I had to shake off the drama of Brokeback Mountain and Butterfly Effect, so Netflix bestowed Valley Girl upon me this weekend. I love this movie. It’s one of my all time favorites, ever. Young Nicholas Cage: he’s a punk, he’s furry and he’s ever so hot. So Hott.
It’s a corny movie, predictable, but the soundtrack is tons of fun. The Plimsouls are in the movie several times as the Hollywood bar band in the dive that Randy and Fred frequent, so you hear several of their ditties. “I Melt With You” by Modern English figures heavily into this movie; long before it was a Burger King commercial, kids, this was music I liked ever so much.
Where is my Nicholas Cage, my punk Randy, ready to punch out the prom king in my honor? I’m waiting. Sigh.