Kath & Kimderella

Okay don't disown me, but one of my guilty pleasures is definitely Kath and Kim. I went through high school watching it and now that I live in the Kath & Kim side of Melbourne I appreciate and understand the jokes so much better. I remember I was in disbelief that Fountain Gate actually existed!

When I heard they were doing a movie, I joked that they should have the film premiere at Fountain Gate, where they base their shopping trips at. A day later I found out that they did indeed have the film premiere at Fountain Gate. I was so annoyed with myself for not stalking them.

I was really keen to see this movie, and to see it at Fountain Gate. Obviously, it's hard to take Luke to the movies and there is only one 'Mum's and Bubs' screening every Wednesday morning and the morning that the Kath & Kim movie was on I was going to be getting my fit on.

My awesome PJ's.

So I convinced my neighbour to come with me. I prepared Luke early enough that we could catch the 8:30 screening. We wore our Pyjamas so that when we got home we could go straight to bed! I was very tempted to have my muffin top out and a G-String hanging out my backside, but I thought the whole Pyjama thing made me enough of a hornbag/foxy moron as it was. (If you've never watched Kath and Kim that last sentence probably makes no sense to you at all). I sat next to two middle-aged ladies who were obviously Kath & Kim fanatics. They snorted when they laughed (really loudly) and sung along with every song.

I forgot how noisy the cinema is. I am used to things being on the quiet side now that I have a baby so seeing something big and noisy was a change for me.

This is my KeepCup!

Watching the movie I couldn't help but think how Kath & Kim-esque my life is now that I live in their 'territory'. The opening scene is Kath strutting her stuff down her street (which is some kind of very strange powerwalk) with a KeepCup. I have a KeepCup! And I think I drive my local coffee shop crazy with it!

Kath walks into the driveway of her house, which I have recently discovered is located in Patterson Lakes (so I shall stalk the house later) and I try to read whether the Wheelie Bins are from the City of Casey. Today I discover, no. City of Kingston. I get now why she lives in the fictitious suburb of Fountain Lakes - it's a mix of 'Fountain Gate' and 'Patterson Lakes'.

Suddenly Kim pulls into the driveway after doing some quite dramatic driving down the street. Funnily enough it's almost the exact same car I came to the cinema in. Kim leaps out of the car wearing barely anything (why does this remind me of that party-boy Corey who also lives around here) and demands Kath to do her washing for her, which of course Kath refuses.

So Kath and Kim are there having their argument when the neighbour is caught staring. Kath shouts out, "oh, hello, Mandy! Yes, why don't you take a picture - it lasts longer!"- Oh my goodness! I also have a neighbour called Mandy!

OMG there were Vespas in this movie!!!

Anyway, that's the first part of the film. Although there were some pretty dodgy special effects the movie was, well, noice, different, un-yews-ew-al... To say the least. And I enjoyed the big belly laugh and the fun of it all.

(I assume all of my artsy fartsy Melbourne friends are now shaking their heads at me! Shame, Sammy, Shame!)