My Blue Heaven
Well, it wasn’t The Jerk, but it was still Steve Martin. We saw My Blue Heaven for movie night at J&S’s house. It’s a cute movie – we’ve seen it several times and we like it. A couple of people there had never seen it before (maybe they have more of a life than we do!).
A couple people left early and some were late (yes, K – I mean you!). Apparently it was a long week at work and everyone needed to blow off steam – in the form of drinking themselves silly or going home to get some sleep.
Our turn for movie night is up next. It’s so hard to chose – do you pick a favorite? something new? something obscure? Long? Short? Funny? Serious? Sci -fi? The choices are endless.
Anyway, i checked out www.imdb.com for some tidbits on My Blue Heaven. I didn’t realize it was loosely based on Henry Hill’s life while he was in the witness protection program while he waited to testify. Henry Hill, if you don’t know, was the basis for Goodfellas, another one of our favorites.
Before we started watching the movie, The Hubby and I were talking with S about movies in general. We started throwing out movie titles, to compare what we had seen. S mentioned Shoot ‘Em Up and asked if it was like Smokin’ Aces. We had seen Shoot ‘Em Up, but not Smokin’ Aces, so we weren’t sure. Guess what was on cable this afternoon? Yup, Smokin’ Aces. The Hubby missed the first 15 minutes; I missed that, plus other parts near the end (had to take The Boy to a friend’s house). It looks pretty cool – a bunch of crosses and double crosses. I get the feeling you need to watch it several times to really see it all (kind of like Memento or The Ususal Suspects).