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We may have found our Journeyman. Tery called me to excitedly report she'd seen him walking from his car to a building just beyond where I'd stopped hanging signs. She was running late so didn't stop to talk to him, but it was still sufficient proof that he wasn't a figment of our imagination. It's kind of funny how you can live so close to people and never meet them in this day and age. I'm sure the timing appealed to the cosmic sense of humor -- just yesterday we had agreed to give up on him and spent the gift card we had bought for him. Hahaha, Universe, that was a good one! But I hope you get tired of playing with me soon.
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I recently saw two movies that I immediately bought online before the end credits had finished rolling. Unprecedented!
First was a movie I've wanted to see for a long time, but there just always seemed to be something else to rent instead; ( ::Running with Scissors:: )
From reading the reviews, I take it this movie wasn't very well liked. I don't care. 4 out of 5
The second movie I now love was even less well-received evidently, ( ::Stranger than Fiction, probably numerous spoilers:: )
I don't care what anyone says, for me this was also a 4 out of 5. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love. What more do you want from a movie?
One joker on the IMDb boards made the comment, "This is the worst movie ever created." This unleashed a shitstorm of responses, "Well, then you obviously haven't seen _________." When asked what his favorite movies were, his list included The Running Man, Total Recall 3 and Arnold Schwarzeneggar, demonstrating him to be willing to poke callous fun at other's tastes while keeping his own closely guarded.
Sure, he was an asshole, but it got me to thinking about what I would include in my top ten best and worst lists. I've decided to publish them here for the hell of it:
BEST (not in any significant order)
1. Brazil
2. The Fisher King
3. Fight Club
4. V for Vendetta
5. Amelie
6. Trainspotting
7. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
8. Rushmore
9. Moulin Rouge
10. Donnie Darko
WORST
1. Alien vs. Predator
2.Constantine Mission to Mars (thanks to JeffyJeff)
3. Open Water
4. Young Adam
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (my vast apologies to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dopshoppe and kavieshana)
6. Tideland
7.Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves The Village (thanks to kavieshana)
8. Reign of Fire
9. All 3 Star Wars prequels
10. Second 2/3 of the Matrix trilogy (yes, these last two were cheating a bit)
Feel free to judge me based on these, because rest assured I'll do the same for yours. How about it? If you had only ten days left to live, which movies could you simply not bear to leave this plane of existence without watching one last time? Conversely, which ten would you rather gouge out your own eyes and ears than watch again? Obviously there are a lot of really crappy movies out there. My criteria was movies that I had a reasonable expectation of enjoying before they went very, very wrong.
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I recently saw two movies that I immediately bought online before the end credits had finished rolling. Unprecedented!
First was a movie I've wanted to see for a long time, but there just always seemed to be something else to rent instead; ( ::Running with Scissors:: )
From reading the reviews, I take it this movie wasn't very well liked. I don't care. 4 out of 5
The second movie I now love was even less well-received evidently, ( ::Stranger than Fiction, probably numerous spoilers:: )
I don't care what anyone says, for me this was also a 4 out of 5. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love. What more do you want from a movie?
One joker on the IMDb boards made the comment, "This is the worst movie ever created." This unleashed a shitstorm of responses, "Well, then you obviously haven't seen _________." When asked what his favorite movies were, his list included The Running Man, Total Recall 3 and Arnold Schwarzeneggar, demonstrating him to be willing to poke callous fun at other's tastes while keeping his own closely guarded.
Sure, he was an asshole, but it got me to thinking about what I would include in my top ten best and worst lists. I've decided to publish them here for the hell of it:
BEST (not in any significant order)
1. Brazil
2. The Fisher King
3. Fight Club
4. V for Vendetta
5. Amelie
6. Trainspotting
7. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
8. Rushmore
9. Moulin Rouge
10. Donnie Darko
WORST
1. Alien vs. Predator
2.
3. Open Water
4. Young Adam
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (my vast apologies to
dopshoppe and kavieshana)6. Tideland
7.
kavieshana)8. Reign of Fire
9. All 3 Star Wars prequels
10. Second 2/3 of the Matrix trilogy (yes, these last two were cheating a bit)
Feel free to judge me based on these, because rest assured I'll do the same for yours. How about it? If you had only ten days left to live, which movies could you simply not bear to leave this plane of existence without watching one last time? Conversely, which ten would you rather gouge out your own eyes and ears than watch again? Obviously there are a lot of really crappy movies out there. My criteria was movies that I had a reasonable expectation of enjoying before they went very, very wrong.
