Movies I always have to watch:
Coal Miner's Daughter, although that one's never on anymore. Also Jurassic Park.
High school movies:
My favorites are probably Heathers, Ferris Bueller, and The Breakfast Club. Good lord, I forgot Fast Times.
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Amy - Jun 11, 2011 10:26:59 am PDT #14778 of 30000
Because books.
Connie Neil - Jun 11, 2011 11:24:19 am PDT #14779 of 30000
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My Drop Everything Movies: The Freshman, Big Trouble in Little China.
I own both of these, but I don't get really excited about them unless they sneak up on me.
Scrappy - Jun 11, 2011 12:01:26 pm PDT #14780 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I really like the Star Trek movie, I have to say. Saw it twice.
Atropa - Jun 11, 2011 12:10:00 pm PDT #14781 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
No wait! This must be your Drop Everything list.
Yes, the Drop Everything list. My favorite high school movie? Hmmm. The Lost Boys came out the summer I graduated, so I suppose that doesn't count. (It hit the dollar theatre near my house about a month after release, which is why I saw it over 30 times in the theatre.)
Maybe Ghostbusters.
Amy - Jun 11, 2011 12:15:07 pm PDT #14782 of 30000
Because books.
Jilli, he meant movies *about* high school.
I liked the Star Trek reboot a lot, but I'm not a Trek person at all, so I don't really know from actual Trek. I may have mostly liked it because there were so many pretty people to look at, though.
Iron Man II was good, right? Was it nearly as good as the first one?
Juliebird - Jun 11, 2011 12:17:05 pm PDT #14783 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I finished Iron Man II and wondered wtf I just watched. It wasn't fun like the first, and I couldn't track on a single narrative. I could not tell you what the story was. I didn't connect to anyone.
Gris - Jun 11, 2011 12:19:33 pm PDT #14784 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I liked Star Trek, but I don't really like Star Trek. It felt more like Star Wars, which I like more. So.
Iron Man II was fine, but not nearly as good as the first, according to both me and general consensus.
My favorite high school movie is undoubtedly Clueless though it has competition from Can't Hardly Wait and Bring It On and Breakfast Club. I don't know if I count Say Anything, which feels less focused on high school itself.
billytea - Jun 11, 2011 12:20:02 pm PDT #14785 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Flying High, for my high school movie. My brothers and I watched that a ridiculous number of times.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2011 12:22:00 pm PDT #14786 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Iron Man I was much better than II, but II was still fun--much better than XMen III or Wolverine Origins or Daredevil or Electra. And at least one of their Hulks, if not two. And Spidey III for sure.
I'm currently rating Marvel movies at:
- Iron Man I
- X Man I
- X Man: First Class
- X Man: II
- Thor
- Iron Man II
- a whole bunch of crap including all the Spidey movies
unless I'm reminded of some stuff
Amy - Jun 11, 2011 12:23:52 pm PDT #14787 of 30000
Because books.
We're probably going to watch Iron Man II anyway, since we have it here. I'm not sure why I'm not jazzed. I liked the first one a lot.