Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Alphabet Movie Soup

PJ tagged me with this meme last week. It was begun by Fletch at Blog Cabins. You name one movie for every letter of the alphabet. I'm going to skip the rules because most of you have seen them by now. Here's my list:

Airplane!-One of my favorite movies ever.
Bedazzled-I love both versions.
Cat Ballou-Lee Marvin is great in it and it also has a young Jane Fonda in it, grrr baby grrr.
Drug Store Cowboy-Matt Dillon's finest movie and it has Kelly Lynch in it, grrr baby grrr.
Eight Men Out-John Sayles take on the sad tale of the Chicago Black Sox. It costars a ton of people who went on to do bigger but not necessarily better things. And it features the late Studs Terkel as well.
Frankenhooker-A cheesy fun funny horror movie. It also features the finest non porn performance ever by Heather Hunter.
Go-A great little movie. Sarah Polley and Katie Holmes rock in this movie.
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle-Yes, it's a stoner comedy with all kinds of jokes about farting and getting high but I love it. What do you expect? I have the sense of humor of a 13 yr old.
I Heart Huckabees-If you hate this movie then you can bite me, I love it. It's funny and it has Naomi Watts in it so there, nah nah nah.
Jeremiah Johnson-One of the best westerns ever made.
King of Comedy-Deniro is creepily wonderful in this movie.
Lair of the White Worm-Another fun horror movie. Directed by Ken Russell and it has Amanda Donohoe and Catherine Oxenberg in it, grrr baby grrr.
Miller's Crossing-Marsha Gay Harden should have won her Oscar for this film. It's a brilliant gangster movie.
Nine to Five-Another great Jane Fonda movie.
O Lucky Man!-A crazy Malcolm McDowell movie musical from the late 60's/early '70's. I've seen most of it and the best thing about it is getting to see a young Helen Mirren's bare butt.
Patty Hearst-I lived through all of this and the movie got it pitch perfect. Natasha Richardson is knock your socks off great in this movie.
Quintet-One of Robert Altman's lesser thought of films from the 1970's. People are still trying to figure out just what the heck this movie was all about.
Rabbit Proof Fence-A great movie about a shitty time in Australian history. Also the DVD version has the best 'making of' feature ever made.
Soylent Green-I hated his right wing politics but I loved Heston's dystopian movies from the 1970's.
Tremors-Best movie Reba Whatshername ever made.
Up the Academy-One of the worst movie's ever made. Horrible. I'm still trying to forget how bad this movie was almost 30 years after I first saw it.
Virgin Suicides-A dreamy and sad movie. One of Kirsten Dunst's finest roles ever.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?-Clever animated/live action film.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl-X movies are hard to find. And yes, I've actually seen this film. I like Chinese movies, so there. Nah nah nah.
Young Frankenstein-Gene Wilder is brilliant, so is Marty Feldman, and don't get me started on the perfection that is Terri Garr. Her accent alone in this movie drives me wild.
Zardoz-Sean Connery rides around on a horse while wearing a thong thingy that is stretched over his lumpy hair body, people in masks ride around after him, women bitch about penises polluting them and the planet, what more could you want in a shitty 1970's sci fi movie? What's that? You want a super sexy Charlotte Rampling in the film as well? Okay then, you got it. Trust me, she's the best thing about this turkey.

Thanks for the tag PJ! I tag MN Mom, Enriched Geranium, Enc, and you to do this meme if you want.

10 comments:

Dr. Zaius said...

the original Bedazzled is one of my favorite movies.

Some Guy said...

I like to watch Jeremiah Johnson every so often. It's a classic. Thanks for the reminder, Dr. M!

MommyLisa said...

I love Go!

How about One Night at McCool's, also very small movie, but with cool people in it. Including Zeta-Jone's old man looking his actual age. ;)

Bridget Jones said...

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for not tagging me. Could never have managed this many movies.

Pilkey said...

Up the Academy? Wasn't that the Mad Magazine movie with Ralph Machio and Robert Downey, Jr? I saw that film and enjoyed it as a kid. Didn't it have a turd in the punchbowl scene? Hey Monk, you gonna plug the film fest or what?

Joe said...

Great list!I'm particularly impressed with your choices of Cat Ballou, Drug Store Cowboy, Lair of the White Worm and Tremors. Not typical list fare, no sir.

Barbara Bruederlin said...

Harold and Kumar! Awesome as they are, Doogie Howser totally stole the movie!

Brad said...

Frankenhooker kicks ass

beatgrl said...

I don't remember Helen Mirrin's butt in O Lucky Man, but I do remember Malcolm McDowell suckling at her breast. I loved that movie as a teenager. So out there weird.

PJ said...

Thanks for playing along, Dr M. You had some great picks too - Frankenhooker indeed!