We saw the
movie WISHIN AND HOPIN yesterday. It was
pretty good.
It was
written by Wally Lamb. I have read two,
maybe three books by Wally Lamb and he has the ability of making ordinary
people's lives interesting and funny.
He also has
a thing about twin boys. In one book the protagonist had a insane twin and
in this movie there were twin students in the class that lived on a farm, but not so much in-your-face types.
I would have
probably liked WISHIN AND HOPIN more if
in some cases it seemed to be copying Jean Sheperd's CHRISTMAS STORY.
I liked it
because it took me back. I almost had
the chilling feeling that Wally Lamb has been getting ideas from this blog
Chicken-fat:
I had a
similar incident that happened in the movie that the teacher took up a poo-poo
(or Whoopie) cushion that the boys were having fun with, and then slipping it
out of Mr. Cox's office; student demanding being the center of attention; hanging around the Bus Station's cafe; causing a bat to get loose in school which
cause the Nun-teacher to have a nervous breakdown; butting heads with the class's top
brown-noser; having to write on the
blackboard the offense I vowed not to do a number of times; and others that all blend in now, but they sparked
me into remembering the moment I saw them and forgot them just as quickly.
We saw it on
a pay-per-movie channel. Good
movie! We got our money's worth.
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