Last Updated on August 2, 2021
Why do I love movies? Well, that is a loaded question. How much time do you have? I could go into a long-winded diatribe about the art of film-making or the magic of the movies, but all of that has been said countless times before. Not every movie is a masterpiece, but every film has touched me in one way or another. Every other week, we will look at a handful of reasons why movies are so damn great..
I love movies…because of Donald Sutherland finding the dwarf in DON’T LOOK NOW
Because of the way Calvin Candie says “sonsabitches!”
Because of Jodie Foster in CANDLESHOE
Because of the shock ending of SLEEPAWAY CAMP
Because of Gene Hackman versus Lance Henriksen in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
Because of THE CRIPPLED MASTERS and the fact it even exists
Because of the children in VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
Because of the opening monologue of DUNE
Because of the train sequence in THE LONE RANGER
Because of the cotton candy cocoons in KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE
Because of the trailer for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Because of the whistle at the end of PRISONERS
Because of Peter O’Toole playing the same king in BECKET and THE LION IN WINTER
Because of the commercial in HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
Because of the fake trailers in GRINDHOUSE
Because of Paul Newman eating hard boiled eggs in COOL HAND LUKE
Because of Roman Polanski‘s cameo in CHINATOWN
Because of Ewan McGregor singing Come What May in MOULIN ROUGE
Because of Heath Ledger and the pencil trick in THE DARK KNIGHT
Because of the Mila Kunis/Natalie Portman love scene in BLACK SWAN
Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!
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