The Inaugural List – Top 5 Movies
I figured I’d start things off with an old classic. Who doesn’t like to figure out their favorite movies? I always find the balance of “re-watchability” and “awesomeness” to be tricky. On one end of the spectrum, there’s a movie like “In The Bedroom” – phenomenal, intense, and gut-wrenching, but I never want to see it again. Conversely, I would always watch “Overboard” but it’s not exactly a cinematic masterpiece.
5. Pulp Fiction
Dialogue is very important to me and this one has some of the all-time great conversations. The “a pig is a filthy animal”, “foot massage”, and “royale with cheese” scenes are classics, not to mention Christopher Walken’s monologue.
4. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
I swear I could watch it every day. Will Ferrell has yet to approach this one in terms of consistent comedy and a watchable plotline.
3. The Silence of the Lambs
Creepy. Start to finish, creepy. Plus it’s always nice to think of Buffalo Bill whenever I hear “American Girl” by Tom Petty.
2. Good Will Hunting
It’s not just because I’m a math geek. More great dialogue in this one (“I don’t care if Helen of Troy walks into the bar!”) and the fantastic scene where Ben Affleck tells Matt Damon how it is.
1. The Shawshank Redemption
I know, I know…it’s such a standard pick. But I swear I was ahead of the curve on this one. My dad and I watched this back when it first came out on DVD and couldn’t believe how good it was.
(You may have noticed that two of these came out in 1994…and both lost the Best Picture Oscar to “Forrest Gump”. Eesh.)
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The both lost to Forrest Gump because FG is better than both of those. Shawshank doesn’t have the re-watchability because of the necessity to wonder if he’ll ever make it out. Good Will Hunting is great but relies a little too much on its one-liners that wear on you after a while.
It’s sort of like arguing over who’s hotter, Pam Anderson or Jenny McCarthy. If you ended up with either, you’d be fine, but if you have to choose one…oh snap, I think we just found our next list!