Monday, February 02, 2004
In keeping with the spirit of my post last week about my favourite book, which turned into a post about my favourite books (plural), I'll turn my eye to movies today.
I think I've been asked what my favourite movie is a lot more than my favourite book, but it's a question that I find very difficult to answer. The truth is I watch a lot of movies, and the majority of the movies I see really aren't worth further viewings. In addition to that, even movies I watch regularly can be easily picked apart for their glaring flaws. I mean, I've been a Star Wars fan since I was a kid, but let's face it -- the Star Wars movies are poorly directed, poorly acted, poorly scripted, etc. There's only two things they have going for them -- an action/adventure plot that's easy to get into (it's a lot like those old crappy sci-fi serials) and the special effects kick ass. Of course, neither of those are reasons to name any of George Lucas' movies as favourites.
In no particular order, here are a few of my favourite movies: The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer, Regarding Henry by Mike Nichols (possibly Harrison Ford's greatest performance), Legends of the Fall by Edward Zwick and Louis Malle's My Dinner With Andre (a superb movie, but not for everyone -- Wallace Shawn is one of the best actors on the planet).
I'm sure I'm missing some of my favourites, but I'll leave it at that for now.
I think I've been asked what my favourite movie is a lot more than my favourite book, but it's a question that I find very difficult to answer. The truth is I watch a lot of movies, and the majority of the movies I see really aren't worth further viewings. In addition to that, even movies I watch regularly can be easily picked apart for their glaring flaws. I mean, I've been a Star Wars fan since I was a kid, but let's face it -- the Star Wars movies are poorly directed, poorly acted, poorly scripted, etc. There's only two things they have going for them -- an action/adventure plot that's easy to get into (it's a lot like those old crappy sci-fi serials) and the special effects kick ass. Of course, neither of those are reasons to name any of George Lucas' movies as favourites.
In no particular order, here are a few of my favourite movies: The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer, Regarding Henry by Mike Nichols (possibly Harrison Ford's greatest performance), Legends of the Fall by Edward Zwick and Louis Malle's My Dinner With Andre (a superb movie, but not for everyone -- Wallace Shawn is one of the best actors on the planet).
I'm sure I'm missing some of my favourites, but I'll leave it at that for now.
// posted by Chris @ 9:50 AM 
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