movie review: Grosse Pointe Blank

The first time I watched this movie I was still in high school, and watching it a second time now that I am officially past the ‘ten year reunion mark’ was pretty interesting. Still fun! I liked it (again)!

Some thoughts:

1. It was fun to lol at the technology. The phones! The computers! The printers! It was supposed to be set in 1996, and I kept thinking about all the *really* fun stuff that would be coming for them in the next few years.

2. Looking back, ten years out from high school doesn’t seem as long as it did when I was looking ahead. (Note: I did not attend my own 10 year reunion, though I do vaguely recall getting an email about it.)

3. GPB is strangely similar to “Must Love Dogs.” Just John Cusack’s influence?

4. Everything I know about high school reunions, I learned from this movie. Which is why, when I wrote about a high school reunion in The Dragon in the Room, it included name badges, insurance sales, and something completely unexpected showing up. Thanks, GPB!

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I would buy these.

Since tonight is the official Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympic Games, it must be time to revisit Olympics mascots!

I’ll be ignoring the official 2012 mascots in favor of a few more adorable choices. (All snatched from this 2010 article on wordpress.)

My perennial favorite:

Art by Woodrow Phoenix.

Super close second, and would make an adorable plushy:

Art by Danny Ihns.

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