In the sixth grade we had my most favorite assembly ever.  It was far better than the here’s-how-the-body-works and the here’s-what-drugs-do-to-you assemblies we were forced to endure in later years.  No, this one, fun day we all gathered together in the cool of the gym to watch…The Parent Trap.  I loved it.  Loved it!  It remains one my my favs today.

So, a few years back when Hollywood decided to replace the fantastic Hayley Mills with little Miss Lindsay Lohan, I didn’t like the idea one bit.  Remake my favorite childhood film?  So wrong.  How could they?

But they did, and I’ll just go ahead and admit that I think they did a fine job.  Yes, they changed a thing or two, but I was very pleasantly surprised to find that they kept the essentials and stayed true to the feel of the original, in my fancy movie watching opinion.  And Miss Lohan?  I thought she was perfect in the role.  Just perfect.

I liked her in Mean Girls, too.  She had it going on, that one.

So I’m sad to watch her self-destruct like this.  Seriously, sweetheart, get your act together.  There’s a great big world of life out there, and you’ve got all the extras…you just need to get a grip on the basics.

My boys?  They like the Parent Trap, too, but I don’t think they’re as attached as I was.  So as long as Daniel Radcliff doesn’t go off the deep end, they’ll be just fine.