I watched it in the wee hours while unable to sleep last night. I was only about sixteen when it came out and had not see it except for a scene here and there since.
I remember the first time I saw it thinking how hot Rob Lowe was (totally) and how I wished I could be grown up and live in a cool apartment in a cool city (though I love Chicago, I would choose New York or Paris).
I forgot how funny Jim Belushi is in that movie, too." That's great. I tell you I'm a thief and you call me a liar".
Watching now, however, I couldn't help but view it from an older person's perspective.
Point number 1: Why do people in movies always have huge apartments in the coolest parts of town (in this case, Wrigleyville in Chicago) and yet, they have blue collar or lame office jobs? Are they selling crack on the side and they just left it out of the story? How else could they afford them?
Point number 2: How does Jim Belushi score so many women? Is it just the he is crazy enough in that women are like "hmmm, he's really crazy, I'd like to see what that is all about". I know a few guys like this and it always boggles my mind that women will sleep with them; though I kind of get the "unknown factor". They are hoping there is an Ashton Kutcher shaped diamond under that bad cologne and caveman fur.
Point number 3: Their whole relationship takes place over the course of about nine months. Seriously? They move in together after about two. What???
Point number 4: I don't mind smoking. In fact, in the past my favorite way to get rid of a chest cold was to go to a smoky bar, drink and smoke in excess, then hack away for a night. Now, that remedy is impossible, since no one can smoke anywhere anymore. It's funny how things that were so commonplace just a few years ago are now extinct.
Point number 5: Though it seems to me that 1986 was just like, five years ago, it was 23. Damn, I am getting old.
