Thursday, December 18, 2008

A to Zoolander.

So I was looking at Blogger's December Blogs of Note (mine is most definitely NOT on there) and found Life at Willow Manner.  Ooozing with idyllic adorableness like warm melted chocolate, I enjoyed the photos, recipes, and anecdotes of family life.  She's pretty crafty, you should all check 'er out.  Anyway, she had a post about how her friends had challenged her to an Alphabet listing of her 26 favorite movies.  You can go see it on her blog.  So, naturally I had to attempt this as well (this was not planned out before hand so this list is being created as I write this... ) Pardon me for the lame choices... this isn't as easy as you think.

A:  "About a Boy"

B:  This should not be this hard already.  I'll come back to it.

C:  All right, I'm stealing this one.  "Cinema Paradiso" is good and my brain is fried.

D: "Dances With Wolves" "Dirty Dancing" "The Departed"

Back to B: Ok, I'm an IDIOT. "Back to the Future." Sometimes I wonder about myself.

E:  Skip.

F: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

G: "Ghostbusters"

H: "Hot Fuzz"

Again, another B: I'm really dumb.  Hello- "Braveheart"?!

I:   "I Know What You Did Last Summer"

J:  "Jumanji" Shut up... do you have something better?

K:  "Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2"

L: "Lord of the Rings" SCORE.  

M: This is for Jason at Executedtoday.com- "The Molly Maguires"  Look it up, Internet.

N: "No Country For Old Men"

O: "O Brother, Where Art Thou" Coen double feat- Heyyo!

P: "Persepolis"

Q:  I got nothing.

R: "The Royal Tenenbaums" or "Resevoir Dogs" and god dammit, another B "Boondock Saints, The"

S: "Shaun of the Dead"

T: "Tropic Thunder" which reminds me, don't ask me why, of a C that I've seen way more times then a pretentious pick like "Cinema Paradiso"... Ready for it... "CADDYSHACK!" (Cue Kenny Loggins and a dancing gopher... I'm aallll riiiiight, don't nobody worry 'bout me.  Yep, I'm that immature.)

Figured out a Q: "Quill"! Not your "feel good movie of the year" but if you want to know about the origins of S&M, I'd check it out (Hey now, it's a classy movie- Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, and Joaquin Phoenix star).

U: I'll come back for u. Ha, You- U? Ya get it? U and a You?  I told you I'm burnt out.

V: "V for Vendetta"- I'm really sorry Alan Moore, but I thought it was jolly good fun.  And therein lies the problem and I totally understand.

W: "What Lies Beneath"- this is courtesy of my coworker Kalyn.  We both agree: Harrison Ford is a creep in that movie.  I would have gone with "Wayne's World" now that I'm thinking clearer.

X:  "X-Men 2."  Bet ya' thought I'd say "X-Men."  You bet wrong.  "X-Men 2": WAAAAY COOLER.

Y:  "Young Frankenstein" and for fuck's sake, another B with "Blazin Saddles."

Z:  Easy.  I knew this before I started: "Zoolander."

Ok, who did I miss?  E:  "E.T." and U: Ok, I cheated and got a list.  "Untouchables," "Unforgiven," and probably the best of overrated movies: "The Usual Suspects."  

So, I had to cheat.  I'm not an infallible super-genius when it comes to pop culture nor did I ever claim to be.


My Zimbio

1 comment:

izzie said...

Some are also a "check" for me too... lol