Silence of the Lambs & Memento

Stacy: "What dessert should we make for movie night?"

Steph: "Well, what movies are we watching?"

Stacy: "Silence of the Lambs and Memento"

Steph: "OOOOH - you should make Lady Fingers! You know...since he eats people!"

So I decided to make a yummy dessert that used Lady Fingers in the recipe. After wasting at least 30 minutes roaming the aisles of Target and Acme for a 3 ounce package of Lady Fingers as my recipe called for, I threw my hands in the air and decided to make the Ice Cream Pie from the side of the Whoppers Candy container. It was actually quite tasty, and if you're a fan of Whoppers, I highly recommend trying it! For dinner, Brooke made very tasty chili and cornbread - and even though it wasn't a chilly day outside, I thoroughly enjoyed the dinner!

On to the reviews...

Silence of the Lambs
Picked by: Dave
Why Picked: A classic movie the wife needed to see.







Brooke: Two thumbs up!
A great scary movie - well, my kind of scary movie. I have seen this movie a couple times, but I never noticed the captain from Monk and the lesbian from Grey's were in it!

Chuck: Two thumbs up!
I really like the way the story leads you in many directions. It's a movie to make you think, do FBI women wear pearl earrings?

Steph: Two thumbs up!
"Put the fucking movie on your list!" (spoken in the tone of "put the fucking lotion in the basket!") I loved this movie! Simply cannot wait to see the others (Manhunter, Red Dragon, etc.). I cannot believe that I didn't see this movie until now. Right up my alley! And how about Dr. Haan?!?

Dave: Two thumbs up!
A great psycho thriller that will keep your attention until the very end. Best line in a movie "I'm having an old friend for dinner"

Stacy: Two thumbs up!
I've caught this movie on TV two or three times, but apparently I never saw about the first 30 minutes of it before! This is a great film - keeps me on the edge of my seat most of the time. Of all the movies in the lists that I have seen before, I think I was most excited to see this one make Dave's list.


Memento
Picked by: Steph
Why Picked: "Because I remembered watching it several years ago and being baffled. I thought it would be a good movie to watch in a group and discuss.








Brooke: One thumb up, one thumb down.
So........who was that guy?

Chuck: One thumb up, one thumb down.
I like the way the movie goes in parts from end to start.

Steph: Two thumbs up!
Definitely kept my attention and I think I got it figured out. Who knows. My ADD is making it hard to focus on the facts and the sequence of everything.

Dave: One thumb up, one thumb down
What?

Stacy: Two thumbs up!
Wow this is a crazy movie. I have so many questions. The extras on the DVD helped put all the pieces together.

Whenever I watch movies, I'm usually pretty good at noticing some mistakes in filming, like things out of place within the same scene or something that just missed editing. So during this movie, since it is played from end to beginning, I was trying really hard to catch something that didn't add up. And the only thing I noticed is I think when they show the phone number for Teddy on the picture, it's always the same, but when they shot the scene when he writes the phone number on the picture, I swear he writes a different number - 1134 instead of 0134. I didnt want to stop the movie and rewind since 4 other people were watching, so I don't know for sure. At any rate, I really enjoyed this movie. I was getting very sleepy towards the end, but was watching so intently because I didnt want to miss a piece of the puzzle. And at the end, I still was trying to figure it out. It's kind of like watching an episode of Lost - at the end, you think you're starting to figure things out, but it only leaves you with more questions.