CHILL

So I’m watching this amazing movie from 1989 that I’ve seen, I don’t know, 20 or 30 times.  And I never get tired of it.

Any guesses on what it is?  How about some clues…

Key Master…

Dissed in the Malibu…

How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood and just be in a good mood…

How did that happen?  He made me laugh…

Watch out for that glass…

It’s Say Anything and it’s sort of this icon of my youth, of my teen years.  It’s this vivid representation of a decade I love.  It’s awesome music, awesome emotions, and fun dialogue.  It’s great ideas wrapped up in a pop culture package of awesomeness.

But I keep seeing scenes in the movie that make me feel weird.  And old.  Mostly because they are scenes of a time that is moving rapidly away from me, becoming THE PAST.  Maybe it’s already a CLASSIC movie.

Examples

When Lloyd takes the phone with the ultra long cord and stretches it to get into the restroom so he can make a private phone call.  I remember doing that a few times back in the day.  Work is the only place I see corded phones any more.  Plus, everyone has a cell phone now.

Or a Wurlitzer jukebox…do kids even know what jukeboxes are any more?  Or records?

What if it was an iPod that Lloyd Dobler was holding over his head in what is arguably one of the greatest movie moments of all time?

That scene would be awful if he weren’t holding that radio…that “boom box.”

Of course, I suppose that everything happened for the best.  That movie came along at the right time…it couldn’t have been better.  So I should probably just chill.

YOU MUST CHILL!  YOU MUST CHILL!