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 how it feels when you find someone who knows the movie F/X as well as you
Because of Doc’s misunderstanding the word “heavy” in BACK TO THE FUTURE
Because of Pixar
Because of the clown doll in THE GAME
Because of Brad Pitt acting nuts in 12 MONKEYS
Because of the way I felt when I learned STAR WARS: EPISODE VII was coming
Because of the hours of debates I had about what THE MATRIX was all about
Because of Robert Downey Jr in TROPIC THUNDER
Because I learned my first curse words from FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR
Because of the three seashells in DEMOLITION MAN
Because of Matt Damon’s story about his brothers in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
Because of A CHRISTMAS STORY marathons on TBS every year
Because of the spaceship from EXPLORERS
Because of the first half of FULL METAL JACKET
Because of the second half of EYES WIDE SHUT
Because of the milkshake scene in THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Because of Frank Mackey’s inspirational speech in MAGNOLIA
Because of Tom Cruise in TROPIC THUNDER
Because of Russell Crowe asking if we are not entertained in GLADIATOR
Because of Leslie Nielsen’s racist daydream in SOUL MAN
Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!