The films that molded us :p

My brother just sent me a link to our favourite scene from Beetlejuice. Oh the memories!

I remember being so overly obsessed about beetlejuice we would make it a point to watch it at least twice a week (on our precious VHS!) and memorize lines and songs from the movie. I even made all my cousins put up a Christmas dance performance choreographed, based on the ‘Banana Boat’ scene, wearing skirts made from newspaper. Oh how they indulged me :p Bless them.

In retrospect, we were quite the oddball children, and our parents, quite the oddball parents for exposing us to such… grown up films at such a tender age.

Our favourite film when I was 10 and when he was 6 was, A Fish Called Wanda.

An armpit sniffing, Nietzsche spouting protagonist was my favourite actor. I am quite sure it was the scene with all the vulgarities that first piqued our interest. Such taboo at 10! Needless to say, my brother and I memorized that scene too, where I often get to play Otto and he, the unfortunate, but elegantly eloquent Archie Leach :p Ah the benefits of being the elder sibling.

March 7, 2010. Think, Thunk, Thought.