Entertainment
The QOTD is dedicated to those who claim to hardly ever watch TV yet own a 60" high-definition flat screen or something similar or have a Netflix account. Seems to be a quite common dichotomy these days if it's true. I don't think it is. I don't believe them. Chance the Gardener is one of my favorite movie characters ever and I always think of him when someone tells me, "I don't watch much TV".
On tap later today (After a most excellent crawfish boil) at CrabAppleLane is Once. There's been a lot of buzz following this movie around and I hope that doesn't hurt the movie's chances with me. Although (And unfortunately) it's rare when I do, I prefer to have no expectations about movies.
Below the jump is a movie meme I got from Sheila who got it from Tracey. I've been avoiding/ignoring memes for a few months but I love movies so I did this one even though I wasn't invited. :) I'm using Tracey's rules because putting things in red is a bit problematic here. Update (11:35AM): Cullen also has a list and a cool thing he did with some of his movies was shamelessly stolen by yours truly. Another update (3/8/2008): Nightfly has one up, too. He has some catching up to do. I kinda envy him.
Quote of the Day
I like to watch TV
Chance, Being There
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "I've been seeing a lot more of this lately; Newspapers and magazines which have slashed or outright decimated their gardening content to the point where you can barely line a birdcage with the stuff, are now asking us to write their articles for them... for no pay... and they get to keep all rights to our submissions."
The next line in that blog entry is excellent, Very nice rant. I agree 100%. -Rob
Bold movies you have watched and liked or loved.
Italicize movies you saw and didn’t like.
Leave as is movies you haven’t seen.
I am also leaving as is movies that I am indifferent to.
The Godfather (1972) - Loved
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Indifferent
The Godfather: Part II (1974) - Loved better than the original
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - Loved
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Loved
Schindler’s List (1993) - Liked
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Liked
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) - Liked
Casablanca (1942) - Loved
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Liked
Star Wars (1977) - Loved
12 Angry Men (1957) - Liked
Rear Window (1954) - Liked
No Country for Old Men (2007) - Haven't seen
Goodfellas (1990) - Liked
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Favorite movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Liked
City of God (2002) - Haven't seen
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - Haven't seen
The Usual Suspects (1995) - Liked
Psycho (1960) - Liked
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Haven't seen
Citizen Kane (1941) - Loved
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Loved
North by Northwest (1959) - Loved
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Liked
Fight Club (1999) - Haven't seen
Memento (2000) - Loved
Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Haven't seen
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Indifferent
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) - Loved
The Matrix (1999) - Liked
Taxi Driver (1976) - Liked
Se7en (1995) - Liked
Apocalypse Now (1979) - Liked
American Beauty (1999) - Loved
Vertigo (1958) - Loved
Amélie (2001) - Haven't seen or don't remember
The Departed (2006) - Indifferent
Paths of Glory (1957) - Haven't seen
American History X (1998) - Haven't seen
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Loved
Chinatown (1974) - Liked
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Indifferent
The Third Man (1949) - Loved
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Loved
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) - Haven't seen
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) - Haven't seen in its entirety
Alien (1979) - Liked
The Pianist (2002) - Liked
The Shining (1980) - Haven't seen in its entirety
Double Indemnity (1944) - Liked
L.A. Confidential (1997) - Loved
Leben der Anderen, Das [The Lives of Others] (2006) - Haven't seen
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Liked
Boot, Das (1981) - Haven't seen
The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Loved
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Loved
Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Liked
Forrest Gump (1994) - Liked
Metropolis (1927) - Haven't seen
Aliens (1986) - Loved much better than the original
Raging Bull (1980) - Indifferent
Rashômon (1950) - Haven't seen
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) - Loved
Rebecca (1940) - Haven't seen
Hotel Rwanda (2004) - Loved
Sin City (2005) - Loved
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - Liked
All About Eve (1950) - Haven't seen
Modern Times (1936) - Haven't seen
Some Like It Hot (1959) - Liked
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Didn't like
The Seventh Seal (1957) - Haven't seen
The Great Escape (1963) - Loved
Amadeus (1984) - Indifferent
On the Waterfront (1954) - Indifferent
Touch of Evil (1958) - Haven't seen
The Elephant Man (1980) - Haven't seen
The Prestige (2006) - Haven't seen
Vita è bella, La [Life Is Beautiful] (1997) - Haven't seen
Jaws (1975) - Loved
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Indifferent
The Sting (1973) - Loved
Strangers on a Train (1951) - Haven't seen
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Loved
The Apartment (1960) - Haven't seen
City Lights (1931) - Haven't seen
Braveheart (1995) - Indifferent
Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Liked
Batman Begins (2005) - Liked
The Big Sleep (1946) - Loved
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Liked
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - Haven't seen
Blade Runner (1982) - Loved
The Great Dictator (1940) - Haven't seen
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Loved
Notorious (1946) - Liked
