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i can't sleep (deanna's top ten movies)
but i am not awake enough to do anything coherent or useful.
i'm gonna spend this time to babble about something.
how about... movies.
my top ten movies of all time --
singin' in the rain - this movie is just the epitome of a good movie. it has good music, it has good singing, it has good dancing. it has a great plot. it has romance! betrayal! it has gene kelly. it has donald oconnor. it has amazingly funny lines that have withstood the test of time. i have yet to show this movie to a friend and not have them like it. even people who don't like musicals or old movies. i could watch this movie a billion times and not get sick of it. and i have. YARRR.
ghostbusters - an amazingly well-written movie with some of the finest minds of comedy of the 1980's. this movie is just endlessly quoteable moreso than just about any other movie i've ever seen. but in addition to that, it's just entertaining. it has immortal scenes like "He slimed me." and "don't cross the streams" and "If someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!" i mean, this is just the epitome of comedy, IMO. i LOVE ghostbusters.
the muppet movie - i have seen this movie 30-40 times in my life. and EVERY time i have picked up on something new and subtle that i never picked up on before. it has some wonderful celebrities in it, it has some awesome writing, it has great music, it has great characters, and best of all, it has muppets. It has Animal's big scene, and it has the Electric Mayhem, and it's also endlessly quoteable. The other muppet movies are not as good, but the original one is a true masterpiece, and you should go watch it if you haven't seen it.
those are the easy three. I'm trying to fill out a top ten here. It's kinda hard.
Real Genius - I always wished my college experience was like this. I mean, sure, it has Val Kilmer when he was cute and all, but even more, it has Michelle Meyrink as Jordan, who everyone used to say I was like. She's cool. I want to be her when I grow up. Of course, I also want to play 80's music and build lasers. Or not. Anyway, this is just THE best nerd college movie ever.
Office Space - Ok. Imminently quoteable. Funny. Swingline staplers. INCREDIBLY accurate if you've worked in the tech sector. Has that cute Michael Bolton character. Tons of rewatch value - I don't even know how many times I've seen this but I know it's well over 15. Great soundtrack, and above all, GREAT PRINTER SCENE. I love Office Space.
Empire Records - this movie really doesn't get the credit it deserves. Sure, it's full of a bunch of silly teenagers working in a record shop, but from a fiction writer's perspective, it is actually an incredibly well-done movie. It is HARD to write a story and have a lot of characters and give each one of them depth and plot, and keep the action moving, and this movie manages to do that. It's like, the entire movie is one day, but it's THE most important day. It's Rex Manning day. You know how it goes. Also kickass soundtrack (and dreamy Johnny Whitworth, and a younger Renee Zellweger).
Strictly Ballroom - I have watched this around 30 times too. I just love the music, the dancing, the characters, the bota fogos, etc. It's got a billion plotholes but that doesn't bug me. I just want to see them dance dance dance. I miss going to Ballroom dancing classes, have I mentioned that?
Sneakers - Again, an imminently quoteable movie. I used to adore this movie in highschool. I still do, although I haven't watched it in ages. This is another one of those total geek movies, except it has like, Robert Redford and River Phoenix. Doesn't matter, it's still great. Especially things like "congrats, Marty, we'll make you an honorary blind person."
Mallrats - A lot of people would say this is Kevin Smith's worst movie. Foo on them. This is still my favorite, I have watched it many many many times. I still laugh to heck and back, and it has some of my favorite lines ever ("Haven't I made it abundantly clear during the tenure of our friendship that I don't know SHIT?"). There's so much I can see people hating about this movie, but goddamn, where else will you see Silent Bob dressed as Batman soaring above a mall? Yeah. I love Mallrats. SOOOOOOOO funny.
Kiki's Delivery Service - Goddamnit, this would not be on my top ten if not for Nick. But it holds a special place in my heart, and it is actually probably the one of the Ghibli movies I have seen the most, I've watched it a whole bunch of times. I love the plot and the animation and the characters and the cat and well, just everything about it. It makes me happy and relaxed to watch this movie, even if it's not imminently quotable or anything like all the others on this list.
hmmm
there are others that should be on this list probly. Like Wayne's World, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Major League, and... But now I am going to try to sleep again.
EDIT> Oh. Good call! From![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
jiggery_pokery - How did I forget about Tron? Geez, it was just WAY too early for me to be coherent :)
The other irony here is that John Cusack is my favorite actor, I think, yet no John Cusack movie makes it into my top ten by far. How weird. Grosse Pointe Blank or Eight Men Out are probably pretty close to doing so, though.
EDIT 2> On the bus this morning I realized I forgot Pleasantville. And Back to the Future (which is DEFINITELY in my top 10). I need to rethink this post. Oh, and for my own sentimental value there's Beach Balls, which I'm figuring very few people have seen. I also have a lot of sentimental ties to the movie PCU.
If you actually read the list, why not tell me if you agree or disagree with me? Then I'll have something to read when I decide I can't sleep again! Whee!
