Rachel and I have been making our way through the "50 Best High School Movies" as reported by Entertainment Weekly. You can view the list online here: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1532588,00.html. We've only made it through about four of the ones we haven't mutually seen. If/when, I remember, I'll post my thoughts about the others when I have a chance. Tonight was the the 1960's musical classic, Bye Bye Birdie. It ranked number 38 on the list.

Obviously, this is one of the movies that takes place in a time period I didn't live through. However, knowing my history, I can definitely draw comparisons. The movie is about a famous singer who is adored by teenage girls about to join the army. The real life comparisons to Elivs Presley are easy to draw, especially all of the lower body gyrations that make the girls go nuts and makes the jaws of the parents drop to the ground. Overall, the movie was cute, although as Rachel pointed out, singing talent was obviously not a prerequisite to star in the movie. :) The songs in the movie were cute and both Rachel and I were surprised to hear "Put on a Happy Face" (more recently in Wal-Mart adds) and "Kids" -What's the matter with kids today? It's always cool to find out things like that. It starred several well know actors include Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margaret.

Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it before.

Posted by Curt at February 15, 2007 11:50 PM