Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Okay people, here are my answers to the All Time Academy Awards.
Read 'em and weep . . .
1. The Best Actress in a role ever - Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham (Cute!?! Baby ducks are cute . . .)
2. The Best Actor in a role ever - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (Sophistication, intrigue, action, love, betrayal, heroism . . . it's all there.)
3. The Best Cinematography in a movie ever - Jacob's Ladder (This movie is so strange and part of the reason is because it looks amazing.)
4. The Best Costumes in a movie ever - Star Wars (You gotta love the Stormtroopers.)
5. The Best Screenplay for a movie ever - Memento (This is just an ultra cool story and it makes for a really good flick.)
6. The Best Song from a movie ever - Eye of The Tiger (Think about it . . . is it even possible to hear that song and not think of Rocky kicking bootie? I humbly submit that it is not.)
7. The Best Director of a movie ever - Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Series (This is how they live, right? I think actual gangsters try to act like those people.)
8. The Best Picture ever - Blade Runner (I almost said The Matrix here and for Screenplay, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I do think The Matrix is one of the most important films of the past 20 years. Blade Runner is sort of the same way with me. Every time I watch it, I find myself wanting to live in the world it creates. Flying cars and perpetual rain . . . the future looks pretty darn sleek and sexy.)
Ben O.
Read 'em and weep . . .
1. The Best Actress in a role ever - Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham (Cute!?! Baby ducks are cute . . .)
2. The Best Actor in a role ever - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (Sophistication, intrigue, action, love, betrayal, heroism . . . it's all there.)
3. The Best Cinematography in a movie ever - Jacob's Ladder (This movie is so strange and part of the reason is because it looks amazing.)
4. The Best Costumes in a movie ever - Star Wars (You gotta love the Stormtroopers.)
5. The Best Screenplay for a movie ever - Memento (This is just an ultra cool story and it makes for a really good flick.)
6. The Best Song from a movie ever - Eye of The Tiger (Think about it . . . is it even possible to hear that song and not think of Rocky kicking bootie? I humbly submit that it is not.)
7. The Best Director of a movie ever - Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather Series (This is how they live, right? I think actual gangsters try to act like those people.)
8. The Best Picture ever - Blade Runner (I almost said The Matrix here and for Screenplay, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. I do think The Matrix is one of the most important films of the past 20 years. Blade Runner is sort of the same way with me. Every time I watch it, I find myself wanting to live in the world it creates. Flying cars and perpetual rain . . . the future looks pretty darn sleek and sexy.)
Ben O.
posted by Ben O. | 11:08 AM
10 Comments:
Never seen Bull Durham.
Casablanca's one of my favs.
Never seen Jacob's Ladder.
What I don't get about the Stormtroopers is they wear that armor, but it doesn't deflect anything. It's kind of pointless, don't you think?
Never seen Memento.
I play the Eye of the Tiger riff on the guitar. One of the first things I learned.
The first two Godfathers are some of the best movies ever made.
Blade Runner is in my top 10.
I had to laugh at Star Wars.
Haven't seen Bull Durham but Susan Sarandon is great. Rocky Horror Picture Show, anyone?
Casablanca is on my list of movies to see before I die.
Jacob's Ladder confused the crap outta me.
Star Wars - Well chosen!
Memento - Ummm.. don't think I've seen it.
Eye of the Tiger - good point.
The Godfather... LOL! You may be right!
Blade Runner - I don't remember if I saw it. I vote for The Matrix.
It's so weird how some people see these things so differently from yourself. Blade Runner? Blech. =)
I too laughed at Star Wars.
Wait, was this all a joke?
Cool Meme! I have never seen Blade Runner.
I'm in shock at how many people out there have never seen Blade Runner.
NOW HEAR THIS!
Homework assignment - Go rent Blade Runner and watch it.
Write a report and turn it in by Wednesday.
Ben O.
Yes, everyone should watch Blade Runner... but first visit your doctor and get a prescription for anti-depressants. Or maybe that was just my reaction to Blade Runner?
It HAS been a while, but I went during college to a special screening of the Director's Cut of Blade Runner. While I really enjoyed it, I have to say that the vision of the future was somewhat bleak. I much prefer the Firefly/Serenity view! :-)
First I have to get over Zombieslayer's "I have never seen" list of movies. Wow! You need to get started renting some classics, bro!
Next, you're gonna slaughter me--I didn't like Blade Runner. Now, Harrison Ford is forever my hero but that movie was just plain boring! I don't get why everybody loves this movie.
I loved Memento. You're right, the screenplay kicked ass but I must say that American Beauty has that movie outdone by a long shot--and then my choice was The Departed, a newbie film but will create history and be talked about in Great Lists to come from here on out.
Jacob's Ladder scarred me for *life*. I should not have seen it as a young, impressionable person. Nope. Good choice--
The only thing I can figure out re: the people who haven't seen The Blade Runner is that they must be from a younger crowd. Kind of like my co-workers who think Paul Newman is only known for salad dressing. Yup, I wept that day.
I disagree on a couple of these, but the one I disagree about the most (other than anything remotely sci-fi) is Best Song from a Movie ever.
I humbly submit that that title belongs to "Needle in the Hay" from The Royal Tenenbaums, or "Between the Bars" from Good Will Hunting, or "Let's Get Lost" from Thumbsucker.
Me? A thing about Elliott Smith? What makes you say that?!?
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