It always makes me long to belong to a loud, opinionated family who argues and then makes up. I grew up in a boring suburban WASP household where everyone was sedate and tried not to argue.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | March 28, 2020 5:34 AM |
Also, Nic Cage was actually kind of sexy in it.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 26, 2016 3:14 AM |
"He's the most tortured man I know."
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 26, 2016 3:23 AM |
You need the steak to feed your blood.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 26, 2016 3:27 AM |
She's dying but I can still hear her big mouth.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 26, 2016 3:35 AM |
That Italian restaurant they frequent looks really good.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 26, 2016 3:46 AM |
Old man, you give those dogs one more piece of my food, and I'll kick ya till you're dead.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 26, 2016 3:55 AM |
"Old man, if you give those dogs another piece of my food I'm gonna kick you til your dead".
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 26, 2016 3:56 AM |
[quote] It always makes me long to belong to a loud, opinionated family who argues and then makes up.
Why?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 26, 2016 4:01 AM |
Because R9 it clears the air instead of having long simmering resentments and secrets buried. They get it all out and start over.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 26, 2016 4:03 AM |
Movie makes me want to be Italian
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 26, 2016 4:03 AM |
" Im too old for you " ... " IM too old for me " !
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 26, 2016 4:04 AM |
Don't shit where you eat.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 26, 2016 4:11 AM |
I use that all the time R14.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 26, 2016 4:14 AM |
R11 makes me wish DL had a "Like" button.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 26, 2016 4:14 AM |
R6, the movie was filmed in Toronto, but it was supposed to be the Grand Ticino. It was a really nice below street level restaurant in the Village. It had dark green walls, rather than the pastels in the movie version. I had great scallops there once.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 26, 2016 4:22 AM |
The old man and his dogs always crack me up for some reason.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 26, 2016 4:26 AM |
You... you got a love bite on your neck. He's coming back this morning, what's the matter with you? You're life's going down the toilet! Cover up that damn thing! Come on, put some make-up on it!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 26, 2016 5:59 AM |
Chrissy! Bring me the big knife...
NO, Ronnie!
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 26, 2016 6:09 AM |
Would-a somebody tell a joke?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 26, 2016 6:15 AM |
Loretta Castorini: I'm getting married. Cosmo Castorini: Again? Loretta Castorini: Yeah. Cosmo Castorini: You did this once before, it didn't work out. Loretta Castorini: The guy died!
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 26, 2016 6:18 AM |
The brownstone they lived in is probably worth about $15 million today.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 26, 2016 6:34 AM |
I'll fuck you even if you love Rent-A-Cop.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 26, 2016 6:40 AM |
Rose (to the old man) "what are you cryin' about, pop?"
The old man, "I'm so confused!"
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 26, 2016 8:16 AM |
Chrissy! Bring me the big knife...
NO, Ronnie!
"I tell ya I won't do it!"
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 26, 2016 9:56 AM |
[quote]Also, Nic Cage was actually kind of sexy in it.
Nic was super hot when he was younger.
I recently saw Moonstruck on tv, it was much shorter than I'd remembered. It's a nice film. I wouldn't say it's a favorite but it's a film you can watch twice in a lifetime.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 26, 2016 10:03 AM |
[quote][R11] makes me wish DL had a "Like" button.
That's what W&W has become now.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 26, 2016 10:50 AM |
Love is bullshit now get in my bed
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 26, 2016 11:13 AM |
In that light, with that look on your face, you look 25 years-old....
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 26, 2016 11:30 AM |
Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, OP, it's a great movie. It's just been shown and seen too many times, at least by me.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 26, 2016 12:06 PM |
[quote]In that light, with that look on your face, you look 25 years-old ...
That scene always makes me smile.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 26, 2016 7:20 PM |
I just want you to know no matter what you do, you're gonna die, just like everybody else.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 26, 2016 7:32 PM |
Nic Cage delivers the greatest speech about love ever.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 26, 2016 7:36 PM |
I can't quote the line but I love the confrontation in the kitchen where Loretta says she'll come to the funeral and dance on the grave in a red dress.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 26, 2016 8:29 PM |
Johnny: In time you will see that this is the best thing.
Loretta: In time you'll drop dead and I'll come to your funeral in a red dress!
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 26, 2016 8:56 PM |
The reality of an argumentative Italian family is not a Hollywood comedy.
It is an absolute nightmare that you don't want to know about let alone live.
Picture a household where everyone of every age is a total psychopath.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 27, 2016 2:15 AM |
"You should thank god you didn't die in Italy."----afterlife counselor in Beetlejuice
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 28, 2016 8:45 PM |
A little noise at the dinner table does not make them all psychopaths R41. And you are not a border collie whose job it is to herd them, either.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 29, 2016 2:22 AM |
First, there's what you have, which is garbage and you can see where that has got you. Then, there's bronze, which is very good, unless something goes wrong. And something always goes wrong. Then, there's copper, which is the only pipe I use. It costs money because it saves money.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 29, 2016 6:37 PM |
Nicolas Cage was too young for Cher here, but well, she was Cher, so she could get away with it.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 29, 2016 6:58 PM |
R45
The story called for an age difference.
