My favorites
Here are my thought on movies, shows and songs.
Movies
For movies I tend to shift depending on my
mood. I like the concepts and jokes behind Wizards and can really relate
to Avatar some times. Hence my handle on match.com.
For something that
is just put your brain on idle and let it wash over you funny I'd go
with The Fifth Element. Another good one that is so bad it is good is
Dark Star. As I recall it was John Carpenters senior project.
I think Freejack is one of the most accurate
depictions of what life will be like in the near future.
I like a lot of older stuff too like A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The
Bing Crosby one not the remake.
And there is just something
about Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence that I just can not put my finger on
but it gets to me and I have to watch it if I come across it. Though my
tivo has captured it now so I can put it on tape so I never have to
watch it again. ;-)
For a romantic one I'd have to say hands down it's
Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeves. Probably the best work he
ever did and probably the least known.
Generally I guess I like something I could think "yeah that could happen" but is also interesting. Not one of those
movies that is like watching your neighbors struggle through life. Action and great visuals are good too. Some movies
you just have to see on the big screen. The first Star Wars movie for
instance. I saw that on a curved 70 mm screen with the full speaker stacks. I saw it again in a theater without the
special screen and was amazed at the difference. A visual movie needs to draw you into the picture. That is harder when
the screen is just a box in front of you. Sometimes it's just nice to see the state of the art like
The Matrix or Terminator 2
Songs
As for songs again it follows my mood. If I'm felling frustrated at the
world I like Toy Matinee's Last Plane out or Roger Water's Amused to
Death. The sarcasm reminds me that not only do some people out there get
it, but get it well enough to be able to... Well not make fun exactly of
the problems but of how obvious solutions can be totally over looked by
so many. I like a lot of ELO. A good fun song is Yours Truly off the
Time album. Jeff Lynn did a lot of good stuff while he was with ELO
though his solo stuff did not seem to play as well. You look at Xanadu,
another great movie, he blends a big band and a heavy metal band, each
playing what sound like different songs, together and it just works.
That reminds me of another great old movie. Ball of Fire - Again the
Gary Cooper one not the Danny Kaye remake. Good music and acting which
reminds me of Electric Dreams.......
Some of the best music videos I've ever seen are on Michael Nesmith's
Elephant Parts 1981
One won the 1st ever best music video grammy. Productions levels so high that on songs like Sunset Sam every movement of
the actors is on beat.
My current mix CDs include songs by ELO, Pink Floyd / Roger Waters, Shawn Colvin, Toy Matinee, Harry Chapin,
Ronny Milsap, Jimmy Buffet, Suzie Quatro, Dido, George Michael, Queen and Bruce Springsteen.
What my tivo has to say about my viewing habits
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