So, talking about other things, I considered what my favorite ten movies were. And I had to think about I would mean as "favorite". There are movies that a really like, and would recommend to others, but probably not watch again. They were a great experience - blockbusters, indie films, but they were one-and-done for me.
And there are "films" where you want to take apart how the plot is unspooled, how the shots were taken, how they got that take, or sought out that emotion. Films can be analyzed. Movies are just embraced.
And then there are the films that I will watch. Every time. Channel hopping or random streaming, coming in on the middle of them, and I will hang on until the end credits. I know the lines. I know how they end. I know the stories behind them. But these are movies that I will WATCH again and again. This is what I'm talking about.
Not all of these are great movies. Not all of them have "worn" well since their release. Some of them are a bit cringe. Many of them lack deeper meaning. A lot of them bunch up in my teen aged years. Some are even in Black and White. But I will watch them. Every. Damn. Time.
Here are ten movies:
The Thin Man (1934)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Longest Day (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
The Great Race (1965)
The War Wagon (1968)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (1977)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
So what are YOUR Ten?
More later,
