Sunday Shift
So I'm working a Sunday night police beat shift. Blah-di-blah. On the TV behind me it's showing a movie I have never been able to watch all the way through "Tequila Sunrise." I love movies. Will watch any movie. Have NO IDEA what this film is supposed to be about. Kurt Russell? Mel Gibson? Michelle Pfieffer? Have no idea of what's going on here. It's on my list of movies I always try to watch, but find myself turning off after the first five minutes.
1. "Tequila Sunrise"
2. "Rising Sun"
3. "Wall Street"
4. "Fatal Attraction"
5. "GI Jane"
6. "Beverly Hills Cop"
7. "48 Hours"
8. "Belly"
9. "Star Wars" (a matter of fact, every Star Wars with the execption of "The Empire Strikes Back" which I ALMOST like.)
10. "Top Gun" (or any 80s movie starring Tom Cruise save "Born on the Fourth of July." That INCLUDES "Rain Man." The eye rolling starts the minute the stuttering begins. I know it's supposed to be a good movie. Maybe someday I'll watch it all the way through.)
11. "The Lost Boys"
12. "Desperately Seeking Susan"
13. The first and second "Terminator" films
And then there are the movies I've never seen which cause my friends to recoil in horror. (Hey, my moms didn't let us watch anything that was G-rated and she hated going to the movies.)
Never seen ...
1. Any movie with Molly Ringwald in it. That includes the iconic "Breakfast Club." I know about these films, but I have NEVER watched them. But I've heard enough over the years that I can fake it.
2. "ET" : People usually freak when they learn this and because of THAT reaction I'm determined to go to my grave not seeing it.
3. "Airplane"
4. "Shindler's List" (I'm getting around to it, I swear. But I hate watching movies involving Nazis. Vampires, ghosts and goblins don't bother me because I don't believe in them, but I KNOW a bunch of stormtrooping Nazis went goosestepping all over Europe and killed about 6 million Jews. The thought is utterly horrific to me. Every Holocaust film is a horror film to me.)
5. Every Indiana Jones film. I'm deteremed to not watch those either. I get so sick of people going "You've never seen 'Indiana Jones!" with the same aplomb someone would shout "You've never heard of Jesus!" I mean, c'mon people. It's a frickin' movie. I'm not making you all sit down and watch "A Clockwork Orange" and super depressing art films from Hong Kong. I'm not going >gasp<, "You've never seen 'Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl?'"
Besides. I don't like that Harrison Ford. I don't know why. Just don't.
I liked the remake of "The Fugitive" though. He was all right in that.
1. "Tequila Sunrise"
2. "Rising Sun"
3. "Wall Street"
4. "Fatal Attraction"
5. "GI Jane"
6. "Beverly Hills Cop"
7. "48 Hours"
8. "Belly"
9. "Star Wars" (a matter of fact, every Star Wars with the execption of "The Empire Strikes Back" which I ALMOST like.)
10. "Top Gun" (or any 80s movie starring Tom Cruise save "Born on the Fourth of July." That INCLUDES "Rain Man." The eye rolling starts the minute the stuttering begins. I know it's supposed to be a good movie. Maybe someday I'll watch it all the way through.)
11. "The Lost Boys"
12. "Desperately Seeking Susan"
13. The first and second "Terminator" films
And then there are the movies I've never seen which cause my friends to recoil in horror. (Hey, my moms didn't let us watch anything that was G-rated and she hated going to the movies.)
Never seen ...
1. Any movie with Molly Ringwald in it. That includes the iconic "Breakfast Club." I know about these films, but I have NEVER watched them. But I've heard enough over the years that I can fake it.
2. "ET" : People usually freak when they learn this and because of THAT reaction I'm determined to go to my grave not seeing it.
3. "Airplane"
4. "Shindler's List" (I'm getting around to it, I swear. But I hate watching movies involving Nazis. Vampires, ghosts and goblins don't bother me because I don't believe in them, but I KNOW a bunch of stormtrooping Nazis went goosestepping all over Europe and killed about 6 million Jews. The thought is utterly horrific to me. Every Holocaust film is a horror film to me.)
5. Every Indiana Jones film. I'm deteremed to not watch those either. I get so sick of people going "You've never seen 'Indiana Jones!" with the same aplomb someone would shout "You've never heard of Jesus!" I mean, c'mon people. It's a frickin' movie. I'm not making you all sit down and watch "A Clockwork Orange" and super depressing art films from Hong Kong. I'm not going >gasp<, "You've never seen 'Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl?'"
Besides. I don't like that Harrison Ford. I don't know why. Just don't.
I liked the remake of "The Fugitive" though. He was all right in that.
posted by Danielle Belton @ 2:53 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:15 PM,
Anonymous said…
Since I am an 80s child...My fav Molly Ringwald movie is Pretty in Pink...That is the best one. Sixteen candles was not as good. Breakfast Club had its moments but my favs in that movie was Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall.
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