Review: Twilight

Now, Daphne has been a fan of the Twilight book series long before there even was a mentioning of the movie. So you can imagine her pleasure at learning that her favorite 300+ page books were being adapted for the silver screen. Twilight is the story of Bella Swan, an Arizona native who moves up to Washington State and falls in love with the breathtaking vampire Edward Cullen. Edward is both blissfully romantic and hopelessly flawed- the man of a girl's dreams and nightmares. So you can imagine the eagerness to see him personified. Obviously, the film is not as good as the book- it's rushed, with somewhat cheesy dialogue and slightly cold acting. However, with its story plot, beautiful visuals, and overall feel, Twilight comes highly recommended by a member of its main target audience- teenage girls. Maybe even the twins will like it!

Review: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Perhaps the most unusual of all the T-rated flicks out there, Di and Do have hidden this away from my juvenile eyes for far too long. Well, apparently HBO didn't know about my restriction and aired it during an ideal recording time. So, yes, I've seen it. And even after one viewing, I'm smitten. With T-movie veterans Nicolas Cage and Eric Stoltz in severely minor roles, this '90s movie based on Cameron Crowe's venture to a Southern California high school hits all the right notes. With witty characters, chick-flick quality, and a story that you won't forget, I am in T-movie heaven. So please, Di and Do, no more hiding movies from Daphne. It just makes me work twice as hard to see them ;)

Review: Mamma Mia!

We waited SO long to see this movie musical that, with all our conflicting schedules, we barely caught it in theaters. We were also lucky enough to have choice seating in a sing-along viewing, which I know I heard at least Dianna take advantage of. But what of the movie we waited so long to see? Well, it was pretty twin-tastic. Set on a small island in Greece, it follows the story of Sophie, who's been raised by her fabulous ex-stage show mother running a very empty inn. Sophie's getting married and dreams of her MIA father giving her away during the ceremony. So she finds her mother's old diary and narrows it down to three choices, all of which she invites to the wedding under her mother's nose. Is this movie cheesy, ridiculous, and over-dramatic? Yes. But it's also fabulous and contains some very close-to-home senarios and characters. Besides, who doesn't love ABBA? Cute and cuddily, but should not be viewed by ANY straight man who likes James Bond. It just ruins the image.

Hopelessly devoted to... Grease!!!!

No summer would be complete without our annual ritual of a Grease screening on the chilly but fab Santa Monica pier!!!! Unfortunately, none of the regulars could join Donna and I, but we had a blast anyway, belting out tunes like we were Sandy and Danny themselves!!!! The seating was ideal, the picture quality was fine, and the kettle corn booth was in full function to add to the awesomeness of the experience. Nothing like straining your voice (and hips) to Greased Lighting in the freezing ocean air!!! We hope that Di, V, and J will be able to appear next year. Although I'm not sure if the west side would be ready for that amount of fabulousness... All in all, it was amazing!!!! IT'S THE ONE THAT WE WANT!!!

Time to start again!!!!

Ok, summer break is over! It's time to keep the blog going! There have been an influx of summer twin flix we STILL have to see and report on! Plus, we haven't even gone over the Grease night OR the AFI list yet. We've got to get back in!!!

And on a different note- blogger2blogger props from Daphne to Perez Hilton!!! Seriously, the dude is incredible!!!!! He's filled me in on EVERY scoop and made my summer a lot more interesting. Plus, he made an appearance on one of Daphne's favorite TV shows. We should aspire to be at his level. Love you, Perez!!!

Our Summer series of Meet-Cutes...

Ok friends, the list of the American Film Institute's (AFI) all time top 10 romantic comedies is out.
1. City Lights
2. Annie Hall
3. It Happened One Night
4. Roman Holiday
5. Philadelphia Story
6. When Harry Met Sally
7. Adam's Rib
8. Moonstruck
9. Harold and Maude
10. Sleepless in Seattle

I believe we have some serious work ahead of us. There are 4 I haven't seen and BTW: Where's Pretty in Pink on this list and A Lot Like Love?!!! So my summer challenge: We need to see all of these together at a series of sleepovers so we can chain watch late into the night with a big bowl of popcorn, red vines and a box of kleenex.....who's IN? Daphne? Do? Stan? Debbie? Yea right....

