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I love to watch a good movie. If I had to pick my favorite type of movie, I’d have to say I like a good spy adventure, such as a Tom Clancy one, or Bourne, or Mission Impossible. I liked True Lies, although that one’s pretty old, now (but so am I!). Oddly, though, when I think of my favorite movies, none of them fit in this genre. Let’s start with two movies I’m surprised I don’t like….
Here’s something profound: I love me some Johnny Depp. Benny and Joon, Don Juan deMarco…he chooses some crazy roles, but I love to watch him act….and then there’s Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny’s hilarious to me, looks like he’s having a blast playing the part of Jack Sparrow. However, this post is not really about Johnny (we are on a first name basis, you know). It’s about the Pirates movie, which nobody told me was a zombie movie in the clever disguise of a real movie. Was anyone else shocked by this?! I was doing just fine, minding my own business, enjoying Pirates…then all of a sudden the dead people weren’t dead?!?! And I’m saying, what??? What just happened here? If I had known it was that kind of movie, I never would have started it. That’s just the way I feel about those. No great moral here, they just irritate me. I like realism. I guess. I don’t know, actually, I just don’t like when movies go off in the deep end.
Back to the Future…OK, full disclosure: I am a blonde. I’m sure you couldn’t tell that from my nonsense about Pirates of the Caribbean or any of my other posts. Now that we have everything out in the open, I have to say that the Back to the Future movies are the most confusing things I’ve ever seen. I just get lost about whether it’s past, present, or future, and who is who, etc. And if you start trying to explain it to me, I will immediately put my fingers in my ears and starting singing-lalalala-I can’t hear you! (because I’m not just blonde, I’m also 3 years old).
OK, rant over. Now for the good ones.
The best movie you’ve never seen: HeartBreaker
Don’t judge me if you watch this movie. Because I’m telling you right now it’s my favorite movie. This is not a kid movie–it’s not terrible, just not for the kiddos. It’s French, and you have to read the subtitles. Several people just x-ed out this tab….but for the other two of you still reading…it’s hilarious.
By the way, there’s an American version of the same story-line. Don’t waste your time. It’s completely different; I’m not even sure if I watched the entire thing.
The movie you need to watch again: The Princess Bride
My old stand-by. I’m not much for the fantasy genre, so I have to bear through the scene in the fire swamp and I don’t like the torture scene, even though by modern standards, it’s not even considered scary or startling. But Billy Crystal steals the show. And then there are these memorable moments…
- The closely-related iocaine powder scene
- I’m not left-handed either
- Hello-my-name-is-Inigo Montoya-you-keeled-my-father-prepare-to-die
- As…You…Wish!
These are all just great moments….don’t forget Columbo himself narrating the story with Fred Savage from the Wonder Years sitting in his bed, listening, and unhappy about “the kissing parts.” How could you not love it?
I feel a movie marathon in my future. Have you seen Heart Breaker?