Level 58 (a poor excuse for a blog but all I want is to do another movie review)

nnI can't really think of a better title for today's blog, so I'm going with the fact that I hit the milestone of being bumped up to level 58 today, which I'm sure I'll be sitting on well through this decade. It get's so difficult around these levels to upgrade, lord knows how Mary does it....

But the REAL reason I'm blogging is to do another movie review, my fourth installment. When I sat down to watch Desperately Seeking Susanfor the first time, it didn't occur to me that I would turn it into a movie review. This is probably best, because instead of thinking about the review, I just relaxed and watched the film. Now this is the oldest (and most popular) film i've reviewed so far and chances are you've watched the 1985 film. I never got around to it, but after reading Madonna's Brother (a.k.a. Christopher Ciccone)'s tell all Life with My Sister Madonna and his account of the film, I was intrigued.

Also, it was free for rent on Encore, On Demand on Comcast :P.

Desperately Seeking Susan was a wild roller coaster of a film, a light joy that I wouldn't mind watching again in the near future. I was hoping Madonna wouldn't butcher this, she gets such a hard time for her acting I was hoping she would prove me wrong and she did. It's true what everyone says, she played herself in the movie but she played it well. A screwball comedy, DSS was a film that will continue to be enjoyable long after the 80s hairdos and clothes are considered eligible for the museum.

The Plot: A bored housewife named Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) is following a romantic love-story, a couple (Susan (Madonna) and Jim (Robert Joy) who reconnect from their travels by putting out ads in the local newspaper ("Desperately Seeking Susan" is the boyfriend's calling card). Roberta goes to their meeting location in the paper to spy on the newspaper-couple and buys Susan's jacket she sells. Roberta then bumps her head, gets amnesia (don't they all?) and is mistaken for Susan through the jacket. Roberta forgets her husband (Gary Glass, played by Mark Blum) and leads on this life as Susan. Things get complicated when there's alot of mix-ups and some stolen jewelry Roberta has of Susan's that she doesn't know are very valuable.

I'm not much for the "screwball comedy" but this was a very enjoyable, breezy film with an undertone commentary of what happens when the housewife has no life.

My Call: I'd love to see it again, it was well done and it never had a boring moment. I'd give it an 8.5.

Have a good weekend, I hope you liked the movie review!

David :)