Salaire de la peur, Le [The Wages of Fear](1953) - Haven't seen. Loved Sorcerer
High Noon (1952) - Liked
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Liked
Fargo (1996) - Liked
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Liked
Unforgiven (1992) - Liked
Back to the Future (1985) - Loved
Ran (1985) - Haven't seen
Oldboy (2003) - Haven't seen
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Loved
Cool Hand Luke (1967) - Haven't seen
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - Loved
Donnie Darko (2001) - Liked
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - Loved
The Green Mile (1999) - Liked
Annie Hall (1977) - Indifferent
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) - Haven't seen
Gladiator (2000) - Haven't seen
The Sixth Sense (1999) - Loved
Diaboliques, Les [The Devils] (1955) - Indifferent
Ben-Hur (1959) - Indifferent
It Happened One Night (1934) - Loved
The Deer Hunter (1978) - Liked
Life of Brian (1979) - Loved
Die Hard (1988) - Liked
The General (1927) - Haven't seen
American Gangster (2007) - Haven't seen
Platoon (1986) - Liked
V for Vendetta (2005) - Loved
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Haven't seen
The Graduate (1967) - Indifferent
The Princess Bride (1987) - Haven't seen in its entirety
Crash (2004/I) - Haven't seen
The Wild Bunch (1969) - Haven't seen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Loved
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Liked
Heat (1995) - Loved
Gandhi (1982) - Haven't seen
Harvey (1950) - Liked
The Night of the Hunter (1955) - Haven't seen
The African Queen (1951) - Loved
Stand by Me (1986) - Loved
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) - Liked
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Haven't seen
The Big Lebowski (1998) - Haven't seen
The Conversation (1974) - Haven't seen
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Haven't seen
Wo hu cang long [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ] (2000) - Indifferent
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - Haven't seen
Gone with the Wind (1939) - Liked
3:10 to Yuma (2007) - Haven't seen
Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das [The Cabinet of Dr Caligari] (1920) - Haven't seen
The Thing (1982) - Don't remember
Groundhog Day (1993) - Liked
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Haven't seen
Sleuth (1972) - Indifferent
Patton (1970) - Loved
Toy Story (1995) - Haven't seen
Glory (1989) - Liked
Out of the Past (1947) - Loved
Twelve Monkeys (1995) - Loved
Ed Wood (1994) - Liked
Spartacus (1960) - Liked
The Terminator (1984) - Liked
In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Liked
The Philadelphia Story (1940) - Liked
The Exorcist (1973) - Loved
Frankenstein (1931) - Liked
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Loved
The Hustler (1961) - Loved
Toy Story 2 (1999) - Haven't seen
The Lion King (1994) - Haven't seen
Big Fish (2003) - Indifferent
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) - Loved
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - Liked
Young Frankenstein (1974) - Loved
Magnolia (1999) - Haven't seen
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Haven't seen in its entirety
In Cold Blood (1967) - Liked
Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - Didn't like
Dial M for Murder (1954) - Liked
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Haven't seen
Roman Holiday (1953) - Loved
A Christmas Story (1983) - Indifferent
Casino (1995) - Indifferent
Manhattan (1979) - Indifferent
Ying xiong [Hero] (2002) - Haven't seen
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Loved
Rope (1948) - Indifferent
Cinderella Man (2005) - Indifferent
The Searchers (1956) - Haven't seen
Finding Neverland (2004) - Liked
Inherit the Wind (1960) - Liked
His Girl Friday (1940) - Liked
A Man for All Seasons (1966) - Loved
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) - Loved
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - Liked
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"Once Upon a Time in the West" is a classic spaghetti western from 1968 or so. I don't know if you like those, but I do and that's one of my all-time favorite movies. If you go for that genre you have to see it if you get the chance.
I liked The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Have it on DVD) but I didn't think much of the other two Eastwood spaghetti westerns (Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More). When I think of spaghetti westerns, I always think Eastwood. I didn't know Sergio Leone used anyone else from America. I suppose I should see it. Still boggles my mind how a movie like that can get made. The handful of stars were the only ones speaking English. Everyone else spoke Italian.
Well, we do have a one-movie-at-a-time Netflix account. But: I also officially canceled our DirecTV account yesterday; it had been on "hiatus" since September, and since then, we turned on broadcast TV exactly once: For the Super Bowl. As good as the game was, I was reminded in the first 10 seconds we had our signal back why I have come to loathe most television: the commercials and (on sports broadcasts especially) the witless bantering and blather. I honestly thought that knowing the set could be turned any time we wanted to after that game that we'd start our watching habit again, but I never tuned in to anything and neither did Kate.
Now ... we've been watching about a movie a week via Netflix. And we also have a small stock of DVDs we like, and some of those are TV shows ("SCTV" for instance) and sometimes we'll watch an hour's worth of one of those. The only show I'm really missing is "The Wire," but I'll get to see that on DVD sooner or later.
Hi, Rob. I linked to your list, but it looks like my trackback didn't work. ACK!
I watch 2 or 3 movies per week and a handful of other shows, Dan. Hardly ever watch DVDs, though, and no Netflix account here. I'm really hating commercials lately. They are so damn loud.
Sorry your trackback didn't work here, Tracey. Not really sure why. It's not in my spam list, either.