Alternately, if you are in the Seattle area and have not seen any of these, come over sometime, yo.
i'm gonna spend this time to babble about something.
how about... movies.
my top ten movies of all time --
singin' in the rain - this movie is just the epitome of a good movie. it has good music, it has good singing, it has good dancing. it has a great plot. it has romance! betrayal! it has gene kelly. it has donald oconnor. it has amazingly funny lines that have withstood the test of time. i have yet to show this movie to a friend and not have them like it. even people who don't like musicals or old movies. i could watch this movie a billion times and not get sick of it. and i have. YARRR.
ghostbusters - an amazingly well-written movie with some of the finest minds of comedy of the 1980's. this movie is just endlessly quoteable moreso than just about any other movie i've ever seen. but in addition to that, it's just entertaining. it has immortal scenes like "He slimed me." and "don't cross the streams" and "If someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!" i mean, this is just the epitome of comedy, IMO. i LOVE ghostbusters.
the muppet movie - i have seen this movie 30-40 times in my life. and EVERY time i have picked up on something new and subtle that i never picked up on before. it has some wonderful celebrities in it, it has some awesome writing, it has great music, it has great characters, and best of all, it has muppets. It has Animal's big scene, and it has the Electric Mayhem, and it's also endlessly quoteable. The other muppet movies are not as good, but the original one is a true masterpiece, and you should go watch it if you haven't seen it.
those are the easy three. I'm trying to fill out a top ten here. It's kinda hard.
Real Genius - I always wished my college experience was like this. I mean, sure, it has Val Kilmer when he was cute and all, but even more, it has Michelle Meyrink as Jordan, who everyone used to say I was like. She's cool. I want to be her when I grow up. Of course, I also want to play 80's music and build lasers. Or not. Anyway, this is just THE best nerd college movie ever.
Office Space - Ok. Imminently quoteable. Funny. Swingline staplers. INCREDIBLY accurate if you've worked in the tech sector. Has that cute Michael Bolton character. Tons of rewatch value - I don't even know how many times I've seen this but I know it's well over 15. Great soundtrack, and above all, GREAT PRINTER SCENE. I love Office Space.
Empire Records - this movie really doesn't get the credit it deserves. Sure, it's full of a bunch of silly teenagers working in a record shop, but from a fiction writer's perspective, it is actually an incredibly well-done movie. It is HARD to write a story and have a lot of characters and give each one of them depth and plot, and keep the action moving, and this movie manages to do that. It's like, the entire movie is one day, but it's THE most important day. It's Rex Manning day. You know how it goes. Also kickass soundtrack (and dreamy Johnny Whitworth, and a younger Renee Zellweger).
Strictly Ballroom - I have watched this around 30 times too. I just love the music, the dancing, the characters, the bota fogos, etc. It's got a billion plotholes but that doesn't bug me. I just want to see them dance dance dance. I miss going to Ballroom dancing classes, have I mentioned that?
Sneakers - Again, an imminently quoteable movie. I used to adore this movie in highschool. I still do, although I haven't watched it in ages. This is another one of those total geek movies, except it has like, Robert Redford and River Phoenix. Doesn't matter, it's still great. Especially things like "congrats, Marty, we'll make you an honorary blind person."
Mallrats - A lot of people would say this is Kevin Smith's worst movie. Foo on them. This is still my favorite, I have watched it many many many times. I still laugh to heck and back, and it has some of my favorite lines ever ("Haven't I made it abundantly clear during the tenure of our friendship that I don't know SHIT?"). There's so much I can see people hating about this movie, but goddamn, where else will you see Silent Bob dressed as Batman soaring above a mall? Yeah. I love Mallrats. SOOOOOOOO funny.
Kiki's Delivery Service - Goddamnit, this would not be on my top ten if not for Nick. But it holds a special place in my heart, and it is actually probably the one of the Ghibli movies I have seen the most, I've watched it a whole bunch of times. I love the plot and the animation and the characters and the cat and well, just everything about it. It makes me happy and relaxed to watch this movie, even if it's not imminently quotable or anything like all the others on this list.
hmmm
there are others that should be on this list probly. Like Wayne's World, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Major League, and... But now I am going to try to sleep again.
EDIT> Oh. Good call! From
jiggery_pokery - How did I forget about Tron? Geez, it was just WAY too early for me to be coherent :)The other irony here is that John Cusack is my favorite actor, I think, yet no John Cusack movie makes it into my top ten by far. How weird. Grosse Pointe Blank or Eight Men Out are probably pretty close to doing so, though.
EDIT 2> On the bus this morning I realized I forgot Pleasantville. And Back to the Future (which is DEFINITELY in my top 10). I need to rethink this post. Oh, and for my own sentimental value there's Beach Balls, which I'm figuring very few people have seen. I also have a lot of sentimental ties to the movie PCU.
If you actually read the list, why not tell me if you agree or disagree with me? Then I'll have something to read when I decide I can't sleep again! Whee!
Alternately, if you are in the Seattle area and have not seen any of these, come over sometime, yo.
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I'm almost up to 20 now that I've put in afterthoughts... whee.