Why am I blogging??
Am I the last person on the planet to begin blogging? I held out as long as I could, but the inevitable cannot be avoided. Maybe it’s because there’s something inside me that wants to lag behind; if I’m ignorant as long as possible, no one can blame me for being hopelessly out of date.
I simply like the fact that there are certain things out there that I haven’t experienced yet, but fully intend to. Maybe it gives me the idea that there are a set of experiences out there that are “on my list” of things to do someday.
Throughout my life, there have always been a handful of movies that for some reason or another I don’t see when they’re wildly popular, but then years later, I get around to it. I suppose the most recent example is that I finally watched the movie “Rocky” for the first time. Yeah, that’s right, I got around to seeing “Rocky” 34 years after it came out. And I’m sure seeing “Rocky” for the first time in 2010 isn’t the same as seeing it in 1976 — but in ‘76 I was too busy waiting in line at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium to see the Freedom Train.
Well, as long as I’m on to movies, here’s my Top 10 movies of the past decade, my favorites from 2000-2009:
1. Castaway (2000) … could Tom Hanks be any better?
2. Nicholas Nickelby (2002) … wonderful story-telling & acting.
3. Borat (2006) … Very nice!
4. High Fidelity (2000) … brilliant script; perfectly cast.
5. The Painted Veil (2006) … cinematography & superb story.
6. A Mighty Wind (2003) … these people are funny.
7. Gladiator (2000) … kicking keyster in ancient Rome!
8. Team America: World Police (2004) … couldn’t stop laughing.
9. Waitress (2007) … How can I resist a movie based on pie?
10. The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) … super witty – and Reese Witherspoon!
Just one man’s opinions. I’ll see you on the radio.
Teddy W.
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:16 am
Good to see you workin’ the blog Ted. I didn’t see “Rocky” when it came out either. Of course I wasn’t born yet in ‘76. Just my opinion, but I preferred “Raging Bull.” I don’t buy Rocky getting the Oscar over “All the President’s Men” and “Taxi Driver,” but “Raging Bull” can’t beat “Ordinary People?”
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Wow — SO good to see someone else with Castaway as their favorite (from the past few years) Everyone thinks I’m nuts that I liked it so much (of course, I liked Forrest Gump a great deal, too).
Have you see the more recent release “Moon”? While not as good as Castaway, it still captures that “one man-one set” type of thing for most of the movie - which takes a great deal of acting ability on the part of Sam Rockwell — keep things simple and just act. You can pick it up at any Redbox right now I think.
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Forgot to mention — on the radio you said you don’t know what to blog about. How about some of that great GridIron humor for those of us who haven’t been privileged enough to be able to attend GridIron in many years? I hear you are a pretty good writer when it comes to that kind of city satire…