unoriginal commentary

just finished going to church... aka running 7 miles through belmont.
i think that the city of nashville needs to pay me a consultant's fee.
every tourist in nash stops me in the middle of my run to ask...

where is the belmont mansion?
where is union station?
where is the battle of franklin?
where is the arc of the covenant?

come on people.
learn how to read your yahoo map.
and the BIG BROWN road signs.

on a different note inspired by vh1 sunday movies.
what the hell happened to john hughes?
and the 13-25 demographic of cinematography for that matter.

check out hughes' resume before 1990.

1. Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)
   ... aka National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
   ... aka National Lampoon's Winter Holiday (UK)
2. Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)
3. The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)
4. She's Having a Baby (1988)
5. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)
6. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (written by)
7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
8. Pretty in Pink (1986) (written by)
9. Weird Science (1985)
10. European Vacation (1985) (also story)
    ... aka National Lampoon's European Vacation (UK: video box title)
11. The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)
12. Sixteen Candles (1984)
13. Nate and Hayes (1983)
    ... aka Savage Islands (UK)
14. Vacation (1983) (screenplay)
    ... aka National Lampoon's Vacation (UK) (USA: complete title)
    ... aka American Vacation (Europe: English title: video title)
15. Mr. Mom (1983)
    ... aka Mr. Mum
16. Class Reunion (1982)
    ... aka National Lampoon's Class Reunion

are these not some of the best f-ing movies EVER???
you know where you were the first time you saw 16 candles.
and you know you wanted your first kiss to be tinged by the smell of your hair burning in your birthday cake... maybe you wanted it to be judd nelson instead of the porsche guy- but you wanted it.

now the 1990's were not so good for mr. hughes.
this is what happens when you start making money... you want to make more, so you think a little blond screecher who is left alone for the holidays will help pay for your house in brentwood, california. or maybe you just bought your kids a freakshow saint bernard. and what the hell is flubber?

check out hughes' resume between 1990 and 2000.

1. Reach the Rock (1998) (written by)
2. Home Alone 3 (1997) (written by)
3. Flubber (1997) (screenplay)
   ... aka Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor (promotional title)
4. 101 Dalmatians (1996) (screenplay)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (screenplay)
6. Baby's Day Out (1994) (written by)
7. Beethoven's 2nd (1993) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
8. Dennis the Menace (1993) (written by)
   ... aka Dennis (UK)
9. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (characters) (written by)
   ... aka Home Alone II (USA: short title)
10. Beethoven (1992) (written by) (as Edmond Dantès)
11. Curly Sue (1991) (written by)
12. Dutch (1991) (written by)
    ... aka Driving Me Crazy
13. Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)
    ... aka One Wild Night
14. Home Alone (1990) (written by)

so, for his success in the nineties, he obviously sold his soul to one of the devil's sidekicks- cause beelzebub wouldn't take a meeting with him...yet.

check out hughes' resume after 2000.
we were warned that the apocalypse was a possibility in the new millennium.

1. Beethoven's 5th (2003) (V) (characters)
   ... aka Beethoven's 5th: Big Paw (USA)
2. Maid in Manhattan (2002) (story) (as Edmond Dantès)
   ... aka Made in New York (USA: poster title)
3. Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV) (characters)
   ... aka Home Alone: Taking Back the House (USA: DVD title)
4. Beethoven's 4th (2001) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
5. Just Visiting (2001) (screenplay)
   ... aka Visiteurs en Amérique, Les (France)
6. Beethoven's 3rd (2000) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
7. American Adventure (2000) (TV) (characters)
   ... aka National Lampoon's American Adventure (USA: complete title)

i am convinced that in order to impress the prince of darkness, j.h. gave us a 5th dog movie, a 4th screamer movie, and what is this people? oh yeah, maid in manhattan.

how do you go from ally sheedy to j-lo?

and, ralph fiennes, how do you go from the english patient to m.i.m and then back to the constant gardener?

somebody call the pope.