Keanuthon

5:45pm – “Prince of Pennsylvania”, 1988 We have already discussed taking naps during this film. Matt recounted that last year during this movie he chose to “rest his eyes” to which I said that I might choose to do the same this year. There really is no comparison to “The Night Before” and most of the movies for a while are going to be let downs in comparison.

Keanu has one of the world’s strangest hair cuts in this movie. It is long on the left side and shaved up on the right. Then the shaved side has white striped dyed in. Only his haircut in “Parenthood” could rival this one probably, but really it’s not even close. And the “I Love You to Death” haircut. But that even completely forgets Keanu plays “Dogboy” in Alex Winter’s “Freaked” Now THAT was a weird haircut.

6:22pm – Still Prince of Pennsylvania. Keanu crashes Homecoming. Most of his characters up to this point are the type that would crash Homecoming. Whoa. There’s a little nudity in this one. But not Keanudity, which would be really great.

He’s 23-24 now and still playing high school kids. At least in this one he gets some adult poontang.

6:27 Nip!

To pass the time while watching “PoP,” I am mostly thinking about the greatness that was (is/will be) The Night Before. It seems like if that’s going to be the birth of the Keanu (the drink), maybe it should come at a more appropriate hour in the day. Like, not four in the afternoon. But that observation aside, “The Night Before” is just a great, great movie, at any time.

So far the highlight of “PoP” has been that the adult pootie he’s getting is named Carla. She’s a little crazy but so is Keanu in this movie. What with the haircut and all. “Will you help me, Carla? Will you come away with me?”

Matt and Jeff are making mac ‘n’ cheese. As in real mac ‘n’ cheese. Where you grate the cheese and all that. Keanu is telling Carla that he doesn’t want to be a tadpole; he wants to be a dolphin. A very rich dolphin. Man, I can identify with that one.

Keanu (Rupert) in a plastic bunny mask – kinda animalistic “Point Break” – sure, without the Surfing, Johnny Utah, Quarterback Punks, Bank Robbery (although kidnapping & robbery are kinda plot points), Swayze, Culo, or all that “Point Breakishness” – we do seem to come back to those presidential rubber masks. And the “100% pure adrenalin” aspect that is Keanu.

Day II feels like a gift, a reward, after Day I, which was mostly just not enough goddamm Keanu. And too many goddamm bad movies. Day II is more Keanu and a few really goddamm good movies. (Not just saying this because of a few too many Keanus.) Well, maybe not bad movies. Maybe so. Certainly not enough great Keanu moments (or movies for that matter).

Keanu gets mistaken for a woman in this movie, just like he does in “The Night Before” But is it really all about “The Night Before,” isn’t it?

If only Jay O. Sanders was there to help all of us out with our “fridge door issues” And we could meet the girl we love (or the girl Ed Harris loves) with “You’re not dead!”

Sure Fred Ward (Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins) gets first billing, but who is the “Prince?”