Me: Can if I want.
Thirteen Movies I Love but Feel Compelled to Explain Why
- Notting Hill. And they lived happily ever after and had darling babies with British accents.
- Stage Door. All those rival starlets bitching and clawing. Hepburn's famous (stolen/borrowed) line "The calla lilies are in bloom again." Lucille Ball before Ricky. Ginger Rogers without Fred.
- Much Ado About Nothing. Exactly. The Italian sun on Vignamaggio and Shakespeare at play. Hey Nonny, Nonny.
- Shogun. The costuming! Scene after scene of culture clash, Anjin-san.
- A League of Their Own. Rosie O'Donnell and Madonna playing themselves playing baseball while you watch Geena Davis and Tom Hanks.
- The Long Kiss Goodnight. Every action-film trick in the book. Amnesia chick. Endangered child. Fast cars. Humorous sidekick. Big explosions. Guns galore. Evil, evil men. Neatly diced vegetables. Chefs do that.
- White Squall. A crew of preppy kids face the perfect storm with Jeff Bridges at the helm. A true story, honest.
- Donovan's Reef. Morality play on a tropical isle. With the exception of Dorothy Lamour, it's not the usual cast of island-dwellers: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Cesar Romero, Jack Warden. And they live happily ever after, too.
- Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. The first 7 minutes. Food. Oh, the food!
- Drumline. Those drum cadences. Love 'em. The rest of the movie is several other movies I've seen.
- Mr. Holland's Opus. Mr. Holland does good and I love to watch him do it.
- Twister. Bill loves too much. Melissa. Jo. Dorothy. An F5 tornado. They will all try to kill him, but not one will succeed. But, hey--they live happily ever after, too! Well, maybe not Dorothy.
- The Addams Family and TAFValues. I know, that makes 14, but I always watch them together. "Don't torture yourself. That's my job." Morticia is my hero.
1 comment:
You can do 'em all about movies as far as I'm concerned! Fun list!
GUH!
Post a Comment