Ruthless People

This morning I watched "Ruthless People" with Bette Middler and Danny De Vito (also Bill Pullman and Judge Reinhold). Remember Judge Reinhold? Who doesn't like Judge Reinhold? (Beverly Hills Cop etc.) To me, he was one of the cutest 80's actor ever. Anyways, "Ruthless People" was released in 1986 produced by Michael Peyser (who also produced another one of my favorite movies of all times "Hackers"; who can forget Angelina Jolie with her short hair and cool style?) and directed by 3 people who I won't discuss here because it's too many people to direct a movie!!! I guess maybe something happened there or did they really co-direct? Anyways, all three have gone on to either write or produce very funny movies. "Ruthless People" is a comedy (if you didn't know that already by the cast...) about a dude who wants to kill his wife but two very bad kidnappers beat him to it. They kidnap her before he gets to kill her and so the "dude" who is played by Danny De Vito decides to kill her by omission. He won't pay the ransom, so they will kill her. Bill Pullman plays a minor role as a dimwit and he is actually quite funny as the dumbest guy in LA. Bette Middler is awesome as usual. She's  fat when she is kidnapped and then she spends her time working out, so when she is "rescued" ( I won't tell you a lot about the story just in case you want to see it so I won't spoil it) she is a beautiful thin woman. Not that she wasn't beautiful before, but you know what I mean. The two popcorns I give this movie are for: 1. it made me laugh with some of its silly situations. It is such an 80's comedy and I do love those, because they used to be wacky instead of tacky (as a lot of them are nowadays.) and 2. I liked how the character Ms. Midler portrays a woman who is quite ignorant and oblivious not only of herself but of her douchebag husband and how she takes advantage of her crummy situation, she learns from it and grows from it and hence, in the end, transforms herself into a much better person.

Welcome! Bienvenidos!

Hello! Thanks for visiting my new blog. This is a bilingual blog on the entertainment industry at large and in Puerto Rico (music, tv, film, etc.), my passion for films and anything that goes with it: music, locations, talent, crew, contracts, stress, budgets, creative ideas, some glitz here and there (for those of us who work in the industry). However, I must confess that my passion for the entertainment industry is not the only driving force of this blog. There is a more pragmatic reason and that is that I need to practice my writing. I love writing. I have loved writing since I was a little girl. Not just the art of constructing a sentence, but the actual printed paper. Here I get to practice the art of conveying my message, while conveying my message. I stopped writing creatively in Law School and frankly I feel that I need to get my groove back.   Unfortunately, I need to practice my written skills in both English and Spanish. This means that I will sometimes be writing in Spanish and sometimes in English. Sometimes I will have the time to translate them (which I also need to practice on), but sometimes I won't. I apologize to my readers in advance for those of you that don't understand one of the two. I hope you enjoy my coming blogs which should follow my adventures in the Puerto Rico entertainment industry, as well as my explorations of the art of film. One of my goals is to write at least twice a week about a different movie. I have decided to set no criteria for the choosing of the movies except for one: that I have never seen it before. Hence, I am making the commitment to watch at least two new movies every week. This is not an easy task as I basically have two jobs and I'm working on a Masters degree. Thank you for visiting my new blog and I hope you enjoy it!