July 21, 2005

yet another list...

...but this one requires your input.

so anyone who knows me knows that i don't watch much TV or see many movies. now, TV i don't really like--unless it's basketball, in which case, ESPN is my friend. but movies... in contrast to my distaste for TV, i actually like movies. and i would like to watch them more. but i just don't see enough movies--i can't ever seem to find the time and just do it.

in a little over a month, though, i will dive headfirst into the abyss of law school hell. and now, i find myself hoping that when that happens, i can say that the life i used to know, the one that will recede as a hazy memory and a distant speck while i plummet through the air, was slightly enriched by some cinematic entertainment in its precious last days. thus, i hope to make the next month or so a movie-watching marathon of sorts (note that i use the term "movie" loosely--for a thorough and edifying treatment of this subject, please see here)

meanwhile, here's what i've been wanting to see or been told to see recently. this list is FAR from complete. so help me complete it. i'm basically looking for the following: quality films of all genres OR funny films that aren't especially high in quality but are still really amusing (please note: no horror films, and nothing vulgar or disgusting or scarring in either of the previous categories). so yeah, with those caveats in mind, please add to the list. and don't worry about adding something that you think "everyone" has seen--i probably haven't. so go to it.

austin powers 2
austin powers 3
book of life
bottlerocket
bride and prejudice
elf
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
farenheit 9/11
garden state
memento
mindwalk
outfoxed
polar express
run lola run
rushmore
saved
slam
shrek 2
the life aquatic
waking life

Posted by naseem at July 21, 2005 03:25 PM
Comments

given that you have both austin powers movies on your list, i feel pretty comfortable with putting down any movie that comes to mind:

batman begins
wedding crashers
shawshank redemption
terminator 2: judgement day
when harry met sally
gladiator
fight club
i heart huckabees (weird, very weird, but interesting, and strangely makes it all feel good somehow in the end)
swing kids
spiderman
spiderman 2
zoolander
finding nemo
boondock saints
beverly hills cop (only first one)
a beautiful mind
good will hunting
shrek
braveheart
kill bill vol 1
kill bill vol 2
pulp fiction
super size me
matrix reloaded
swingers
finding forrester

alrighty, i think i've given you enough . . . if law school is anything like med school, you'll have plenty of time to watch movies . . . nothing like a movie to clear your head after a test, or a particularly hard week of studying.

Posted by: edward at July 21, 2005 07:33 PM

okay, so matrix reloaded isn't exactly the greatest movie ever . . . but since the advent of the dvd, and the ability to skip out on some parts of the movie, you can create your own very good version of this movie . . . (it takes a couple of times watching your favorite parts to warm up to the movie).

Posted by: edward at July 21, 2005 07:35 PM

ah, yes... here we go. a list of great films and guilty pleasures:

legally blonde 1 & 2
starsky & hutch
the longest yard
bourne identity
bourne supremacy
amelie
moulan rouge
true lies
diary of a mad black woman
fools rush in
kicking and screaming
il postino
life is beautiful
anything monty python
the incredibles

Posted by: delara at July 22, 2005 02:00 PM

Hello dear cousin! You've been WAITING for me to comment, haven't you? Ha ha ha...

Anyway, just a couple things I'd like to mention:
-Garden State left me sort of depressed for a couple hours after I watched it.. I don't know, maybe it was the mood or something
-Eternal Sunshine had that whole independent-movie vibe but if you like that, I'm sure you'd love it. I sure didn't :)
-Super Size Me was pretty good... except the barf
-My friend said that Life Aquatic could have been half as long if they didn't have scenes where the people just stared at each other (I don't know what he's talking about, cause I haven't seen it)
-Don't get me started on Shrek 2, I've seen it 3 times ONLY 3/4 of the way through! I STILL don't know what happens at the end. And the ogre displays of affection at the beginning make me queasy. Okay, not really, but they're pretty weird. But I guess ogres deserve love too.
-Fight Club was so confusing I'm still not sure if I know exactly what happened...
-Gladiator is one of Onkeli's favorites... nuff said. Speaking of him, Ryan and Shirien bought him a MASSIVE new widescreen tv. It's really really reallyreally nice. Bigger than their own.

But as for Wedding Crashers and the like, I have yet to use my new 17-year old privelege (the only new one I get) and go see an R rated movie in the theatres *gasp!* but we'll see about that.

Will I ever see you again before you go live in the city? :(

Ummm, this is a ridiculously long comment. In other news, my UT application will be started as soon as the Texas Common App comes out in August and will be sent in sometime in September... AHHHHHHHH.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Do you know how much I don't like writing essays? Can't I just solve some calculus problems or something instead and send that in? I would really rather do that. Too bad they'd laugh at me and throw my application away if I answered "d/dx 3x+2 = 3" to "What do you feel you can add to our university?" Just kidding. I know I'll write a decent essay. Don't you worry!

Have a great day, Nas! I love you!
~MahtaMitzWhatever

Posted by: Mahta at July 22, 2005 06:04 PM

Things that come to mind:
Crash
I am Sam
Napoleon Dynamite
Spanglish
Uptown Girls

Unfortunately, my hormone-addled memory is drawing blanks as to what else I've seen and liked in the past year or so.

Posted by: shokufeh at July 22, 2005 06:14 PM

i just saw march of the penguins and fell in love. is there anywhere that you know of where i can get my own penguin?

Posted by: meisa at July 23, 2005 10:19 AM

If you like Wes Anderson movies, you'll love Life Aquatic. Very "Wes Anderson-ey"...I personally loved it. I have a feeling that you might not like it as much because the discomfort you'll feel is part of the film. It's hilarious.

I dont' think you'll like Garden State or Eternal Sunshine, but if you have a tolerance for strange indie flicks, you may glean something from them. I liked Eternal Sunshine more than Garden State from a purely cinematic standpoint--the colors and cinematography were really beautiful. Garden State is kind of hipster-ish, if you get what I'm saying. Not a lot of depth there, either. I have a feeling if you didn't like "lost in translation" you won't like Garden State.

And those are the movies you WON'T like according to lacey. Har.

Posted by: Lacey at July 25, 2005 10:19 AM

Must see movies:

SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
The Wild World of Batwoman
Hackers 4.3
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
Kazaam
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
Hercules in New York
Teen Wolf Too
The NeverEnding Story III
Problem Child 2
Surf Nazis Must Die
Cyborg 7

Posted by: greg at July 25, 2005 12:02 PM

all of you except for greg, thanks for your help. i'll get on it. :)

Posted by: nas at July 25, 2005 05:09 PM

I don't know you like Lacey does, but I'll just put in my two cents that I didn't really like "Lost in Translation" but I loved "Garden State."

Posted by: shokufeh at July 26, 2005 07:47 PM