It's 9-ish and I just got home. Been a busy day, sort of.
Day One rocking the new Block was okay - no problems, no hassles, no work to be honest. It was boring and I don't like boring. Boring makes me want to slit my wrists. Not really, don't worry.
After that, Garry called and said Boston Pizza was cooking dinner tonight and who am I to argue with that?
So, me and my full belly are ready to get horizontal and watch Juno. Can I just say one thing?
I LOVE JUNO! I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT AGAIN! IT'S SO GOOD!
Okay, that was three things. Whatever!
Prepping to watch one of my favourite movies and being extremely chilled got me thinking that it's been a long enough time since debuting this segment to drop a easy one on you.
Like Cusack's character in High Fidelity said when his turn to drop an All Time Top Five rolled around - I'm feelin' basic. Not the All-Time Side 1, Track 1 but...
All-Time Top Five Movies
5. Crash
The one about how racism touches all of us, not the one about people who really, really like car accidents. What can I say about this movie? It's poignant without being heavy-handed and has some incredible performances, including a surprisingly good turn by Chris "Ludacris" Bridges. Certainly a must-see movie.
4. Thank You For Smoking
Juno's Canadian Director Jason Reitman's first foray into feature films ranks in the five hole for being bitingly funny, sarcastic, critical and altogether awesome. Aaron Eckhart is supremely underrated, Mario Bello is always awesome and I'm already given you my thoughts on JK Simmons a couple months back. As much as I love this movie, the book is even better.
3. Godfather II
If I need to explain this, than you have no concept of what a great movie is. I'm leaving it at that.
2. Garden State
D'you know how some movies that try to be about "real life" are really crappy and have no connection to "real life" at all? This isn't one of them. In fact, it's the opposite. It's real and funny and sad and smart and ironic and sarcastic and awesome. Zach Braff is one of my heroes and gets extra points for not being JD from Scrubs for a minute of this movie.
1. High Fidelity
I can't believe how many people haven't seen this movie or totally disregarded it. It's wicked! Jack Black and Todd Louiso as "The Musical Moron Twins" as John Cusack's Rob Gordon calls them are pitch-perfect for the entire movie. Tim Robbins' pseudo-Seagal rebound boyfriend is classic and Cusack as the everyman dumbass anti-hero delivers a performance that is sure to make every man see themselves from some point in their life. On top of that, the soundtrack is so good... same with the book!
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I love hearing that somebody else enjoys High Fidelity as much as I do.
You have 3 of my top five movies on your list. I can't add godfather II because I haven't seen it. I did think that Thank You For Smoking was good but perhaps not better than Almost Famous. Almost Famous is definitely in my top 5.
Congratulations Spence!
It looks like you just got your first spamming comment through your blog.
You do realize that 4 of your "All Time" top 5 are from this decade...where's the love for the first century-plus of film?
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