Why do I love movies? Well, that is a loaded question. How much time do you have? I could go into a long-winded diatribe about the art of film-making or the magic of the movies, but all of that has been said countless times before. Not every movie is a masterpiece, but every film has touched me in one way or another. Every other week, we will look at a handful of reasons why movies are so damn great..
I love movies…because of the coin toss in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Because of the first time we see THE LADY IN WHITE
Because of Ron Perlman in HELLBOY
Because of the fact we have a movie where Jason meets Freddy
Because of Willem Dafoe throwing Jeff Goldblum‘s cat out the window in THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Because I really believed a man could fly when I saw SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE
Because of Wilford Brimley in EWOKS: BATTLE FOR ENDOR
Because of John Travolta pretending to be Nic Cage in FACE/OFF
Because of Jennifer Lawrence in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Because of how Chance got his name in HARD TARGET
Because of Robin Williams in THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Because of the Santa Claus story in GREMLINS
Because of this comeback from IN BRUGES
Because of the trailers for MACHETE and MACHETE KILLS
Because of James Bond going rogue in LICENSE TO KILL
Because of this exchange between Clive Owen and Julia Roberts in CLOSER
Because of the red light/green light in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
Because of Bane walking away after breaking Batman in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Because of the Medieval Times battle from THE CABLE GUY
Because of Hugh Jackman telling Magneto and Professor X to “F*ck off” in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!
