But there are a select number of movies of great critical or cult status that I have managed to avoid. Sometimes it's because they have come to be standard-bearers for politics---like Forrest Gump. Lennox! You haven't seen Forrest Gump????
I have no good excuse for some others, like The Big Labowski, which I read in an article today has become a giant cult movie. I also discovered in the article that there is a Birmingham-Southern Associate Professor of English, Fred Ashe, who contributed an essay to the book "“The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies,” (Indiana University Press, $24.95). Honest. Go professor!
I haven't seen Band of Brothers, The Pianist, Up, or City of God, the last three of which are listed on the best movies of the past decade.
Regarding Up, I have a bias against animation. Lennox! Animation??? I grew up watching and enjoying cartoons like most kids...read lots of comics...but somehow I avoid them now. I did see Wall-e, and kinda liked it.
I googled the phrase "Best Movies You Haven't Seen" and there was a Slate article about ten flicks from this past year..only TWO of which I actually did see...World's Greatest Dad and that mess with the guy who has his heart stolen by terrorists. Really.What's the big-name flick you've never seen...and why?
No comments:
Post a Comment