I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Last weekend my sisters and I decided to take

advantage of the dreary weather by having a movie marathon!

Well, okay, we were planning on having a movie marathon

anyway haha but the rain made it that much cooler :)

It was sooo cozy.

I wore PJs all day and nobody could make fun of me!

Dad did his part by making sure the room

was full of snacks at all times, so he scored some brownie points

(speaking of brownies, I made two batches of brownies

this weekend and did not eat one! Yay for lent!).

There is a slight chance that we may have pigged out a little...

(how many chicken wings did you eat, Melissa?!)

So anyway, I was able to accomplish goal

#059: Spend the day watching

old Hollywood movies

Michelle and I brainstormed earlier that week

exactly which movies we wanted to watch. Our final list included:

Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lawrence of Arabia,

Shall We Dance, Love in the Afternoon, Some Like it Hot,

7 Year Itch, His Girl Friday, and My Fair Lady.

We were very ambitious and obviously, time did

not permit us to watch all of these. Some of these movies

were unavailable at any of the video stores in the area so we

had to make a few compromises, but here is what we ended up watching:

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MOVIE #1

By far, my favorite movie of the day. It was so modern and so funny!

It was actually a lot like the movie White Chicks starring the Waynes Brothers.

One thing I have to comment on is Marilyn Monroe's body.

Holy moly. Have you ever watched a movie with her in it?

She is not a skinny girl. She's curvy... Like, if she were on

ANTM, they would make her be a plus size model.

If I had to compare her body to that of a celebrity of today,

I would say, without hesitation, Beyoncé Knowles.

Actually, know that I really look at it,

I think Beyoncé is skinner than Marilyn was.

It was so weird to see a full-figured woman

be sought after by the men in the movie -- that doesn't happen today.

All the famous hollywood starlets today are skinny-minnies.

It is crazy to think about how much

society's idea of beauty has changed.

I wonder if it will ever revert back to the former?

*WATCH THIS MOVIE*

MOVIE #2

I read Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's

a year or two ago. It is kind of a weird story.

The movie had an entirely different ending from the

book, but I think I liked to book more.

Audrey was cute. It was a stark contrast from

Marilyn, though; Audrey must have been about 1/3 of Marilyn's size.

I couldn't take my eyes away from her thick lashes

and winged eyeliner, though! Very beautiful.

MOVIE #3

Okay, okay, this might not be a "classic hollywood movie"

but Michelle & I could not resist when we passed it in the video store!

I have always wanted to see it and Michelle highly recommended it.

Woody Allen movies are a genre unto themselves.

They are so unique and interesting. This was my second favorite movie

of the day. Diane Keaton was so adorable

and I loved watching all of the awkward banter and

the strange film techniques Allen used.

*WATCH THIS MOVIE*

MOVIE #4

How could we not watch Casablanca?

It is THE romance that started them all.

Watching it was surreal because there were so many

lines and plot points that have become so engrained in

our culture that we don't even realize they had to come from somewhere.

Here are some iconic lines that made me shiver during the movie:

- Here's looking at you, kid.

- I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

- I ran away from you once. I can't do it again.

- I wish I didn't love you so much.

- Round up the usual suspects

- Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.

- We'll always have Paris.

Sighhh... ♥

*WATCH THIS MOVIE*

MOVIE #5

We were barely awake by this time

but we could not stop at four!

This movie was recommended to us by another

customer at the video store. I mainly wanted to watch

it because I have a fat crush on Cary Grant.

James Stewart had a bigger role in this movie, though

(my sisters both loved him).

I recommend His Girl Friday if you

want to see Cary Grant shine.

This movie was funny though, and pretty entertaining.

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That was the end of our movie marathon!

I wish we got started earlier or had more time to

continue it, because I really wanted to watch

An Affair to Remember. And I wanted to watch

another Audrey Hepburn movie since Breakfast

at TIffany's was kind of slow. I also want to watch more

Marilyn Monroe movies because she is so dang cute.

Marathons are fun.

You should have one.

I think my next one will be "foreign language".

:)