(Silence of the Lambs, I'm looking at you.)
I'd like to take a few minutes and recap my movie watching experience this year. In going over my posts for each movie, it occurs to me that I should have developed some kind of ratings system, like Siskel and Ebert did years ago. Not wanting to copy their simplistic-yet-genius thumbs up/thumbs down method or give each movie a letter grade (too boring), I am kind of stuck for ideas. My most promising concept to date is an elaborate ranking sequence of one to five Molly Ringwalds (with five Mollys being the best, obviously).
(Why Miss Molly Ringwald? Because she's completely dipped in awesome sauce of course. She can do comedy. She can do drama. She can do both within the same film. Have you seen The Breakfast Club for cryin' out loud? How the woman has never been nominated for an Oscar is truly beyond me.)
The Molly idea needs some tweaking (plus, I can't go back in time to rank the twenty movies I watched in 2012 on a scale of one to five Mollies), so for right now I'm dividing the flicks into three distinct categories: Me Likey, Me No Likey, and A Solid Eh.
Let's tackle the fun category of Me Likey. Like the title implies, this is the list of films that I enjoyed and would so watch again if I stumbled upon them on TBS while channel surfing on a rainy Sunday afternoon. A surprising number of flicks made it into this category, and I say surprisingly because, frankly, I didn't think I'd like any of these movies. If I thought I'd enjoy a film, I would have watched long before being coerced into it whilst on an otherwise delightful vacation to St. Louis.
The list of Me Likey movies: they made me laugh, they made me cry, they made me want to revive men's fashion from the 1970s
Office Space
Animal House
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raiders of the Lost Ark
It's A Wonderful Life
Taxi Driver
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Amelie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Zombieland
Thelma and Louise
Seriously men. Take some fashion cues from Taxi Driver. Put some plaid oomph into your wardrobe.
(You won't be sorry.)
(Promise.)
The Me No Likey list: they disturbed me, confused me, and made me appreciate the impromptu but solid defense strategy of throwing a Snuggie over my head
Swingers (sorry Vince Vaughn … guess this means we're no longer homies)
Fight Club (mostly a Me No Likey, but the more I think about it, it becomes a little Me Likey … probably should watch it again just to be sure)
Silence of the Lambs (what?! no way! did NOT see this coming!)
Even though I felt I'd die a thousand deaths while watching these three movies (be it from suspense or boredom), I'm glad I suffered through them. Mainly because it means I never have to see them again.
And finally, the list of A Solid Eh: for those flicks that weren't awesome and weren't horrible. Kinda like how I feel about cleaning the kitchen, baseball, and tubed meats.
West Side Story
The Jerk
Moulin Rouge
After much introspection, I'm glad I watched all twenty movies. Most I liked, some I most certainly did not, but that's what makes me (according to one commenter) a well rounded movie viewer and a more informed member of society.
I'm all about being well rounded, baby. Just look at my waist.
(Why Miss Molly Ringwald? Because she's completely dipped in awesome sauce of course. She can do comedy. She can do drama. She can do both within the same film. Have you seen The Breakfast Club for cryin' out loud? How the woman has never been nominated for an Oscar is truly beyond me.)
The Molly idea needs some tweaking (plus, I can't go back in time to rank the twenty movies I watched in 2012 on a scale of one to five Mollies), so for right now I'm dividing the flicks into three distinct categories: Me Likey, Me No Likey, and A Solid Eh.
Let's tackle the fun category of Me Likey. Like the title implies, this is the list of films that I enjoyed and would so watch again if I stumbled upon them on TBS while channel surfing on a rainy Sunday afternoon. A surprising number of flicks made it into this category, and I say surprisingly because, frankly, I didn't think I'd like any of these movies. If I thought I'd enjoy a film, I would have watched long before being coerced into it whilst on an otherwise delightful vacation to St. Louis.
The list of Me Likey movies: they made me laugh, they made me cry, they made me want to revive men's fashion from the 1970s
Office Space
Animal House
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raiders of the Lost Ark
It's A Wonderful Life
Taxi Driver
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Amelie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Zombieland
Thelma and Louise
Seriously men. Take some fashion cues from Taxi Driver. Put some plaid oomph into your wardrobe.
(You won't be sorry.)
(Promise.)
The Me No Likey list: they disturbed me, confused me, and made me appreciate the impromptu but solid defense strategy of throwing a Snuggie over my head
Swingers (sorry Vince Vaughn … guess this means we're no longer homies)
Fight Club (mostly a Me No Likey, but the more I think about it, it becomes a little Me Likey … probably should watch it again just to be sure)
Silence of the Lambs (what?! no way! did NOT see this coming!)
Even though I felt I'd die a thousand deaths while watching these three movies (be it from suspense or boredom), I'm glad I suffered through them. Mainly because it means I never have to see them again.
And finally, the list of A Solid Eh: for those flicks that weren't awesome and weren't horrible. Kinda like how I feel about cleaning the kitchen, baseball, and tubed meats.
West Side Story
The Jerk
Moulin Rouge
After much introspection, I'm glad I watched all twenty movies. Most I liked, some I most certainly did not, but that's what makes me (according to one commenter) a well rounded movie viewer and a more informed member of society.
I'm all about being well rounded, baby. Just look at my waist.
I'm still in complete shock that you didn't hate Pulp Fiction. REALLY hoping Kill Bill makes this years list!!
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Kill Bill didn't make the Must See List 2.0, but perhaps one day I'll have enough courage to watch it. Nah, probably not.
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