Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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I'm with Megan on Forrest Gump. And don't get me started on the accents in that one.
I didn't like Shawshank all that much, either, but it's one of my wife's favorites (along with The Fifth Element, a movie that makes me want to claw out my eyes), so I've seen it more times than I care to admit. I don't much like Bull Durham, either, for the record.
My favorite parts of Bull Durham involve either Susan Sarandon or the other team members (the ones that aren't Nuke or Crash).
high-fives Plei, loves on all of the movies listed, kidnaps Paul Gross & Heath Ledger for her very own
Okay, but leave me some Molly Parker!
The Shawshank Redemption is my second favourite movie on that list, followed reasonably closely by Star Wars and preceded by A Clockwork Orange.
Those are not sacred cows at all, I agree. Put Casablanca on the list, or something. Those are just movies.
Corwood,
FYI, if anyone else you know is coming in for the festival in March: A computer glitch forced me to call the Habitat Suites for my reservation, and I ended up getting a $99/night rate. Very psyched.
I love Network. I hated Citizen Kane (well, hate is too strong, I was very bored is more on target).
Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey... now I'm trying to remember more classics that perplexed me.
Hmm.
I'm with ita. 2001 was also a "wha-huh????"
I've tried to watch 2001 several times but I keep falling asleep.
I think a big problem with 2001 for me (and my brother, who was equally mystified) was that we were watching a full-screen version on a 24-inch tv screen. It sounds like it's definitely one of those "you must see this in the theater" films.