Julie Luongo

I’m back onto Lohan, despite my urge to drop the celebrity project. I’ve really gotta give celebrity watchers credit. They’ve got stamina.

So, The Parent Trap was on TV last night. I watched it (again). In my defense, I was doing other things and didn’t feel compelled to change the channel. I have The Naked Gun on now. I’m not very discriminating when it comes to movies. And I’m a sucker for any movie with the song There She Goes during a transitional sequence. I own So I Married An Axe Murderer. I always wondered why that didn’t get more play. It’s got some great moments. (“Head, move!”)

But back to La Lohan. Aside from the very annoying script problem where they have the “twins” saying “actually” much too often, it’s a cute movie. In it Lindsay has to play an American pretending to be a Brit and a Brit pretending to be an American. She does a great job.

I’d say that this role was probably excellent training for Freaky Friday where she has to act like a mom trapped in a teenager’s body. Or Jamie Lee Curtis trapped in Lindsay Lohan’s body, when LiLo had curves.

Follow Freaky Friday up with Mean Girls where she infiltrates the popular girls’ group and pretends to be a plastic…and then becomes one.

What’s my point here? Lindsay Lohan is a pretty good actress. Currently she’s got 6 movies in the red – that’s IMDB slang. So does Mandy Moore. And Hillary Duff has three in the red. So, (sigh) I guess I have no point here. I’m going to go back to watching Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley…er, I mean work, I’m going back to work.