Movie freewrite: Singles (1992)

JOP has enough movie reviews, movie articles, reviews in general, but something I've been missing lately is a good fifth grade-style FREEWRITE. I sat down tonight after a long day of moving, hoping to relax to some early-90's romantic comedy...here it goes: Singles!

- Nothing really compares to Reality Bites. Was RB derivative of the trailblazing (?) grunge collage aesthetic of Singles and Slackers and offered only a slicked-up, Ben Stiller'd version of it for the masses? Or was RB simply the best synthesis of those elements and a really good movie after all? Would I have enjoyed Reality Bites as much as I do if I had been in the target audience (18-25 yo) when it was released, or would I have been pissed at how "inauthentic" it is?

- Wondering where Bill Pullman is.

- Why does the male romantic lead (Campbell Scott? more generic name please!) send out such a teacher-y vibe? Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Williams my 10th grade Chemistry teacher...channeled by this actor. Blech.

- Bill Pullman shows up as creepy plastic surgeon, hits on Bridget Fonda so overtly it's surreal and the movie doesn't make sense anymore.

- Matt Dillon = never hot.

- JOP already has a "Bill Pullman" tag--this one's for you, Clamz!

- the Expect the Best dating service sequences are maybe the best thing about this film...and heyyy, is that Peter Horton from Thirtysomething??!? it is!

- holy crap, these girls are arguing over Peter Horton..."does that give you the right to just bone him in my kitchen?!"

- welcome to 1992: the computers in this movie actually make boop-beep-boop-boop sounds when you hit keys! (and the screen is black with green type, obv)

- dozed off for a while, but I saw enough to say that things wrapped up satisfyingly but not too crazily; no Garden State-like horrors here. It's sort of a feel-good movie!

- so: Singles gets a solid B from me.

*~*~*~* CrUsH @lert *~*~*~*

Well ladies and germs, my crush is none other than the fabulous Bill Pullman. Do I even have to talk about how great he is? We loved him as Kat's dad in Casper. And we loved him as the furniture-making, bad-with-words-yet-charming Jack in While You Were Sleeping.

The thing about Bill is that he could walk down the street and maybe not even be recognized, yet he's done a million movies. I also loved him in a League of Their Own, which holds a special place in my heart. It was really moving when I saw it in the theater, especially because I was eight!

Bill is classically handsome, always has great hair, and yet still looks approachable and friendly. And some how, deep in my heart, I just know he's a great guy! Here's a pic of him with his lovely wife, you go Bill!