During a Christmas celebration with my side of the family in December, my sister, perpetrator of several unpleasant events in my childhood from cutting my hair to telling me what my Christmas presents were every year to convincing me that my chicken pox were invisible to everyone except me and snapping twenty most unflattering photos of totally be speckled fourth grade me to making me ride from Indiana to Disney World on the floor of my parents 1977 Oldsmobile … wait. Where was I going with this again?
Oh yes. My sister mentioned Die Hard being her favorite holiday movie. Really? Die Hard? Hel-lo? Ever seen A Christmas Story? Christmas Vacation? A Care Bears Christmas? The completely underrated (and my personal favorite) A Very Brady Christmas?
Totally lacking the wiring necessary to think before I speak, I pulled a Ralphie and blurted out to the crowd that I've never seen Die Hard.
Ooooohhhh fuuuuuddddddgggggeeeee.
Thus my 2013 Must See movie list was born. And, incidentally, my New Year's Resolution to install the necessary wiring between my brain and my word hole so I don't end up with a 2014 list.
Without further ado, here is my Must See Movie List 2.0 (the 2013 edition), in no particular order:
1. Harry Potter 1 - 8 (never seen a Potter movie or read any of the books. Don't judge me, I'm waiting for the hoopla to die done first.)
a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
b. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
c. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
d. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
e. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
f. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
g. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part I
h. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II
9. Moonstruck
10. The Princess Bride
11. 10 Things I Hate About You
12. Throw Momma From the Train
13. Die Hard
14. Reservoir Dogs (only the first twenty minutes)
15. Sound of Music
16. Arthur (the original, not the remake starring what's his nose and the lovely Miss Jennifer Garner)
17. Glengarry Glen Ross
18. Beetlejuice
19. The Graduate
20. On the Waterfront
I figure that by the time I'm done with Must See List 2.0, I will have seen every decent movie ever made and learned to think before I speak. That aught to get me out of having a List for 2014.
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One could argue that you wouldn't be who you are today without me, so you're welcome for all of the character building experiences I have bestowed upon you over the years. Die Hard is awesome, the sequels not so much. And The Grinch and Christmas Vacation tie as very close seconds in Christmas awesomeness.
ReplyDeleteUm … thanks for all those character building experiences? But really, Die Hard as a holiday flick?
DeleteYou will LOVE 10 Things I Hate About You and maybe, while watching and singing along to the great soundtrack, begin to question if maybe, just maybe this film wasn't done by John Hughes or a student of his (think Frank Lloyd Wright).
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Ok, now I'm excited to watch it! A John Hughes-y flick? Yes, please.
DeleteDone? Do you really want your 2014 list NOW?
ReplyDeleteNO! It's only January 2 for crying out loud.
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