We Love About Last Night: Review of an 80s Movie

Recent scene at Intrepid H., Lola and Gigi’s House of Debauchery:  The girls are settled in on the Leslie Nielsen couch with a big bottle of Lindeman’s to watch their favorite movie. Intrepid H wanders in unsuspectingly...

Intrepid: This movie is a comedy?

Gigi: I think it’s a "dramedy".

Lola: It has a LOT of nudity!

Intrepid: Hmmm…I could watch a little bit…

Have you ever tried to watch a movie that you LOVED in the 80s, only to find that it is stupid and sucky now that you’ve reached adulthood?  Sometimes I think that it’s a wonder that any of us - the children of the 80s - can score a date, because those movies completely skewed our ideas about love.  You know what I’m talking about.  The ones where the most tenacious stalker got the girl?  Yeah, stalking is totally irresistable.  We all know this.  There are also the ones where the girl from the wrong sideof the tracks (frequently Molly Ringwald) falls for the rich boy, (frequently stuck with a stupid name like "Blaine").  I find that theme especially tiresome.  The epilogue sucks!  Let me tell you Molly, Blaine is never going to stop being a spoiled little asshole.  You may think it’s cute now, but that behavior can wear on a girl.  Not that I accidentally married Blaine or anything.  Ahem...

Anyway, About Last Night is not one of those crappy 80s movies.  It’s the film version of the David Mamet play Sexual Perversity in Chicago…which is a much better title.  Lola and I love this movie.  It may become our official "house movie", if we can convince Intrepid H.  You, like Intrepid, may be hesitant, particularly if you've seen St. Elmo’s Fire lately because it totally doesn’t cut it anymore.  But trust us.

We do recommend that you see it with a bottle of wine. We’re just saying…

Reasons to love About Last Night

1. Demi's original rack.  Demi is so amazingly gorgeous in this movie, and it’s interesting to see her original boobs.  They are smaller, but very nice.

2. Rob Lowe could not be hotter.  Even in tighty whities, which we don’t normally accept in a man.

Just to sum up these first 2 reasons...  Whether you are attracted to men or women, this movie has a hottie for you.  And you get to see them naked, 'cause there is a LOT of sex in this movie. Gotta love that.

On with the list!

3. Annoying friends make you appreciate your real friends.  Demi and Rob each have an irritating best friend.  Lola and I call them "Frumpy Joan" and "Bernie Blah-di-Blue" - nicknamed for his best quote, "Tits and ass, tits and ass, tits and ass. Blah-di-blue, blah-di-blue, blah di BLUE!!!"  This makes no sense but it's fucking hilarious.  They are both assholes who resent their friends’ love and try to sabotage it.  They seem to be exaggerations of the toxic friends we’ve all had, though.  And like those friends, they aren’t totally unlikeable.  Well Frumpy Joan is almost totally unlikeable.

4. Funny 80s clothes.  Oh, you know you had some of those clothes.  Lola had Demi’s sweater.  I had Demi’s Reebok high tops.  Intrepid had Rob’s tighty-whities.  Just kidding.  Maybe.  Seriously folks, this is 80s fashion at its best.

5. Catchy 80s soundtrack.  You don’t know any of these songs yet, but see this move a few times and you’ll be singing along like we do.  So 80s.  So fun.

6. Chicago.  Great city to film a love story.  Rob and Demi ride the subway, walk around the lake, eat at diners, drink in a cool neighborhood bar, go to museums. Chicago seems like a walking city…and walking with the Chicago skyline in the background is way more romantic than driving around some non-walking city like Dallas.

7. Good break-up scene.  Lola and I actually winced during the break up scene.  You will too, unless you are the Grinch.  It’s a tough one, but better than most movie break ups in its realness.  And you have to give Demi credit.  She is strong and sassy even with a broken heart--a model for the rest of us girls!  Rob is bumbling, wishy-washy and sad…but still hot.

8. "Karen" from Will and Grace is an 80s ho with big hair.  Seriously.  You won’t believe that this skanky blond is Karen.  And this movie was made nearly 20 years ago.  Megan Mullally has aged wonderfully!  Let's hope we're all as fortunate.

9. Great lines.  The dialogue and the way it's delivered make this movie sound a lot like a play...as it originally was a play.  That seems to happen with a lot of the David Mamet movies.  But it has some kick ass lines that Lola and I have found ourselves obnoxiously quoting.  Join us!

10. Love Montage.  What is it with 80s movies and montages?  The Love Montage is the best of the 4 montages in the movie, which include the Getting to Know You Montage, the Moving Montage, and the Heartbreak Montage.  Demi and Rob are totally into each other and they have a really hot sex scene with a Bob Seger song in the background.  It’s way more appealing than that sounded.  Or maybe it's me...

-Gigi 01.06.04