10:05:00 PM
I don't think I've had a favourite movie since I was in grade school. For quite some time in the third grade, it was The Sound of Music. We had it on a two-tape set and my mom and lola say I used to subject them to a twice-a-day viewing, every single day, for several months. While we were watching one tape, the other one would be in the rewinder; so that the moment the current tape finished, I wouldn't have to wait at all for the next one. To this day, my mom can quote a significant portion of the script. I, personally, cannot. This was a long time ago.After The Sound of Music came The Parent Trap. This was on one tape, but was also very much abused. It's a family-fun movie with the whole wicked stepmother-to-be idea, and it really amused us to see the [innocent] Lindsay Lohan playing the pair of twins that drove her insane. My sister and I used to watch it so much that one day, while on stand-by at the airport, one of us dropped a line from the movie and we continued from that point to the very end, reciting the script. I don’t have as much time on my hands anymore.
In grade six, I was very fond of My Fair Lady. I have no idea where our copy came from, but it was on laser disc. No problem with that; no need to rewind. I've always had a spot for old movies, and this was no exception. I used to love Wouldn't It Be Loverly, I Could Have Danced All Night, and I still do. We got the DVD very recently (I figure my mom decided to leave our laser disc in
In my sophomore year, I became undeniably obsessed with
And then there was Monty Python.
Monty Python is the collective name of a group of six men who started out on a British television comedy sketch show in 1969. (insert miscellaneous details I won't go into now) ...And then in 1975, they released their second movie entitled Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This is, in essence, an utterly pointless movie, which is one reason I love it so much. It doesn't require you to think in the least bit and can only really be appreciated by people who have a sense of humor. I know rational people who didn't enjoy it so much for the exact reason I, on the other hand, did. The story, supposedly, revolves around King Arthur and his nights of the round table, and how they search for the Holy Grail. They never find it, of course, but the viewers have fantastic fun watching them try. The script never fails to amuse me, no matter how many times I've heard the same jokes over and over again. I still crack up every time, only now I crack up even before the line is actually delivered. While I am fully capable of enjoying serious movies as well, I would never turn down this type of mindless entertainment.
I mean come on...
Who wouldn't love a killer rabbit?
Friday, February 02, 2007