I have been prompted by Estella's list, to compile a list of movies that I like, no matter what you say. Here it is:
1. Tank Girl - Lori Petty as a wacked-out, Cole Porter singing anti-hero and Naomi Watts as Jet Girl. I loved this movie. I own this movie. This one produced one of the most oft-quoted movie lines in my house: "I have 2 words for you: Brush Your Teeth!"
2. Empire Records - I was in love with Lucas then, and I liked him as Speed on CSI Miami. (Unfortunately, he is Speedle no more, as they killed his ass of in the season premiere episode.) This movie is totally guilty of fueling my fantasies, and I tried to make my Blockbuster store be a place like Empire, where my employees loved to come to work, and everyone had a good time. Unfortunately, nobody shaved their head, and we had the mandated, eternally looping "trailer tape" playing instead of music, but it was still a good place to work... for a Blockbuster, anyway.
3. Victor/Victoria - (holy shit, this is going to make me sound old!)When I was younger, we had a Disc Player (one of those ancient ones that played the discs the size of record albums, that you had to turn over halfway through the move), and we owned this flick. Once, I put my crappy little tape recorder up next to the television to record the music so I could listen to it anytime I wanted to. And sing along, at top volume, truth be told. Apparently, I'd never heard of a Soundtrack.
4. Gone In 60 Seconds - I'm not a Nic Cage fan in general, but this movie makes me whoop outloud. The soundtrack is fun, the cars are cool, and Angelina Jolie is hot, even with the unfortunate hairdo.
5. Christmas Vacation - Yes, it's silly. Yes, it's traditionally considered bad. Yes, I love it, and own it, and watch it every holiday season, at about the point where I've had my fill of advertising madness and mass consumerism in general. When I need to feel better about how bad I really don't have it - there's nobody even remotely resembling Cousin Eddie in my family... and that's something to be thankful for, isn't it? It still makes me cringe, and squirm, and laugh every. single. time.
6. Jumpin' Jack Flash - it's a gas, gas, gas! One of my favorite things about movies that feature computers and typing is the fact that everyone is depicted as having mad typing skills. I don't know about you, but I don't think I've EVER seen anyone as fast or as accurate as Ms Whoopi. I also love this one more the more dated it gets. The technology looks like it was from the stone age by comparison.
7. The Replacements - I love football movies. Period. This one contains the bonus of the cheerleading tryout scenes, which make me nearly pee my pants every time.
As I look back at the list, I realize that I do, in fact, own every one of these films. And it probably hasn't been more than a year since I watched any one of them, with the possible exception of Tank Girl - and that's only because I don't own it on DVD, and my VCR bit the dust a few months ago. Hmmm... have they released it on DVD yet??
