Wednesday, May 28, 2008

All the Real Girls


Team Club convened at its usual time last night, which is to say we staggered into DG's living room between the hours of 7-9pm. Because I happen to be ASD, I can say with absolute certainty that she arrived at 8:00 with half a bottle of mediocre wine stashed in her handbag, and that DG and Ron Ron were already there. While waiting for Senior Senior, we watched TV and chatted, and ASD became irrationally angry at the entire cast of Beauty and the Geek. DG told a gripping story about how he acquired a cat. Ron Ron put on the mandatory Selector Costume and modestly unveiled a glorious container of gummy worms. Senior Senior arrived wild-eyed and breathless after a long day at work.

OUTFITS:
DG: Jeans(?) and a very tight red t-shirt intended for the body of a woman. Lakers hat. Glasses.
Ron Ron: Can't remember. Ron Ron? Oh, wait. Jeans and a black, long-sleeved, zip-up jobbie? Also, a beard. And a belt with a fabulous buckle that he bought off e-bay.
Senior Senior: Plaid as usual, I think. Jeans. These crazy loafers that are called Salamanders.
ASD: Orange skirt, black and white striped shirt (boat necked), and a black cardigan. Effortlessly stunning.

Once The Team had gathered (that is, once they went from being a flimsy triangle to a perfect square), they went out back for their usual pre-film joint. Note: The Team normally uses the front porch for this, but DG was feeling experimental. There, they discussed the following:

1. Should Team Club members be allowed to bring guests on occasion? The verdict: undecided. Will discuss this further next week.

2. In the future, will the Theme Jar be mandatory, optional, or punishment?
The verdict: probably optional.

3. Is that tree dead? It has no leaves. The verdict: probably.

4. What about that tree? I really don't think it was angled that way before. The verdict: We don't know, DG. It's your damned backyard.

Back inside, Ron Ron brilliantly introduced his selection using notes prepared beforehand. DG's awesome girlfriend made The Team some snacks. Senior Senior took some broccoli and declared the hummus to be "delicious." The boys cracked beers and ASD topped up her wine. For some reason The Team talked about Ryan Gosling for a while and then mocked a Philip Seymour Hoffman trailer before settling down to watch All the Real Girls.

Behold the first scene. I know, right? It's pretty sexy. In fact, as soon as that scene ended ASD said, "HOT," and then secretly got sad because she doesn't have a boyfriend (she's currently holding auditions, though, so feel free to tell her a bit about yourself in the comments field). All the Real Girls is full of really hot make-out scenes, and the first half hour of the movie was so charming and real and full of potential that it was pretty devastating when it started to take on far too much thematically and devolved into melodrama. That's the opinion of three quarters of The Team, anyhow. DG is more forgiving, but he's a very forgiving guy. After the film ended, Ron Ron brought out his talking points but announced that they didn't really work with what we had just seen. The Team improvisationally discussed:

a) The awesome guy in the sweater at the party who Senior Senior loved.
b) Was she dumping him in that one scene or not?
c) Narrative structure (or lack thereof- not a bad thing! We liked that it wasn't tidy)
d) Music
e) The unbearableness of some later scenes
f) Was mustache guy a jerk?

In an unprecedented burst of energy and comeraderie, The Team then went arm in arm to the pub around the corner where we professed our love for one another and Ron Ron stubbornly refused to drink.

ASD chooses next week. Three cheers for Team Club.

5 comments:

Senior Senior said...

Yes. It was plaid but it was also perl snapped and short sleeved. And it was covered by a sweet jean jacket. Jeans? no. Cords. Blue.
I would be pissed if your update wasn't so brilliant.

Senior Senior said...

Has anyone else noticed that there are bunch of things in the trailer that aren't in the movie? Did you see that? Is that true or have I forgotten the flick already? Maybe I need to watch it agian. It would be easy to do since the whole thing is posted on youtube in 14 parts. Did you see that?

Ron Ron said...

you forgot to mention the emotional thingie i brought up. i wasn't as caught up with real emotions as i was with the fake, fluffy ones in films like 'babe the pig'

skeletor said...

Great post. Made me warm inside, I laughed on the outside.

-DCG

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asd said...

zat you, DG? i really hope you're not expecting me to start calling you skeletor on this thing, BECAUSE I WON'T.

p.s. sweet blog.