Two hours. That’s the time I spent sleeping.
I couldn’t sleep so I watched last week’s episode of “How I met your Mother”, an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” at 10:30, then watched the “American Idol” episode from Wednesday and finally I finished watching “10” staring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. I went to the bathroom about seven times last night from 11:00 PM till 4:30 AM. I also was so thirsty during the night I had a water bottle by my bed.
“Grey’s Anatomy” is one of the best shows on Television next to “Battlestar Galactica” by the way. Oh and American Idol is THE BEST show on TV today. I’m a sucker for this stupid show. At least I can acknowledge its stupid and a waste of time okay?
Back to sleep deprivation…
I fell asleep around 2:45 AM. At 4:30 I woke up and went to the bathroom and was wide awake.
I don’t know how I’m going to make it through the day today. I was so ready to fall asleep but just couldn’t do it.
So here’s a quick review of “10”.
“10” (1979)
My rating: 7/10
First off, Dudley Moore is hella funny. I’ve always loved the guy. This was always seen as a “Bo Derek” movie. But she’s really not on screen that long and when she wasn’t talking, she had this blank look on her face. I guess she played the part perfect because her character was pretty blah anyway. Dudley Moore couldn’t keep his eyes off of her. His idea of the perfect “10”. But how your mind changes when you finally get to know the person. And when he had the opportunity to fulfill his fantasy with her, he got to know her which gave him some sort of epiphany about love and marriage and he realized she wasn’t the perfect “10”.
Brian Dennehy, in one of his first roles, played the part of the bartender. Many years and tons of screen credits later he played Chris Farely’s dad in “Tommy Boy.” The woman he was going to marry in “Tommy Boy” was… Bo Derek! “10” was done real early in Dennehy’s career and he has a long list of movies since then. Bo Derek did “10”, that Tarzan movie and “Tommy Boy”. She did some non significant movies here and there but that’s about it. I don’t know what I’m trying to say. I’m not even trying to compare the two careers. One’s an actor and the other a model of sorts. I guess my point is that Dennehy and Derek were in “10” and then showed up sixteen years later in “Tommy Boy” together. Full circle maybe? It was cooler when I first thought of that. I guess you had to be there – in my brain.
Back to Dudley Moore. What ever happened to him? I think I remember he had a drinking problem - like his character “Arthur”. I believe he died a few years ago. I liked him in the “Arthur” movies and especially liked him in “Like Father Like Son” with Kirk Cameron. Speaking of Kirk Cameron, what ever happened with him? I loved him as Mike Seaver on “Growing Pains” and couldn’t resist watching bits and pieces of the “Growing Pains” television movie reunions that have come out through the years.
Anyway, here’s a quick wrap up of “10”. You don’t need to watch it unless you want to watch a Dudley Moore movie. It’s funny. But not that funny. I’d rather you watch “Like Father Like Son” instead. If you want to watch Bo Derek, rent that Tarzan movie because, although she’s nude in “10”, it’s not enough for anyone to drool over.
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