More Film Couples

• Oscar and Felix (Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau) in The Odd Couple. This is another one that’s so iconic, it almost flies under the radar.
• Frodo and Sam from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I’m totally kidding. I love LOTR but I fast-foreward through everything to do with those two Keebler Elves . They’re emotional, messy crybabies. But I re-play all the Aragorn-the-Hot-Slut parts, and the gnarly-creature battle scenes.
• Fay Wray and King Kong. I’ll go so far as to include corny Jessica Lange asking Kong, “Hey, what’s you’re sign?” in the 70s remake. But NO Naomi Watts and her bunny face emoting at me for 11-minute stretches.
• Dorothy Michaels and Michael Dorsey both played by Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. See what I did there? I found a way to talk about one of my favorite movies while weaving in a clever interpretation of the term “Film Couples.” I win! Is it Hoffman who is responsible for turning what could have been a cheesy lightweight movie into a genuinely funny and real character study of what it really takes for one guy to become a better man? Maybe it’s the smart, snappy script. The frantic, paranoid perfomance of Teri Garr? Bill Murray’s snarky, sincere sidekick? I don’t care. I love Tootsie.