Favorite Movies

I love a lot of movies. I don't go see movies, mind you, but I acquire DVDs and watch them at home... over and over and over again. I have tried other categorizations, but here they are under What I Liked Best.

Wickedly Quotable

I love witty reparte and a bit of dark humor.

BlackAdder - "Cold is God's way of telling us to burn more Catholics."

OfficeSpace - "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care."

Firefly - "Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell."

The Long Kiss Goodnight - "Are you just stupid or did you take lessons?" "I took lessons!"

L.A. Story - "With a financial statement like zis, you think you can have ze duck?"

Old French Toys

You know those French dolls, with the little painted china faces and 19th century costumes: harlequins, ballerinas, and aristocrats. And complex machinery with big dirty spokes and pulleys and more twists than a Durer labyrinth. If you like Gilliam, you know what I'm talking about. I love that whole look, the grimey, broken, abandoned ambience made all the more shocking by its innocent and playful origins.

Labyrinth - The Venetian masked ball.

Batman Returns - An old-fashioned Christmas, abandoned Zoo, evil circus clowns, and the ballerina with her poodle.

Lexx (Season 3) - The planet Fire.

The Crow: City of Angels - Beautiful, but run-down.

Abandoned Buildings

I am a sucker for scary movies with abandoned buildings... or abandoned ships, or abandoned cities, whatever.

The Frighteners - The hospital scenes.

Event Horizon - The abandoned language is a special bonus.

Anything with Bruce Campbell

Bruce, baby, I've loved you since the "Dont Waste Utah" ads. :) Runners-up in the Will-Watch-For-Cute-Guy are Jean Reno, Jeremy Piven, Scott Cohen, John Hannah, Seth Green, Malcolm Mcdowell, and Danny Elfman (well, I mostly watch movies for his soundtracks, but he was in The Gift).

Cartoons

Lilo & Stitch. Yup, I am a total sucker for cute widdle alien pets.

Invader Zim - "They're made of WAFFLE!"