Reviews From the Instant Queue

This is going to be a thing. I will watch old movies that netflix suggests for me to watch. Then I will review them here for you. First up.

Dream a Little Dream

This movie was released in 1989 and stars the Two Coreys: Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.

To sum up: Bobby Keller (Feldman) is in high school and a punk who "is in love" with his bully best friend Joel's gilfriend, Lainie. And old man named Coleman is into meditation and convinces his wife, Gina, to meditate with him outside. Naturally Coleman sort of takes over Bobby's body, and Gina sort of meshes with Lainie. So Lainie/Gina doesn't know she's Gina. And Bobby/Coleman has to somehow convince Lainie/Gina that she is who he says she is so they can go back to being old people and in love. Also, Bobby's other best friend, Dinger, is played by Corey Haim and serves no plot purpose at all.

Being a huge fan of the two coreys and since this movie was back in their prime and when clothes were at their most ridiculous and is about body swapping, I was sure I was going to love it. Sure enough the Coreys were in it. Sure enough the clothes were ridiculous. (This evidently being around the time of Michael Jackson's Dangerous since Corey Feldman looked uncannily like MJ.) This movie also mentioned hair mousse a lot. It seems hair mousse would be a major plot point since it was mentioned so frequently. Sadly. The hair mousse seemed to just hold hair. Throw in the fact that Bobby is failing, Dinger has a broken leg, Lainie dances in stupid aerobics gear, Bobby already has a girlfriend named Shelly who is best friends with Lainie, Joel wants Lainie to "do it", Lainie's mom is INSANE (she counsels her daughter to have sex because "Joel is going to college." I'm serious. I could not make that up by myself. Also when informed that Joel hit Lainie she tells her to not provoke Joel. ALSO she drugs Lainie. INSANE.), Bobby's parents are beyond ridiculous, there is a bully who just randomly picks fights, Joel carries a flask around ALL THE TIME, and the fact that this whole show culminates the night of the school dance after the SATs with a gun stand-off...well I'll just say this movie was a little too absurd even for me.

It did however have some high points. Those being, Corey Haim's completely unnecessary one liners.

I should be at the dance. I was at the dance. Dancing perfectly. With a hot chick. She wanted me. I know she wanted me. Well every girl wants me. But instead I'm sitting out here freezing my ass off in some butt-ugly red Mustang.

That's right, you're messing with Rambo's little brother.

What time is it?
[looks down at wrist]
Why did I look at my wrist? I don't have a watch, I never had a watch.

Wow, I always thought SAT meant Saturday Afternoon Test. What is up?

Why am I running? I have... a broken... leg.

And also the totally awesome soundtrack. It was seriously a great soundtrack.

And those were the only redeeming points of this movie. 

And yet. There was a sequel Dream a Little Dream 2. The sequel starred the two Coreys and Robin Lively. The two Coreys combined with the power that is the Teen Witch and sunglasses that can control other people! Dare I watch it? Yes I did. WORST. DECISION. EVER! I mean seriously. It was a terrible idea.

In conclusion, I give Dream a Little Dream and Dream a Little Dream 2 a combined score of 5 jelly beans out of 10 jelly beans. Three jelly beans for Dream and Little Dream and two jelly beans for Dream a Little Dream 2.