Review: Iron Man

No one in my family ever read the Marvel comic Iron Man, not even my comic-clad father as a child. But, being big fans of Marvel movies, at least, my parents and I were all set to see the feature film. That's why it was a bit of a suprise for all of us that the first one to see it was---Dianna. Still, though it may not be a stereo-typical twin flick, you have to admit- it's was freaking COOL. The plot is like any comic- Tony Stark (an amazingly gorgeous but short Robert Downey Jr.) is the biggest name in weapon design. He's THE millionare playboy of Los Angeles and living it up in luxury- until he's kidnapped by terrorists while demonstrating a new army weapon in the Middle East. Trapt there for three months, he's horrified to learn that they're using his weapons in their reign of terror upon small towns. When he is released to the US, Tony Swift makes himself a super suit and works to try and stop the terrorists. Awesome special effects and a creepy Jeff Bridges only my mother could love puts this movie in the top tier for comics-made-films. Even if you don't like action movies, the writing is witty and Tony Stark's life is one many guys age 8-83 lust for. Good job Marvel Comics-you outdid youselves.

Review: The Outsiders

About a year before seeing the movie, I read S.E. Hinton's book about misfit poor boys living in a small town in the Midwest. It was amazing and I remember it took me no more than 2 days to finish, it was so intoxicating. Now, I just saw the movie last weekend and I have to say- It was amazing. Besides the amazing and viciously hot cast (including Patrick Swayze, pre-Scientology and pre-Katie Tom Cruise, Matt Dillion, Emilio Estevez and a surprisingly gorgeous Rob Lowe), the film is amazingly close to the book and surprisingly deep for such young actors. Even Diane Lane gave love a bad name (sorry, had to throw that pun in) as the helpful but stuck up Cherry Valance and it nearly broke my mother's heart when Johnny K aka Ralph Machacio was in the hospital, covered with burns from a fire and tears from a ruined childhood. For those who haven't read the book, it's perfectly fine to see the movie first; you'll DEFINITELY want to read the book after. And those who have read the book, but are sticklers about seeing the movie, see it-- it's pretty freaking awesome.

Review: Made of Honor

I hate to be the bearer of bad news and I know the twins were heart-broken when I said this, but it's true: Patrick Dempsey is old. And he's not aging too gracefully, if you know what I mean. In his new romantic 'comedy' "Made of Horror", I mean "Honor", Dempsey(pictured below) plays Tom, the 30-something 'ladies' man' about New York City that seems to have aged badly since college. His best friend, Hannah, is the only girl he's never slept with, although there's a little bit of a glint in both their eyes that they'd like to change that. Hannah's work calls her off to Scotland for six weeks, and renders her cell phone useless. During that time, Tom realizes he's in love with her and plans to tell her when she gets home. The only thing standing in the way of that is Hannah's new rich royal hunk of a fiancee, Colin. Since Hannah made him her MOH (guess what that stands for), Tom uses that power to the best of his ability to prove to Hannah that she's marrying the wrong guy. Mediocre writing and bad acting make this movie pointless, although there is a character that has a certain Victoria-like charm to her. The plot is predictable and the jokes are lame, so unless you're too swept off your feet by "McDreamy" to pay any attention to anything he says or does, you're going to be bored for the about the next two hours. The best parts of this movie were the previews and the Twizzlers consumed while sitting through this crap. Sorry, D+D, Daphne's just not with you on this one.......

Pink Ladies...

Words can't describe the fabulousness of this pic!!!

Twin Flix Blog '08!

Yes, for another year, the TwinFlix blog will continue!!! We took a momentary hiatus as to soak up the holiday spirit, but we'll be back on blogging just as soon as we can get all the details up from our NYC Skate Trip (aside from Santa, of course). We'll nominate new movies, characters, and songs, and, of course, more movie and music reviews!!! So let's ring in the new year, people! Happy 2008!!!!!