As I have said before, I love movies. I have also described the inner struggle that occurs between my “mature female” self and the adolescent male that resides within. It explains my love of Downton Abbey and The Walking Dead. If given a choice, we really don’t have a way of predicting which of the two will win!!
Here is a case in point: two movies opened this weekend: Book Club and Deadpool 2. So, which movie won???
First a recap of the contenders:
Book Club stars a who’s who of over-65 actors that we know and love: Diane Keaton (Annie Hall, Looking for Mr. Goodbar), Jane Fonda (Barbarella, They Shoot Horses Don’t They), Candice Bergen (Carnal Knowledge), and Mary Steenburgen (Goin’ South) for the women; Don Johnson (who looked amazing!), Andy Garcia (not bad either!), Richard Dreyfuss, etc. for the men. Yes, I mentioned some of their old movies on purpose!!
The titular book club in the movie, at Jane Fonda’s insistence, embarks on reading the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy and it rocks their world. Humor and romance ensue.
Deadpool 2 is the sequel to the first raunchy, violent comic book super-“hero” movie in the franchise, and stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, and Josh Brolin. It definitely is a movie for the adolescent male!! And I swear that the swan floatee in the picture below is taken directly from Book Club!!
Book Club won for two reasons: 1) I wanted to support a movie made for and about mature women and b) I watched Deadpool (1) with my daughter last night and have plans to go to the sequel NEXT week!!
I enjoyed the movie, along with the fairly large audience of 90% women of 60 years plus. There were many knowing laughs and chuckles throughout the movie. It was fairly predictable, but we didn’t care. Diane Keaton looked 100 years old, but that is because she has not had work done. Jane Fonda has had too much work done, but so did the character she was playing. Mary Steenburgen looked her age, but all of the three mentioned really kept their figures over the years, which I could not relate to. Candice Bergen has gained weight — she even admitted in an interview that she enjoys food and isn’t going to apologize for it now; she doesn’t care if she is heavier than she was when she was younger. I related the most to her! I care but apparently not enough to do anything about it!!
So, I recommend this light-hearted movie if you are a woman on the mature end of the spectrum.
As for knitting, I am still working on an endless shawl with endless rows of endless knitting, which when finished lead to the even more endless picot bind off!!
I am SO with you in movie taste! TV too, Star Trek TNG anyone? I’ve always attributed my eclectic viewing preferences to being the only female in an all male household, but clearly that’s not your cause. The premise of “Book Club” sounds hilarious, and I love Candice Bergen for her weight/food comments (and, incidentally, Catherine Deneuve’s who stated that a woman of a certain age has to choose between the face and the figure). “Dead Pool 2” will have to wait for another day.
Comment by Pru — May 21, 2018 @ 11:46 am
I, too, saw Book Club this weekend. Certainly a “fluff” movie, but even my hubby enjoyed it, so it’s not just a “chick flick.” Glad to see a movie with older women. Definitely agree with you about Jane Fonda having too much work done, but nice to see the others in a more expected state for older women (thereby reinforcing that older women don’t *have to* have work done)!
Comment by Amy — May 21, 2018 @ 1:38 pm
I read the book a couple of months ago and enjoyed it. Thinking maybe the movie version was “inspired” by the book. But I’ll find out soon! Definitely plan to see it.
Comment by Mimi — June 3, 2018 @ 6:03 pm