Saturday, January 28, 2012

50/50 plus 5


My love of certain movies are well-documented here. But here are five random movies I love that have nada to do with hobbits or two people walking around in a European city:

Terms Of Endearment - 50/50 was touching/funny and brilliantly acted and the best 2011 movie I saw. Oh what a freaking shame that it didn't score nominations for best picture, the script, JGL, Anna Kendrick, and Anjelica Huston. There were so many scenes where you don't know whether to laugh or cry and you end up doing both. It reminded me of Terms Of Endearment, which made me cry like a baby when I first saw it way back when. Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger will break your heart. I idolize James L. Brooks' humanity-filled brand of comedy (Mary Tyler Moore, Broadcast News, etc.).

Shawn Of The Dead - This is hilarious and surprisingly thrilling for a spoof zombie movie. It was the first of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's "Blood and Ice Cream" series. Hot Fuzz followed, and word is that the third in the trilogy At World's End is now in the works.

Atonement - Epic, tragic romance on the level of Titanic, with a heartbreaking/devastating plot twist like The Others or The Sixth Sense. And Kiera Knightly in that green dress - forget about it...

True Romance - Ah back in the day, Christian Slater was cool and Patricia Arquette was hot in this exhilarating lovers-on-the-run story. I believe this was the film that introduced me first to Quentin Tarantino. Clarence and Alabama may be down on their luck and they may have the mob and everyone else after them, but they got love and witty dialogues on their side. "That's the way it goes, but every once in a while, it goes the other way too."

Catch Me If You Can - I am not a fan when he goes all Oscar-bait in biopics (Aviator, J. Edgar), but I seriously love Leonardo as an actor. He has mad charisma and a perfectly-pitched, light-as-air touch in one of the most entertaining movies he's ever made.

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