New Classics

This week of INTERNET has been really interesting to say the least. Searching for movies to watch at the local thee-ay-ter -as Tobias would say- I found out that there are a lot of movies that I have to see while they're still out in theatres. Here's the drum roll worthy list: Sideways, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Finding Neverland, In Good Company, Closer, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Spanglish, Beyond the Sea and Million Dollar Baby. Now that's a lot of movies and I don't want to miss them like I did with Ray, so if any of you out there want to see any of the above contact me, you know how.

This discovery spurred on a need for films and the realization that I haven't seen many good ones, especially ones that are featured on "top 100 movies" lists, which in turn resulted in a subscription to Netflix. The first thing I rent: Singin' in the Rain. Yea, yea I know I should of watched the film a long time ago and I can't be proud that finally watching the movie was influenced by this awesome awesome commercial. But I'm glad that I saw the original version because it really is very well made. Everything works so well; it definitely deserves its high placement on the AFI's top 100 list. Wonderfully surprised by the 50's classic I hunger for more, which brings me back to watching the movies listed above. See, life is a huge cycle; some might call it the circle of life, my life at least.

Now you can't talk about the good without talking about the bad. One that will not make the top 100 or maybe even the top 500 or 1000 is Star Wars: something or other it's the third movie. Now I know you all have heard someone rant about how bad it's going to be and I'm sure you should feel the same way, but you never know. I certainly am not keeping my hopes up.

Oh, and watch Arrested Development.

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