Absolutely the Funniest Item of the Day XCII
Provided without comment, a snippet of Bubblehead’s response to the movie meme:
Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me (in no particular order): This won’t be a list of great films, just films that stop my channel surfing in its’ tracks when I come across them:
1) “Glory“: Probably my all-time favorite war movie. Seeing men willingly marching into a hopeless battle not only for their fellow soldiers, but also for a greater cause, is a theme that never fails to affect me at the deepest levels of who I am.
2) “Caddyshack“
ninme giggles
May 30th, 2005 at 2:19 am
1) Gone With the Wind 2) Bridge over the River Kwai 3) Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey 4) American Graffiti 5) Groundhog Day
Each captures the spirit of the age!
Well, not really.
May 30th, 2005 at 9:27 am
Maybe not “Bogus Journey”, but “Excellent Adventure” would probably make my Top 100 list…
May 30th, 2005 at 9:30 am
Oh, btw Ninme, what do you think of my prediction that we’ll eventually call this decade the “Naughties”?
May 30th, 2005 at 10:59 am
I love it! But it’s not very naughty, as a decade. Leastwise not for us. I prefer something along the lines of the Naughtatall,nojudgesneitherade.
The funniest thing in bogus journey was the fall into hell. That cracks me up to this very day. Gone With the Wind is a little awkward, because you have to set aside a whole day to watch it… Bridge over the River Kwai is just depressing. That pretty sign they made, and the whole thing just [edited for spoilers]. American Graffitti I only saw bits I walked in on while someone in the family was watching it, but I’m not big on the fifties in this country, so it didn’t appeal to me, and Groundhog Day is just hilarious.
May 30th, 2005 at 2:41 pm
The main thing I liked about River Kwai was the interaction between the American (William Holden) character and the (very) British training camp staff, near the beginning of the movie. Something like “Now there won’t be much time for training, and the first jump from an airplane is the one most likely to cause injury, so you are just going to have to make your first jump on the mission and hope for the best”. “With, or without, parachute?”. Such a great culture clash. The rest of the movie was more standard stuff.
Bogus Journey was the first of the two I saw, so it retains a special place with me, but I agree, Excellent Adventure was probably the better film.
May 30th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
“Bridge Over the River Kwai” is probably one of the best psychological studies of the time; I love Alec Guinness’ character’s line at the end of the film. Oh, and Ninme… making fun of me, were we? OK then, for that… I tag Ninme to do the meme next!
May 30th, 2005 at 5:40 pm
Oh come on! You had a tear in everyone’s eye paying tender homage to the fallen soldier paying the ultimate price for even a lost cause but for the greater good, you had opened your soul to all your readers, and your next words were “Caddyshack.” Come on!
May 30th, 2005 at 8:11 pm
Yeah, I suppose that transition was a little sudden…