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May 16, 2007
No life?
While it is true that at times I would wholeheartedly agree that I have no life, I object to the premise that having watched over 85 (I have watch exactly 85, by the way) of the movies on the movie list posted on both Bonnie and Hannah's blogs means that I have no life. I'm sure if I hadn't I would sit back and smile smugly about my pop-culture superiority. I think this is what bothers me. Why these movies? Why are they deemed particularly un-worthy of my time? There are some classics here--Waiting for Guffman, Blazing Saddles--that even the staunchest movie snob would admit to loving. I guess it’s the old high culture/low culture divide suggested by this list that I object to. Furthermore, I don't think I should have to count movies such as Old School and Ghost Ship, which had really great premises, but just failed (miserably) to deliver. That’s my 2cents worth of rant, for anybody who’s interested.
Posted by sara at May 16, 2007 10:15 AM
Comments
Actually, I thought the list was skewed in all kinds of ways (too much action/horror etc. & not nearly enough teen flicks if the premise that the list was "bad" movies...I never looked at Bonnie's original link to see if that's what the originator intended. At the same time, I agree that there are some really good movies on the list. So maybe it's just about overall level of media consumption???). Mostly I was surprised that I didn't pass 85 because when I go into a video store, I always feel like I have seen nearly everything. (Obviously I'm exaggerating...)
Posted by: Hannah at May 16, 2007 1:17 PM