Really, Really Good Movies I Love, And Own: Top Ten
So, it's obvious there's a huge place in my giant, slightly blackened, morally ambivalent heart for crappy movies with questionable redeeming qualities. But that doesn't mean I don't like good, and even quote-unquote classic, movies. Sure, I'm an avowed horror geek, and I love sci-fi when the trappings don't overwhelm the story. I'm an equal opportunity entertainment/emotional resonance junkie.
A while back, I got involved in a conversation about guilty pleasure flicks at Ybor City's New World Brewery (one of the four or five bars in that sad, sodden, cheeseball district worth patronizing), and my enthusiasm for bad movies was such that it spurred one participant to ask if I liked any good movies at all.
Of course I do. You like movies, you watch a hell of a lot of movies. And while I don't own a buttload of them - why should I, when we've got Netflix and movie-snob friends - my collection includes a bunch of movies I, in my delusions of infinite wisdom, consider timeless.
In the off chance that you care, a list of the ten best movies I actually own follows, along with a list of the ten best movies I don't.
A while back, I got involved in a conversation about guilty pleasure flicks at Ybor City's New World Brewery (one of the four or five bars in that sad, sodden, cheeseball district worth patronizing), and my enthusiasm for bad movies was such that it spurred one participant to ask if I liked any good movies at all.
Of course I do. You like movies, you watch a hell of a lot of movies. And while I don't own a buttload of them - why should I, when we've got Netflix and movie-snob friends - my collection includes a bunch of movies I, in my delusions of infinite wisdom, consider timeless.
In the off chance that you care, a list of the ten best movies I actually own follows, along with a list of the ten best movies I don't.
Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997
Alien, Ridley Scott, 1979
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, 2004
The French Connection, William Friedkin, 1971
The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner, 1987
Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo Del Toro, 2006
Wonder Boys, Curtis Hanson, 2000
Jaws, Steven Spielberg, 1975
The Thing, John Carpenter, 1982
Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982
As a giant bonus, here are the ten films I think everybody should own, even though I don't own them because, like every other human being on the planet, I'm a massive hypocrite:
Chinatown, Roman Polanski, 1974
Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, 1981
Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants), Yann Samuell, 2003
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Stanley Kubrick, 1964
Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976
Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, 1980
Fargo, the Coen Brothers, 1996
The Searchers, John Ford, 1956
The Jerk, Carl Reiner, 1979
Alien, Ridley Scott, 1979
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, 2004
The French Connection, William Friedkin, 1971
The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner, 1987
Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo Del Toro, 2006
Wonder Boys, Curtis Hanson, 2000
Jaws, Steven Spielberg, 1975
The Thing, John Carpenter, 1982
Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982
As a giant bonus, here are the ten films I think everybody should own, even though I don't own them because, like every other human being on the planet, I'm a massive hypocrite:
Chinatown, Roman Polanski, 1974
Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, 1981
Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants), Yann Samuell, 2003
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Stanley Kubrick, 1964
Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, 1976
Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, 1980
Fargo, the Coen Brothers, 1996
The Searchers, John Ford, 1956
The Jerk, Carl Reiner, 1979
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Not surprisingly, I've seen all but one of the movies you own. As for List #2... I've seen exactly 2 of those. Some movie lover I am, hey? (I've also never seen The Godfather or, much to Joey's chagrin, Caddyshack. Don't judge me.)