschanel in a miner's helmet, discussing if they'd really want to know what their pets were thinking. I had the same thought that I often do in the middle of a movie. I really wish people spoke like they do in movies. Like in Wes Anderson movies. Like in Woody Allen movies. Like in Kevin Smith movies (and that movie "Brick" too). I wish everyone was so poetic. Here are some lines that I wish people said in real life from movies I have recently seen.


"I always had a problem with Huckleberry Finn. I mean, I liked the story, I read it, but the river; it made me feel stuck." Mercer, "The Go-Getter"

"It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember...and I need to remember. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in." Ricky Fitts, "American Beauty"

"I think she's the saddest girl to ever to hold a martini." Sofia, "Vanilla Sky"

"When I asked my mother where babies came from, she thought I said 'rabies.' She said you get them from being bitten by a dog. The next week, a woman on my block gave birth to triplets. I thought she'd been bitten by a great dane." Miles, "Sleeper"

"Like I'd marry you! You'd be the meanest wife ever, okay? And I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a lot of stuff on TV, and then 'The Blair Witch Project' was coming on Starz and you were like 'I haven't seen this since it came out and if so we should watch it' and then 'but oh, no, we should just make out instead la la la.'" Bleeker, "Juno"

"So don't. Stay here with me. We'll start a jazz band." Charlotte, "Lost In Translation"

"Let's never come here again because it will never be as much fun." Charlotte, "Lost In Translation"

Do you have any examples, Jordan? Or do you even agree with me? What do you have to say and so on? Elaborate.