So we’ve been faced with a new normal for the last five months, and you’re starting to think that you may have mastered this whole “the outside world is scary” thing. With all this time stuck inside, you’re bound to have picked up a new hobby, like learning how to sew a face mask or understanding what proofing bread means. Whatever your newfound skill may be, here is a guide to what movie you should pair with it (and we know you’ve watched everything on Netflix already anyway).
Dying/Cutting Your Hair or Going Full Sinead - Beauty Shop
Maybe your boyfriend broke up with you. Maybe you watched “Normal People” and want to become Daisy Edgar-Jones. Or maybe you watched a compilation video on your Discovery page of people getting a fade. Before allowing your mother to be your new hairdresser, take a breather and watch Beauty Shop, 1/3rd of Queen Latifah’s career-defining 2000’s film triptych (the other two being Last Holiday and Bringing Down The House). Is that Kevin Bacon in a Jennifer Aniston wig? Is that Cher Horowitz with a southern accent? AND is that Octavia Spencer? Yes, yes, and OH yes.
Learning TikTok Dances - Step Up 2: The Streets
With the quarantine taking away any opportunity to do the Cha Cha Slide at a wedding, your hankering to learn simple dances has grown exponentially. Charlie D’Amelio and Addison Rae are your new Oprah and Gale. For even more dances to learn, watch Step Up 2: The Streets. Before the times of TikTok and throwing it back, there was playing “Shake It Like a Pom-Pom” and dropping it low in your bathroom mirror. You could watch Step Up, but if you prefer to watch sexy people popping and locking in the rain to Missy Elliott as opposed to crying over a little brother’s murder, go with this one.
Expanding On Your Culinary Skills - Julie and Julia
From baking bread to making pasta from scratch, WFH has given you the time to finally take a stab at your wildest dreams in the kitchen. You now yell at the screen when a contestant on “Chopped” decides to make a risotto in twenty minutes. You know that a mirepoix is not a very expensive breed of cat. The movie you should watch is a no-brainer: Julie and Julia. First of all, Meryl. Second of all, Amy. And third of all, the close-ups of beef bourguignon, bruschetta, and chocolate cream pie made this movie food porn before food porn was even a thing.
Tie-Dying Sweatsuits - The Devil Wears Prada
You want to keep up with the latest fashion trends, but after ordering takeout every night for the last two weeks, you’ve decided to do something that makes sense for your budget and your newfound waistline. You’ve dug up as many white sweatpants and sweatshirts you’ve gotten for free from Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and made your bathtub your atelier. Spend an evening learning about the fashion industry and how to be a bad bitch in general by watching The Devil Wears Prada. Besides, you’re a designer now - you should know the difference between blue, turquoise, lapis, and cerulean. That’s all.
Working Out at Home - Stick It
You’ve drank your third DIY-green-juice of the day and your thighs are burning just as much as Chloe Ting told you they would. Get some inspiration on how to ice your muscles in a bathtub and watch “Stick It.” Never will you have felt more motivated to get a six-pack than when watching Haley train her body back into *elite* gymnast shape. Also, this movie has Jeff Bridges in a tracksuit, a Missy Elliott-heavy soundtrack, and a hip-hop dance number ATOP a balance beam? I’ll pop my bra strap to that.
Being Absolutely Paranoid About Miss Rona - Final Destination
You’ve been stocking up for doomsday ever since you thought the world was going to end in 2012. Most people have empty water bottles hidden around their room. You? Empty Purell pumps. The news is your current favorite TV show. Much like the teens in Final Destination doing everything they can to avoid death, you are doing the same with Miss Rona. Find some solace in Devon Sawa’s tooth gap, but be warned you may never want to get on an airplane again.
Finally Finishing That Puzzle - National Treasure
When your friends lose their phone, you’re the first person they contact to help retrace their steps. You’ve read The Da Vinci Code 14 times. You may or may not be named after a founding father. For those of you who can see the big picture and would know how to apply lemon juice and a hair dryer onto the Declaration of Independence (after stealing it), watch National Treasure. The amount of absurd tasks that the treasure hunt in this film requires is almost as ridiculous as Nicolas Cage himself.
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