Here We Go. Time To Start The Fun!

I here by promise all of you that I will provide you with intelligent, fun, and cool (albeit pretentious even though I'll never truly admit it) movie and pop culture talk. I've been drowning myself in movies for about six years now, with another handful just moderately submerged. A couple days ago I sat and thought, "What in the hell can I offer in terms of pop culture talk that they cannot get from other people?" My answer was, "Eh...probably not much, but either does most of those other dudes." I feel that I have seen enough movies, read about movies, and studied enough movies to warrant publishing my opinion, at least through a blog. I absolutely love movies, and I hope that my blog here will show so. I am not a Hollywood hating, indie loving, art film geek. Nor am I a studio loving, Michael Bay apologist. I'm not just going to post reviews either. I'll try to spend a little time writing about television, music, books, and various pop geekery.

Since I am a lover of lists, I will indulge a little. Top 10's usually piss me off by the way, because favorites change. Here are a few list of favorite movies, to let you into my mind a little. You could tell a lot about a guy by his favorite things. They are seperated into Modern/Classic by the release of Easy Rider, a revolutionary film in terms of style and execution.

Favorite Modern Films (Post-East Rider)
Shawshank Redemption
Young Frankenstein
History of Violence
Mean Streets
Clerks
Reservoir Dogs
Clean, Shaven
American Beauty
Aladdin
Fargo
Dark City
Silence of the Lambs
Se7en
Days of Heaven
City of Lost Children
The Conversation
Boogie Nights
Requiem For a Dream
Fisher King
Amelie
Gangs of New York
Straight Story
Aliens
Brazil
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Favorite Classic Films (pre-Easy Rider)
Some Like It Hot
Day The Earth Stood Still
Freaks
Magnificent Seven
Seven Samurai
Breathless
Bande a part
400 Blows
Bride of Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Arsenic and Old Lace
Princess and the Pirate
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein
North By Northwest
Rear Window
The Apartment
Sunset Boulevard
Lolita
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
Man With a Thousand Faces
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Searchers
Double Indemnity
The Third Man
Wild Strawberries