Blockbuster Movie Replay: Summer 2007
Most of you may know that I screen movies as a way to make a little extra cash on the side. Although I’m not the main screener, I am occasionally called up from JV to play in the Varsity game. This year was no exception. I’ve seen pretty much everything worth seeing.
It was the summer of the blockbuster. The summer of the three-quel. The summer that broke all previous movie records.
And it was the summer I developed a significant crush on a few of the silver screen’s leading men.
As you may recall, summer 2007 had many attractive actors that the average girl would gladly race to her local multiplex to see on a 60-foot screen. Pirates brought us Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. Ahoy matey indeed! My fake boyfriend John Krasinski tried to get his License to Wed with Mandy Moore. The movie? Let’s just go ahead and insert a Jim Halpert face HERE. (We still love you John!) We wondered why there was so much focus on the Transformers instead of more scenes with Josh Duhamel without his shirt on. Raise your hand if you leaned over to your girlfriend during Live Free or Die Hard to whisper, “Bruce Willis is HOT!” Oh…and who could forget the cast of Ocean’s Thirteen?
It’s a pretty good list, right?
Sure it is. But it was at the end of the summer that I developed my crush…
On Harry Potter and Link Larkin!
Harry is growing up and is so cute. (STOP JUDGING!) The kiss between him and Cho Chang was adorable…love the part about the nargles. (YOU DON’T KNOW ME!) And I’ve seen Hairspray three times and bought the soundtrack the day it came out in the stores. (THAT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR SOMEONE MY AGE.) When Link sings “Tracy I’m in love with you” in “Without Love” I switch the name to Lincee. That’s not weird, is it? (OKAY…THE FIRST STEP IS ADMITTING THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!)
The problem is that I still see myself at or around the age of 24. I pondered if my “enthusiasm” should be a legitimate concern of mine…sure it was a crush, but an unhealthy one? Is this something I should bring up to my therapist in our next session?
Luckily, I went to see a movie last week and have been redeemed. Jason Bourne was added to the list of summer crushes. A real man! Oh to be that hand towel he wrapped around that dude’s neck in the bathroom scene.
Anyway…
When calculating the average age of my crushes, you get the number 25. And since that falls into my dating range, I’m no longer categorizing this as an unhealthy crush.
It’s really just about the math.
I’m going to have to say that your crush on Harry Potter and Link Larkin are TOTALLY justified. I mean…. look at them. I’m not ashamed to say (though I probably should be because I’m not exactly in the “target market” for this movie) that I own High School Musical because I think Zac Efron is a stud. I bought the Hairspray soundtrack off iTunes and I’ve watched the “Ladies Choice” video about 47 times…… I may have a problem.
We are kindred spirits!
It’s good to know I’m not the only one.
So glad we could watch Hairspray together…I’m still waiting for Husby to sing me MY love song from the show!!!