New Kid on the Blog

He's done it again, that Mr Ritchie over at Phil's Treehouse has lured me into a meme , this time on fifteen films - as Phil writes... The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen films you’ve seen that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen films you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Not in order of preference. 1 The Matrix 2 Star Trek VI 3 Crossroads 4 Saving Private Ryan 5 It's A Wonderful Life 6 The Wizard of Oz 7 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8 This Is Spinal Tap 9 Angel-a 10 The Empire Strikes Back 11 Fargo 12 Sliding Doors 13 Sleuth (the original, with Michael Caine & Larry Olivier) 14 Roman Polanski's MacBeth 15 Condorman Yep, not a lot of high fallutin' stuff in there but in less than five minutes these are the films that most stand out for me mentally.  I could give a reason why for each one, but rather than waffle on, if anyone wants to know 'why?' then post a comment and I will respond. I didn't ...

Or without a point, as in last night. I stayed up late to watch Die Hard 4 last night. I really enjoyed it, but it made me ask some questions as to why many people 'buy into' the idea that violence can offer some form of redemption or hope. But maybe more of that later... I have to say that my movie preferences are often the butt of my friend's humour - as I like lots of stuff that people consider rubbish mainly because I like the premise of it. I love big concepts, and good landscapes and cinematography - as well as outlandish stories, so sci-fi movies tend to be favourites of mine. I also love films which have things i like in them, so movies with motorbikes ( Torque [2004] ,) Biker Boyz [2003] tend to get my attention whilst leaving friends cold. Even if they are terrible, i think that some movies are so bad they're good! I used to struggle with whether there was stuff that I should and shouldn't watch, and whether as someone who claimed to be a follower ...