It is well known that my sparse history of movie watching is pretty pathetic. One friend helped me rectify this rather gaping hole with quite a solid little selection such as Interview with a Vampire, Stir of Echos, The Ninth Gate, The Crow, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Devil's Advocate and a few more of that nature. Another friend introduced me to my deep love of V for Vendetta and the Underworld series, as well as a nominal nod towards Van Helsing, etc.
However, are you ready for it?
Star Wars.
Another friend has taken me down a new road of movies that includes the Spiderman trilogy, Mel Brooks movies, Tarantino movies, and yes, even that dratted Star Wars that I've never previously acknowledged.
Watching 4-6 first was apparantly a requirement, which was fine except for the huge gaping questions that I had, requiring the follow up 1-3 movies, which were freaking depressing. Yeesh.
Jedi are freaking awesome. Chris Lee, Yoda and Samuel Jackson make really amazing Jedi.
While people attempt to recover from 1) the fact that I've finally watched the it, and 2) the fact that somebody can revel in the coolness of it this late in the game, Spaceballs after Star Wars was a very special laughter. Granted I'll never own the film ever, but it was really hilarious.
Young Frankeinstein was totally hysterical and apparantly I have Blazing Saddles to add to that little collection. Pulp Fiction doesn't really fit into the context of this blog except for the fact that it was cool and it cannot be left out.
As you can see I'm bouncing all over the place with these new "old" films that are so good, but I've determined that I should probably still be in the tutoring stages. My personal choice of watching Pans Labryinth was poor as the film is banned from my home as the cause of a stress headache from all the freaking sadness and possibly the source of my newest found depression. It is an absolutely wonderful film that will remove your heart still beating from your chest, nail it to a wall and watch it slowly shudder and die.
Back to strict recommendations for awhile longer.