Cher said she suggested Cage for the role and really fought for him.
The studio didn't want him but she thought he'd be perfect as the slightly unhinged yet romantic Ronnie.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 29, 2016 9:46 PM |
Ronnie: "I Love You."
SLAP.
Loretta: "Snap Out Of It!"
I could never figure out why "Snap out of it" featured so highly on AFI's 100 movies, 100 One-Liners or whatever that list was. But if anyone could make a lover's quarrel charming it is Cher.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 30, 2016 2:41 PM |
When I remember it's on, I watch Blue Bloods for the same reason as the "Italian family-phile" upthread. I love the Reagans' big family dinners.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 30, 2016 8:56 PM |
I have an unhealthy love of stemware. I'm on the lookout for the wineglass Cher drinks out of when she gets home from getting her hair and makeup done before going to the opera with Ronnie.
I too love her aunt and uncle when he sees Cosmo's moon. I'm drawing a complete blank of his name but her name is Rita.
What a name - Loretta Castorini Clark Cammarari .Someone loved the letter C. Her mother was a Cappomagi.
Everytime I watch that movie, I want carbs!
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | April 20, 2016 9:55 PM |
LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie! I've seen it more than a dozen times over the years, and it never fails to put a smile on my face.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | April 20, 2016 10:02 PM |
OP - I don't understand your apprehension in admitting your love for a universally thought of terrific movie. Now if you had written "Fuck me but I love The Blind Side", I'd be concerned for you.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | April 20, 2016 10:13 PM |
I didn't care for it, except when the elephant man died and Cher rode off on her bike into the sunset singing the "Shoop-Shoop Song."
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | April 20, 2016 10:17 PM |
I've said this in the THEATRE GOSSIP thread, but I cannot believe Moonstruck hasn't been made into a stage musical (along the lines of The Light in the Piazza, not Mamma Mia!). The song cues are practically written into the script. Someone said in the THEATRE thread that a musical version was created, but it never made it out of the workshop stage and that, I believe, Idina Menzel played Loretta. Someone needs to make this show happen. It would run for years.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | April 20, 2016 10:32 PM |
So do I, OP. Doesn't everyone? I've seen it five times.
As for the rest of your statement, would I *want* to fuck you?
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 20, 2016 10:40 PM |
R52 Perhaps your post is deliberate, but you're confusing Moonstruck with Mermaids and Mask. (wow, just realized, has any other movie star starred in 3 movies, all with one word titles beginning with the letter "M"? It really is too bad now that Cher isn't doing Mame.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | April 20, 2016 10:50 PM |
R53 - could they cast Chaz Bono in the role of Nick?
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | April 20, 2016 10:51 PM |
Couldn't someone cast me in any role for anything. I work really cheap
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | April 21, 2016 3:24 PM |
Is the asti with a sugar cube an Italian thing? What does the sugar cube do?
[quote]Everytime I watch that movie, I want carbs!
You are not alone. I always watch this in the kitchen while cooking pasta and drinking a nice Chianti and, damn, would I love to eat at the The Grand Ticino.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | April 21, 2016 3:34 PM |
R58, I forgot the "toad in the whole" bread and egg dish Olivia is making before Johhny Cammerrari comes to the house. I want to make that whenever I watch the movie but don't want to buy a loaf of bread just for that. If I did, I'd eat the whole loaf! I love Italian bread.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | April 21, 2016 6:51 PM |
It's called birds in a basket here R59 and I make them often after seeing it in this movie. You can use regular sliced bread too.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | April 21, 2016 6:58 PM |
It's called a Hole In One where I grew up. And it is delicious and takes about two minutes to make.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | April 22, 2016 12:16 AM |
[quote]I've said this in the THEATRE GOSSIP thread, but I cannot believe Moonstruck hasn't been made into a stage musical (along the lines of The Light in the Piazza, not Mamma Mia!). The song cues are practically written into the script. Someone said in the THEATRE thread that a musical version was created, but it never made it out of the workshop stage and that, I believe, Idina Menzel played Loretta. Someone needs to make this show happen. It would run for years.
There was talk maybe 10 years ago about a musical version being shopped around; it was to star Marisa Tomei as Loretta.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | April 22, 2016 12:21 AM |
R58, Sugar cube in the champagne It's an old Italian wives tale that the devil never wants to see you happy, and since champagne “makes you happy,” dropping a sugar cube in keeps the devil away.
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | March 28, 2020 5:08 AM |
"old man! You give those dogs anymore of my food, I'll kick ya till ya dead!"
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | March 28, 2020 5:33 AM |
