The Boy With Green Hair

“Please don’t tell why his hair turned green after you’ve seen The Boy With Green Hair!”

The Boy with Green Hair is a sci-fi movie released in 1948 about a boy whose hair turns green the day after he finds out he’s a war orphan. A fairly obvious parable for how wars affect children, this is a pretty average movie which is not nearly as entertaining as its name suggests. However, was is interesting is the theme song for the film, none other than “Nature Boy” by eden ahbez. If you don’t recognize the name, you’ll definitely recognize the song as it is the opening in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! The original recording of the song plays throughout the film creating an odd effect because of its modern associations. Funny how things happen... 2 stars.

“There was a boy,
A strange enchanted boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea.
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he.

And then one day,
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings,
This he said to me,
"The greatest thing
You’ll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return.”

"Shoot That Motherfucker"

Tonight I was bored. I wanted to watch TV. "Wanted" was on. I heard it wasn't very good, but I though maybe it wasn't THAT bad and figured it would nevertheless be entertaining and action-packed.

Apparently, no one impressed upon me just how bad this movie was. I thought if I had to hear James McAvoy say "oh my God" again or see another close up of his sweaty, vein-popping face, I was gonna flip. His American accent was believable, but it was still weird. And annoying at times.

The part where James McAvoy jumped through a window and started shooting people was pretty badass... I have hard time seeing him as a badass though.

Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of his. But I just didn't enjoy him in this movie.

This movie did keep me busy for about an hour and half or however long it was, but it wasn't worth it. Shucks. I could've watched SVU or House instead.

Well, now I'm kinda tired but I'm probably gonna watch Buffy or something before I go to bed. That way, I will have weird dreams about vampires instead of about killing my father and shooting dead pigs.

Memorable Movie Quotes

“And our bodies are earth. And our thoughts are clay. And we sleep and eat with death.” -Paul, All Quiet on the Western Front

“I love him because he's the kind of guy who gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk, and I love the way he blushes right up over his ears. I love him because he doesn't know
how to kiss, the jerk!” -Sugarpuss O’Shea, Ball of Fire

Vivian Rutledge: “I don't like your manners.”
Philip Marlowe: “I'm not crazy about yours. I didn't ask to see you. I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter evenings.” -The Big Sleep

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." -Roy Batty, Blade Runner

"I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time." -Aaron Altman, Broadcast News

Phyllis: "There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. 45 miles an hour."
Walter: "How fast was I going, officer?"
Phyllis: "I'd say around 90."
Walter: "Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket."
Phyllis: "Suppose I let you off with a warning this time."
Walter: "Suppose it doesn't take."
Phyllis: "Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles."
Walter: "Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder."
Phyllis: "Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder."
Walter: "That tears it..." -Double Indemnity

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" -President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove

"If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me the Bar Nothing." -Gilda, Gilda

"If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics." -The Politician, The Great McGinty

"L-I-V-E! Live! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room." -Maude, Harold and Maude

"Well, I've wrestled with reality for thirty- five years, Doctor, and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it." -Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey

"Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast." -Carl Denham, King Kong

"In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention." -Waldo Lydecker, Laura

"I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics." -Isaac Davis, Manhattan

"In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, and they had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." -Harry Lime, The Third Man

"I've always been myself, even when I was ill, only now I seem myself and that's the important thing. I have remembered how to seem." -King George, The Madness of King George

"We are only as God made us, and many of us much worse." -Narrator, Tom Jones

"Give me wine, I drain the dregs and toss the empty bottle at the world. Show me our Lord Jesus in agony and I mount the cross and steal His nails for my own palms.... I look upon a pinhead and I see angels dancing." -Rochester, The Libertine