Bestest vs. Worstest Part Deux: Return of the List

I spent every moment of my long absence thinking about my bestest movie list and this is what I came up with...


5. Labyrinth, Kill Bill 1&2, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Army of Darkness
3. Howl's Moving Castle
2. Fight Club
1. Princess Bride

Number's five: there are so many great movies I just couldn't keep it to a top five, I had to do a top seven. I never get tired of seeing David Bowie in a cod piece. Labyrinth is one of those movies I watched over and over as a child and continue now, aged adult, to watch it several times a year, even if it is just in the background as I clean my kitchen. Yes, I even own the soundtrack and listen to it, oddly enough while cleaning...

The Kill Bill's for Tarantino's innovation, yes it was a violent movie but one that combined three genres cohesively, no small task. Every time I watch it I am impressed, no small task.

If you don't already know why Monty Python is on a best list, you never will.

Number four: The ultimate cult classic. Sure, sure it's no Spiderman but what kind of hero do we really want? A whiny, weeny or a black humored manly man? I know how I like my men, I like them to be sarcastic assholes.

Number three: the truth is I like anime. There, I said it, it's my guilty pleasure. I like Akira and all the Miyazaki's and I like "Inuyasha" and I like "Samurai Champloo", okay! Now leave me alone, oh god what will my friends think of me?

Number two: this was the first movie that ever really surprised me. I was floored near the end when I found out the big reveal. I mean holy crap that was awesome! Some of the best quotable lines, lots of action and ... uummm ... we'll call it romance. Very original. I'm still waiting for the movies of Palahniuk's other books.

Numero Uno: the big one. Princess Bride, still funny and a classic. I can to this day recite the entire movie and sing along with the songs. When I was a kid I had a crush on Fred Savage. My love of this movie is unending. And while the rest of my list may change and rearrange this one will always be number one. "She gets kidnapped. He gets killed. But it all ends up okay."

The Puffy Chair

ehh..........seriously

I am a fan of independent films. However this one, not so much. Don't waste your time, watch Half Nelson instead.




J

Remember when

I said I would tell you how much I enjoyed the movie Transamerica? Well without giving too much away I have a few things to say.

1. Felicity Huffman was sublime as Bree, the pre-op transsexual lead formerly known as Stanley.

2. There were moments in the movie that were in turn heartbreaking, hilarious, charming, heartwarming and occasionally a bit unbelievable. Although if all movies were based completely in reality why would we watch them? Give me a bit unbelievable any day.

3. After all the arguing points this is just a simple film about a parent and a child, and their struggle to find themselves and each other.

4. The movie ended beautifully with the barest beginning of a potentially beautiful relationship, however it was not the quick happy ending that movie goers have been spoon fed for so long. I will say that it left me with a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat.

Transamerica is one of the most impressive movies I have seen in a very long time.

J

Bestest vs. Worstest movies ever

I was thinking the other day about opinions, and really why should my opinion matter when there are so many other opinions out there. I decided what is important about getting someones opinion is whether or not you agree with the statement. Theoretically, you want to get as many varieties of opinions as possible to make a decision but the truth is that most people just want to hear an opinion similar to their own, which is why I've decided to do a top and bottom five. This way everyone knows how I feel and can take my opinions as gospel...or not.

Worstest:
5. Star Wars: Phantom Menace
4. Gothika
3. Devil Wears Prada
2. Minority Report
1. The Descent and Hide and Seek
Bonus: Chuck and Buck - I love independents but there was no excuse for this film.

For various reasons I found these to be the worst movies ever (that I can think of at the moment).

I think no explanation is necessary for number five. Number four was everything that is predictable in the thriller genre. Number three for celebrating someone who decides being a career woman is a bad thing - not to mention writing the main characters friends as ridiculously unsupportive. Number two for being an okay movie with a rainbows and bunnies ending that was insulting. And my tied for number ones: The Descent turned an amazing book that would have made an amazing movie into crap, why mess with perfection for unnecessary plot and character changes? WHY? Finally to Hide and Seek for wasting De Niro and for wasting and hour on building a surprise ending that was no surprise after the first 20 minutes of the movie.

Now, don't get me wrong, I do know there are worse movies than what I listed here. Movies poorly made and imbecilic beyond belief - like these - but my worstest list is simply the most personally offensive, partly due to the commercial success.

The next installment will be the bestest movies ever!

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I (heart) Bobby.

Last night I watched Taxi Driver for the first time and loved De Niro. The film is excellent, the only detractor being it's slight ramble. When Scorsese won the oscar this year he said The Departed was the first movie he ever made with a plot. The beginning of Taxi Driver wanders in a way that made me reevaluate Scorsese's statement about plot and appreciate his laughing honesty.

When I finished watching it last night I turned the TV off and made cookies. I thought at first the movie had a happy ending. Travis' slow decent into psychosis ended with societal acceptance, yea! But as I stirred my cookie dough, wondering why I chose to bake at 9 p.m., I reassessed my yea. Really nothing had changed for him, and if someone had descended far enough down to actually take action in the way he did, how likely is it he would come out the other side all better? Chances seem high that Travis will return to his self-imposed isolation and repeat the cycle of decent with the idea he is supported by the public because of his previous success. I think I must have known all along because I can't imagine why else I would suddenly need to do something as comforting as baking cookies.

So, dear friends, I cannot but reccommend this film. How ballsy would it be of me to say any different after 30 years of commendations Taxi Driver has recieved? Seeing New York in it's pre Disney-fied glory was one of the greatest and most disconcerting aspects of the movie too.

Also to relate back to my title I have to say Bobby De Niro is amazing. I never knew had such an awesomely hot body back in the day.

VD Favorites

On this, the mother of all corporate created holidays, I thought I would leave a thoughtful list of appropriate movies to view alone or with your sweety. In order from best to bestest:
5. Kill Bill
4. Cry Baby
3. Fear
2. Valentine

And the greatest Valentine's Day movie of all time
1. Heathers

Can you feel the love?
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I also am a fan of the Netflix and I'll tell you why:
The Descent
Tristan and Isodle
Little Miss Sunshine
Berserk (vol. 1)
Brokeback Mountain
The Future of Food
Match Point
Wallace and Gromit
The Devil Wears Prada
Cowboy Del Amor

and waiting at home:
The Black Dahlia
The Notorious Betty Page

But this blog isn't about Netflix's wonderfulness it's about ours. It's about the journey of two sisters who aren't related yet both dedicated to giving people our opinions. It's about having lots of free time at work. It's about movies (and occasionally anything else we need to mention).

COMING SOON! ACTUAL REVIEWS!