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 opening crawl to THE DARK CRYSTAL
Because of the Necronomicon from THE EVIL DEAD
Because of Michael McKean in CLUE
Because of Johnny Five in the chase scene from SHORT CIRCUIT 2
Because of the full version of John Woo‘s RED CLIFF
Because of Michael Clarke Duncan in THE GREEN MILE
Because of Michael Clarke Duncan in THE SLAMMIN’ SALMON
Because of Jean-Claude Van Damme playing goalie in SUDDEN DEATH
Because of the poo sniffing scene in THE LAST EMPEROR
Because of Richard E. Grant in WITHNAIL AND I
Because the movie HACHI: A DOG’S TALE made me cry like a baby
Because so did MARLEY & ME
Because the movie SPACE CAMP both terrified me and made me want to be an astronaut even more
Because of Alyssa Milano in DOUBLE DRAGON
Because of Tommy Lee Jones in COBB
Because of the dinner announcement in HAUNTED HONEYMOON
Because of the ridiculousness that is Gary Oldman in TIPTOES
Because of Robert Patrick in anything
Because of Geena Davis in TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000
Because I know Peter Jackson will make another film as amazing as HEAVENLY CREATURES
Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!
