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2005-11-26 @ 9:35 p.m. |
I am so in need of a movie right now. My good fer'nuthin' brother has never come down to my house to hook up my DVD Player like he said he would 3 weeks ago and my VCR has a video tape stuck in it. And my friend down in Manhattan just asked me if I had my DVD player hooked up yet. His Broadway show is ending soon and he asked if he could come camp out on my couch and watch DVDs for 6 months. He certainly deserves it after working 6 days a week for over 3 years, but I told him I'd have to discuss it with Guardcat, since she's rather fond of the couch too. I really miss being able to pop in a tape though. I don't have cable TV and all I get to watch is the local news and some network stuff. I really yearn for a little "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" complete with special backstage documentaries about how Johnny Depp arrived at his rather demented characterization of Roald Dahl's somewhat mean-spirited creation Willie Wonka. But I guess I have seen a lot of movies in my life. I used to be a movie critic. In fact, I'm actually rather a comedy aficionado, if you can believe that. And its funny, one time I guess I was frustrating "A" by being obstinate (yes, I know its hard to believe) and he just looked at me and said, "I bet you don't even own a comedy video!!!!" Au contraire, dear shrink! I would say about 90% of the movies I own are comedies. I love comedies! Of course, I don't like all comedies. I'm not a big fan of farting/bodily function comedies (although my dear "Austin Powers" does easily manage to sneak onto this list, mainly because of all the fun it has with sexual innuendo.  Oh behave....But I did find a list of The 50 Most Significant Comedy Films of All Time, as selected by Bob McCabe, author of "The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies" tonight and I was amazed at the huge percentage I've either seen and/or own. So I will put one * for "seen" and two ** for "ownership". They are in alphabetical order: Airplane! * All About Eve ** Amelie * Annie Hall ** The Apartment * Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ** Blazing Saddles ** Bringing Up Baby * Broadcast News ** Caddyshack * Le diner de con Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb * Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Duck Soup * Ferris Bueller's Day Off * Four Weddings and a Funeral * The General * Ghostbusters ** The Gold Rush * Good Morning Vietnam ** The Graduate * Groundhog Day * A Hard Day's Night * His Girl Friday * Kind Hearts and Coronets The Lady Killers * Local Hero * Manhattan ** (my absolute favorite Woody Allen movie) M*A*S*H * Monty Python's Life of Brian * National Lampoon's Animal House * The Odd Couple * The Producers * Raising Arizona ** Roxanne ** Rushmore * Shaun of the Dead A Shot in the Dark * Some Like it Hot ** (my favorite comedy, period!!) Strictly Ballroom * Sullivan's Travels There's Something About Mary * This is Spinal Tap * To Be or Not to Be Tootsie ** Toy Story * Les vacances de M. Hulot When Harry Met Sally... ** (I've lost track of how many times I've seen this movie. I love it. I want it to be MY story) Withnail and I I do have a couple that are missing for me. For instance, I like Adam Sandler for some reason, and really like "Anger Management" and "The Wedding Singer", even though they aren't exactly classic comedies. I also really like "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", "High Anxiety", "Young Frankenstein", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Sleeper" and especially "Birdcage". I don't know how many times I've see "Birdcage" with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, but that cracks me up every single time I see it! And I don't know HOW that was left off the list for something like "Dodgeball". ???? Older Entries |
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