Feet On The Seat, Revisited

Registration for school is almost complete but an old question came up. What do I want to do? Medical Assisting was my desired field but I'm also being told that I have an option for nursing. It's a decision that I'm not going to take lightly. I'm weighing the options. The school transfer is a long process that I'm slowly getting through. As much as I want to bad mouth my previous school on the internet (Do you remember when that was the way to bash something?), I will refrain. I'll verbally warn people instead.

Let's jump.

Netflix. Oh, how I missed you. Netflix. I was a huge fan in the past because they had a great selection of independent films that was at the fingertips, but I slowly weened off over the years. Recently, I jumped back on the wagon with the trail and I'm seriously debating whether or not to remain on the wagon. Netflix. I can't say it enough. (You would think I have stock in the company)

My rediscovery led to a list.A list of my favorite movies up until this point. I have several but these are the most notable and in no order.

Scamper the Penguin

Yep, it's one of those kinda lists.  It's going to be more sporadic than anything. Scamper is a movie that I cherished as a child because it was Bambie, but it had significant differences. I still recall the golden cracker scene. It remains vivid in my mind. I own that movie after my mother picked it up while bargain hunting. You couldn't be able to tell our ages by the way we remembered about that movie out loud. Scamper deserves to be on the list due to the power to hold childhood memories. 

Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick was always more accessible to me than David Lynch (although, I'm a fan of both directors). I'm comparing the two because after the first view of this particular movie, I felt some simlarities to a David Lynch film. It was almost dream like. This movie left me with an askew view of relationships in general. It always amazed me taht none of the parties in the film committed adultery physically, but emotionally it tore through them. This is also the movie that started my Nicole Kidman fascination. It wasn't exactly in the pin up manner of speaking (although, I do have a Nicole Kidman poster). It was more in an appreciative manner. She's an amazing actress and this movie proves it. Sometimes, it's overshadowed by the tabloids at that time period, but this movie deserved more credit than it was due.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

This 1928 silent film introduced me to a world of cinema that I would have loved to be a part of. It follows a theme of being able to let go of what is close to one. From the opening sequence, I was hooked in. 

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

This movie left a bad, bad taste in my mouth, but not the same way Howard the Duck did. This movie had a way of grabbing a hold of me in the way it portrayed a child's twisted road of coming to age. The performances are breath taking. Marilyn Manson even makes a cameo as a creepo that sent chills down my spine.

"Boy, You ain't right"

I'm shivering now just thinking about it. This one is powerful but in a manner of being unafraid of showing a "other side of the tracks" life in a gut wrenching manner. 

The Road

I avoided this movie for the first year of it's release because quite frankly, I was tired of the apocalypse theme.  When I finally gave it time, I found one of the greatest movies that I've ever viewed. It's not so much a movie of survival as it is a story about the strength of a relationship between a father and son during a time where there isn't alot of hope. The wife and I sat down to view this and she agreed that it was good but I was using words such as "amazing" and " definitely a must have". The realization dawned on me that I releated to the character in the movie because I have a son. Well, I have sons. Although, I don't see the apocalypse in my future, I do see that inner need to do what it takes to keep the bond of family strong. 

 Long Island Expressway

I've mentioned this one before in the Ramblings but it needs another mentioning. I'll just leave out what I've mentioned before. Brain Cox's perfromance is unbelievable. He portrayed a monster that begged for sympathy. Although, the ending could seem over the top. The final spoken words are enough to send goosebumps up an arm. 

Toy Story

How could this movie ever be avoided? I'd like to think of this as a perfect movie. It entertained me as a child and made me chuckle as an adult. Disney and Pixar started a beautiful creation, and it continues. 

Fight Club

I once called this the greatest of all times. It's hard to call it a cult favorite because of all the positive reviews of it (There are negative, though). This movie made me laugh the first time, smirk the second, and quote it the third. Dark humor is scattered all over this one and the "surprise ending" isn't one that makes it a one time viewing. It actually makes it more intriguing and a bit more disturbing. 

Honorable Mentions: Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal (Yes, I liked that one), The Shining, Dogville, and Lost highway. 

That does it for me, for now. Thanks for reading.

Until next time,

MP