4 posts tagged “gilmore girls”
I have often seen Tucker Max's book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell at Barnes & Noble and even Urban Outfitters (if that isn't telling of what the book's about). Hell is a collection of short stories (personal accounts from the author) that basically depict drunkenness, casual sex, and ignorance, all from a beer-buzzed state of mind.
I can recall actually reading a few stories from this book and being appalled. It takes a lot to gross me out in most cases. And when it comes to good literature, I believe that even the grossest, most disgusting story can have value. Yet, I never understood what the big deal with this book was. It's kind of like the one book you know a fratboy will have in his collection.
Naturally, a feature film has been made starring Matt Czuchry of Gilmore Girls fame. I always wondered what Logan Huntzberger was up to after he left Rory at Yale graduation. Now, I know he's been drowning his sorrows in beer and loose women.
I'm actually a little interested in the movie based on the kickass casting. If there's anyone who can play a sex fiend, douchebag, it's Matt Czuchry. And I'm excited to see him in the spotlight again. Although, part of me is pained to think that any success from this movie will directly benefit the writer and "liver" of these escapades, Tucker Max. He really isn't lying by the title of his book. If you read only one story from the collection, you'll realize he's an awful person (and I rarely say that about people I don't know). For Tucker's sake, I hope they do serve beer in hell -- followed by a hangover for eternity.
Yesterday, I watched the film Norbit outdoors at a Labor Day picnic I attended.
I had always bad-mouthed Norbit without having actually seen it, and surprisingly, the movie wasn't as bad as I thought (I find myself quoting Rasputia's "How YOU doin'?" all the time now).
But what I was struck by more than anything was that Norbit is set in the small town of Star's Hollow from Gilmore Girls. The church for Kate's wedding at the end of the film -- Sookie's children were baptized there! The town square where Norbit and Kate danced with the orphans at the carnival -- it's where Luke bought Lorelei's basket at the annual gift basket auction! Even Luke's Diner is a pivotal location, as the Italian restaurant where Norbit and Kate go on a date.
I wonder if we can expect to see Star's Hollow in any other future films. Surprisingly, the town did not make an appearance in Post-Grad.
ABC Family aired the series finale of the Gilmore Girls yesterday (for the very first time since the series ended in 2007). In the final episode, Rory gets a job at a web magazine where she's set to cover Barack Obama's campaign.
Two years after the fact, I can't help but wonder what Rory Gilmore is doing now. I find it strangely omniscient that the writers of Girls would decide that our little Yale grad would follow Obama rather than other Democratic presidential hopeful Clinton. I wonder if they had a feeling he would become President someday.
Where is Rory Gilmore now? Is she feeling the pains of the recession, jobless and broke and living in a cardboard box? Or is she flourishing as a reporter ala her hero Christiane Amanpour? Or is she back at Star's Hollow, living at home like so many other college grads her age?
I smell a new ABC Family spin-off series.
Alexis Bledel has ventured outside of Star's Hollow and stopped sharing pants with a group of girls. In her latest film, she's been cast as a post college graduate in the movie aptly titled, Post Grad.
The story in this movie is a direct rip-off of my life. Like Alexis Bledel, I went to school, majored in writing, and couldn't land a job. I had to move home with my parents (an eccentric bunch). I, too, at one point in my life couldn't choose between Dean and Jess (Who am I kidding? I was always a Jesse's girl).
While the trailer is cutesy but forgettable, I think this film will do well at the box office because of the growing number of young adults forced to move home with their parents due to the recession. Finally, an anthem for the Boomerang Generation! Plus, it doesn't hurt for the movie's poster child to be a beloved modern television figure. Who didn't want to be a "Gilmore Girl"?
I would also like to add, "Welcome back, Michael Keaton."
