Fun Movie

Have you ever seen The Parent Trap?  The one with Hayley Mills, I mean.  I’d nearly forgotten how much I love that movie, it had been so long since I’d watched it last.

Last night I was feeling restless.  Had a bunch of clothes to fold and didn’t feel like listening to the radio.  There was nothing on TV, and I felt like I needed a laugh or two.  So I popped in The Parent Trap.  I started out watching it in the bedroom, but then Brian came in and seemed sort of interested, so we ended up watching it in the living room, on the big TV.

Oh, how we laughed.  That is just a great, great movie.  Such a cute plot, and such hilarious characters.

(The modern, Lyndsay Lohan version is good, too, but somehow not as clean and fresh as the original.)

I was really into Hayley Mills movies back in high school.  I seem to remember writing an English paper (a “research” paper) entitled “The Films of Hayley Mills.”  I probably got a terrible grade on it, but it gave me a nice excuse to read all about Mills and the various actors and film people involved in making movies like The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, Summer Magic, That Darn Cat.

It’s easy to get in a groove of only watching period pieces like Pride & Prejudice and such or modern “chick flicks” like Clueless and 13 Going on 30.  Delightful movies, all, but sometimes it’s so refreshing to revisit the favorites from my youth.

If you haven’t watched The Parent Trap in years and years (or ever!), I highly recommend it.   After all, laughter is so good for the soul.