Maximum Strength Mick asks, "What movies have you watched five times?"
I am totally on board with this. My favorite movies aren't all classics, they're just movies that I love, that never fail to touch me or make me laugh or just have some kind of effect. As such, here are five movies that I can always watch.
Singin' in the Rain
Sense & Sensibility(Ang Lee/Emma Thompson)
Clueless
Amelie
Notting Hill
Some of 'em won Oscars, some of 'em didn't. I love them, though, and I'd totally give them awards. S&S would get the Best Declaration of Love award (Edward to Eleanor), as well as the Most Moving Moment, Non-Verbal award (Brandon after he brings Marianne's mother). Clueless totally gets the Best First Kiss award (Josh & Cher), Notting Hill wins the Most Absurd Storyline that Still Actually Kind of Works award. Singin' in the Rain is just the best movie ever, I think. Amelie has the distinction of being a movie that I can watch and then, as the credits begin to roll, think to myself "I could watch it again..."
So yeah. I'm all for Award Season and celebrating a bunch of movies that very few people outside of Academy members saw, but let's be honest. Who's really gonna buy There Will be Blood on DVD and watch it over and over again? Last of the Mohicans, now, there's a Daniel Day-Lewis movie I've seen five times.
Long live the arguably lowbrow but always enjoyable movie. I'm gonna go home and watch the rest of The 10th Kingdom.
I LOVE the Ang Lee S&S
ReplyDeleteGood post. In the LA Times coverage of the Oscar nominations they mentioned their worry that the Oscars are becoming a high movie snob party and basically ignoring what people actually want to watch. I think there should be a balance, of course, but it's worth thinking about.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE S&S! That was such an awesome movie. Amélie is a personal favorite as well.
ReplyDeleteI just finished Jane-Emily. It was fantastic!
Ooooh cool, another S&S enthusiast I see. I have no shame in admitting that I've watched this one more than 20 times I think... not counting just bits and pieces of 'em. And yeah, I agree with your award suggestions of Best Declaration of Love award (Edward to Eleanor) and the Most Moving Moment, Non-Verbal award (Brandon after he brings Marianne's mother). Those two scenes move me to tears every single time! But one of my favorites is the first time Brandon beholds Marianne as she's playing the piano. The way he melts as he looks at her takes my breath away!
ReplyDeleteI quite like Notting Hill despite its preposterous premise. There were some genuinely funny moments in there, besides, it's a movie, a certain level of fantastical disbelief can't hurt. I sometimes imagine myself in Thacker's shoes and Gerry Butler as Anna Scott ;)