well, Hayd and I recently had this conversation. above all people, living or dead, it would have to be anyone who has ever won the National Spelling Bee-- eight years AFTERWARD. you know, when they're passing around a spliff in their shitty apartment and their friends are saying, "NO! N-N-NO, WAIT! I GOT ONE! Um, yeah,-- MAN! I just had a great, from my anatomy class, um-- OH, I GOT IT! SPELL..."
i love movies. for many reasons-- the trip, the escape, the art. some of these are faves of mine because of the situation. for example, Fletch is my all time favorite flick. not because it was any sort of groundbreaking filmmaking-- clearly it wasn't. but my dad and i went to see it, and have quoted it to each other for the past twenty three years. and the jokes just get better to us.some of these i love because of the style. some because of the production values, look, etc.-- Winged Migration, looked AMAZING. but, it was about birds for God's sake.and some of these i love simply BECAUSE they suck. campy can be fun. i just won't spend ten bucks to see hokey movies in the theater.i am endlessly watching. learning. appreciating. this list does not include ALL of my faves, just many that i can recall right now. if you notice a few that do not appear here, enlighten me.IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:the french connection; animalympics; finding nemo; cars; the lion king; the jungle book; sex & lucia; the contender; wet, hot american summer; history of the world, part one; being there; animal house; the professional; la femme nikita; silver streak; willy wonka and the chocolate factory (original); edward scissorhands; big fish; the insider; pollock; traffic; the machinist; the conversation; raging bull; election; 25th Hour; vanilla sky; almost famous; pulp fiction memiors of a geisha; collateral; heat; sleepers; fight club; seven; the game; slingblade; waking life; tape; in america; the ice storm; wonder boys; l.a. confidential; hustle and flow; unforgiven; silverado; 8 mile; hoosiers; major league; happy gilmore; brian's song; north dallas forty (original); bad news bears (original); remember the titans; the great escape; the guns of navarone; the dirty dozen; where eagles dare; pale rider; the outlaw josey wales; ronin; criminal; cannonball run; magnolia; short cuts; nashville; m*a*s*h; the black cauldron; the muppet movie; the muppet's take manhattan; the great muppet caper; rushmore; sideways; the royal tenebaum's; bottle rocket; the killing; 2001; a clockwork orange; barry lyndon; full metal jacket; dr. strangelove: or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb; rosemary's baby; boogie nights; memento; spartacus; ben-hur; casablanca; an affair to remember; the poseidon adventure (original); superman; batman; batman begins; spiderman; the right stuff; the mission; the truman show; road warrior; mad max: beyond thunderdome; the terminator (1 and 2); blade runner; alien; aliens; gladiator; tigerland; 12 monkeys; brazil; life of brian; monty python and the holy grail; this is spinal tap; when harry met sally; the player; ferris bueller's day off; good will hunting; heist; casino; the breakfast club; stripes; lawrence of arabia; seven samurai; the magnificent seven; the seventh seal; crouching tiger, hidden dragon; enter the dragon; rumble in the bronx; godzilla vs. _________ (you pick); ANY REALLY BAD C OR D FLICK-- my dad and i...; die hard; color of night; the color of money; three days of the condor; all the president's men; midnight cowboy; rainman; stranger than fiction; the ref; platoon; metropolis; nosferatu; reservior dogs; desperado; sin city; police academy; three men and a ba... not a fucking chance. just wanted to see if you were reading this.; salvador; the money pit; big; a league of their own; back to the future; jurassic park; catch me if you can; close encounters of the third kind; the shawshank redemption; waiting; fargo; miller's crossing; raising arizona; the hudsucker proxy; the big lebowski; blood simple; barton fink; the karate kid; midway; the hunt for red october; patriot games; clear and present danger; true lies; commando; predator; rocky; demolition man; kentucky fried movie; the naked gun; airplane; brick; the usual suspects; amores perros; y tu mama, tambien; 21 grams; babel; talk to her; about about my mother; run, lola, run; the princess and the warrior; winter sleepers; network; chinatown; ocean's eleven (soderburgh's); wall street; duel; jaws; saving private ryan; e.t.; lord of the rings trilogy; star wars trilogy; indiana jones trilogy; the godfather, parts one and two; goodfellas; the departed; kundun; mean streets; taxi driver; last temptation of christ; the sting; the hustler; cool hand luke; butch cassidy and the sundance kid; in cold blood; american beauty; road to perdition; man in the moon; kingpin; dumb and dumber; ace ventura, pet detective; blazing saddles; spaceballs; young frankenstein; dead men don't wear plaid; summer school; spies like us; tommy boy; the jerk; the odd couple; grumpy old men; the pink panther; return of the pink panther; wedding crashers; anchorman; bowling for columbine; enron the doc; who killed the electric car; why we fight; off the grid; in the heat of the night; guess who's coming to dinner; the cutting edge-- was in love with moira kelly back in the day; caddyshack; foul play; seems like old times; mystic river; absolute power; less than zero; class; back to school; kiss kiss bang bang; lock, stock and two smoking barrels; natural born killers; do the right thing; crooklyn; philadelphia; forrest gump; a few good men; easy rider; the shining; as good as it gets; rear window; psycho; M; dial m for murder; the birds; vertigo; jules and jim; donnie darko; the pianist; frantic; the accused; silence of the lambs; munich; empire of the sun; eternal sunshine of the spotless mind; being john malkovich; some like it hot; the apartment; sunset boulevard; all about eve; casablanca; the african queen; das boot; american graffiti; mulholland dr.; blue velvet; the mosquito coast; donnie brasco; the hurricane; the piano; out of sight; carlito's way; dazed and confused; blow; waiting for guffman; beautiful girls; best in show;oh yeah, and fletch and winged migration.these are all i can think of right now. and i'm not walking into the living room to look @ any ones that don't come to mind.
my dad. no, he isn't don mattingly. but, in the schoolyard, he had one sweet swing.