So I don't know what's been up with the last several months, but I'm seeing Joe Versus The Volcano on television a lot. (And I don't watch a lot of TV, really.) Now, I can see how someone might view this film as inferior, or possibly downright bad, but.. I love it. Always have, always will. Whenever it's on, I watch it. My absolute favorite point in the film is after the boat capsizes and sinks. Joe and Meg Ryan (in one of her three roles) are floating on the sea on Joe's luggage (best luggage ever). To pass the time while Meg is unconscious, Joe pulls out a green, some golf balls and a putter and plays until a gust of wind flips the green over. I don't know why, but I love that part. Never fails to make me laugh.

Overall, it's crystal clear why I love the movie. Guy in dead end, spirit crushing, mind numbing, life sucking job, finds out he has something called a 'brain cloud,' has an epiphany, gives the job the boot, gives the boss an earful, and asks the pretty co-worker (Meg Ryan again!) to dinner. After this he gets tricked into jumping into a volcano on a remote Pacific island he's never heard of to appease a god of a race of people he's never heard of (they really like orange soda). Meanwhile he falls in love (Meg Ryan? You betcha!), travels for the first time (to LA 'It looks fake! I like it!' and the South Pacific), marries (just before jumping into the volcano), miraculously survives (after the volcano spits them both out), and floats off into the moonlight with his newfound love, again, on luggage. Did I mention Abe Vigoda is the chief of the island people? (And naturally, the brain cloud was BS. Brain cloud? Please.) Brilliant!

( some quotes I happen to really like )