[Author’s note] – I am going through several websites and forums that I have posted or written in for the last 20 years and pulling out several posts of some things that I consider better than average or at least worth saving in one place. This is from April 2010
yes I was this bored.
I went through my collection to see what I had and what I could ditch. and while I was at it I reclassified everything.
movies grouped in categories
70s to 90s cult classics
A boy and his dog – a post nuclear apocalypse movie
Repo Man – a surrealist view of car repossession with nothing to do with the Jude Law movie
They Live – A libertarian view of world finance and space aliens
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man – Fallen Idols back for one last fight
Falling down – a man tries to go home
Network – prophetic movie of mass entertainment 30 years ahead of its time
Soylent Green – a Malthusian nightmare
Logan’s run – Michael York’s finest movie
Andromeda Strain – extremely well made
the 13th Warrior – speculation into the modern human/Neanderthal relationship
westworld – odd mix of westerns and robot movie
Heavy Metal – american cartoon movie epic
Dr Who – tom baker only
The talons of Weng Chiang – A Dr Who story set in foggy Victorian London
Genesis of the Daleks A must see for any true whovian
The horror of fang rock – Another Victorian style story
Horror
The last man on earth – Vincent price version
omega man – same movie with Charlton Heston
brotherhood of the wolf – surprisingly good french movie
Salem’s lot – the 70s version
The Exorcist – the only really scary movie ever made
Exorcist prequel – not so good
The legend of hell house – best haunted house movie ever
The lost boys – wonderful vampire story
Zodiac – strong movie about serial killer
the nightstalker series – you must love this!
nightstalker/nightstrangler – the made for TV movies for above
Blade II – good vampire hunter movie
Comedy
Better off dead – the best John Cusack movie ever
one crazy summer – companion piece to above
grosse pointe blank – the last good movie above made
Mr Blandings builds his dream house – Mirna Loy, the funniest redhead ever
Philadelphia story – sophisticated comedy
Clerks – a classic comedy
Clerks II – dovetails into above
Mallrats – widely panned but good
Jay and silent bob strike back – wraps up viewaskewverse
Arrested Development – seasons one to three, the smartest comedy ever
Mystery science theater 3000, the movie – same as series
MST3K – same as movie
Ed Wood – biopic about worst director ever
1941 – arguably Steven Spielberg’s worst movie but funny
the goonies – 80s cult comedy
Fanboys – movie about fans of star wars
the gumball rally – race across US
Hopscotch – Walter Mathau as a spy
Volunteers – early tom hanks
Joe vs the volcano – the first of the tom hanks/meg Ryan romantic comedies
kung fu hustle – throwback to 70s kung fu movie
the drunken master – jackie chan movie
young Frankenstein – mel brooks horror comedy
animal house – american comedy classic
Jeeves and Wooster, seasons 1 to 4 – PG Wodehouse at his best
the Simpsons movie – it was a Christmas gift : /
the adventures of baron Munchausen – wonderful movie
yellowbeard – graham Chapman’s last movie
groundhog day – a comedy but also existential in nature
raising Arizona – best Coen brothers movie
office space – relates to me
Action/Drama
treasure of the sierra madre – complex character driven story
the Shootist – this is the film John Wayne should have won an Oscar for
the outlaw Josey Wales – vengeance ride
Henry V – Kenneth Branaugh gives an over the top performance
the crossing – made for tv movie surprisingly good
the good earth – pearl buck story set in china
gladiator – I like it for the first 15 minutes of the movie that’s all
master and commander – great sea story
a midsummer’s nights dream – similar to henry V but more comical
Charlie Wilson’s war – tom hanks semi action movie
Elmer Gantry – movie about revivalist movement
inherit the wind – scopes monkey trial
lord of the ring; return of the king – I am sick of this movie now
Dogs of War – the novel is better
Enemy at the gates – Jude laws last good movie
Excalibur – shiny knights
Sci Fi
Star Wars episodes 4 to 6 – the only star wars movies
Buckaroo Banzai and the 8th dimension – classic sci-fi of the 80s
Battlestar galactica – the miniseries 2000 era
Dune – the 1984 version
Serenity – the best sci-fi movie in a long time
edutainment
Myth and legend – tv documentary on myths
the power of myth – collection of interviews with Joseph Campbell
last but not least, guilty pleasures. movies I shouldn’t like but I do, at least some parts
sky captain and the world of tomorrow – eye candy
Hudson hawk – I don’t understand why people don’t like this movie
cross of iron – a sam peckingpah movie about the russian front
revolution – Al Pacino as a revolutionary war hero
ford fairlane – Andrew dice clay; nuff said
Scary movie – spoof of horror movies
Gods & Generals and Gettysburg – civil war movies
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