It seems that there is a great deal of exhaustion this week. Are we having "List" fatigue? I don't want my team getting burnt out. Perhaps we could make the "List" a bi-monthly thing and stagger it with other features, such as "Must Lists" or "Essential Viewing," etc., distributed on a rotating basis.10. Earnest Goes to Camp - Jim Varney and a bunch of little kids. I recall Earnest getting the crap kicked out of him for about an hour and a half. Now that's what I call entertainment.
As for me, well, summer-themed movies are not my forte, either. But I'll give it a shot, and instead of being a chump again, like I was last week, I'll actually try for ten items -- but there will be some redundancies. Anyway, here are John's Top Ten Summertime Flicks:
9. American Pie 2 - You know I'm stretching when I have to list a sequel to a gross-out teen comedy. But hey, this one has that romance between the flute-playing pervert and the pie-f*cker, which is really kind of sweet.
8. Bad News Bears (Linklater version) - Bad Santa coaches a little-league team. Billy Bob, some alcohol, and some profanity is enough to keep me happy. Plus, the kids were actually pretty funny. Especially the one in the wheelchair.
7. National Lampoon's Vacation - As you know, I'm not really a big fan of Chevy, but I have to admit that this movie was pretty funny, especially the parts with Randy Quaid. But Clark Griswold is a terrible, terrible person.
6. Ghost World - I say it's summer themed because Thora Birch goes to summer art school, and Steve Buscemi has a garage sale, and Scarlett Johansen gets a summer job at Starbucks. It's a great summer movie because it's about meaningful transition, and that's what summer is really about, right? [I mean, I'm using this summer to become literate (I've read 5 books in two months -- this is really big for me)! They're all Curious George books, but hey, anything's an improvement!]
5. The Great Outdoors - I once ate at this steakhouse in Amarillo, TX, which was the inspiration for the steakhouse in this movie, where John Candy gets a prize if he can finish the biggest cut, gristle and all. You really root for him, but you know what's going to happen.
4. Field of Dreams - The only movie that consistently makes me cry blithering, embarrassing man tears. Do I like baseball? Hell no! It's just a vehicle for all the sentimental grappling hooks in this movie. I guess it takes place in the summer, right?
3. Rear Window - It still makes me really sad when that guy kills that woman's little dog.
2. Dazed and Confused - Wiley Wiggins' constant tics, including unnecessary face-touching and weird blinking, is forgiven because of what he does to Ben Affleck. Oh yes, and it takes place during the summer.
1. Falling Down - Not exactly summer-themed, but the summer heat plays a big part in keeping Michael Douglas' character irritated throughout the movie. I love movies where people snap.
2 comments:
I think going to bimonthly sounds fine, mixing it up a little with other things.
I agree with that.
Why don't we all brainstorm and see if we can come up with other columns to do in a revolving order?
Maybe we could each have a regular column that we write on - however often - in addition to our turn at the list.
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