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 Alan Rickman in DIE HARD
Because of every F-word in SCARFACE
Because of the tears in the rain line from BLADE RUNNER
Because of how MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO makes me smile every time I see it
Because of Paul Reubens death scene in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Because of Paul Reubens in BLOW
Because of every scene Sharon Stone appears in in CASINO
Because of Spud shitting the bed in TRAINSPOTTING
Because of the dream sequences in PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Because of the creature designs in THE THING
Because of Mickey Rourke’s performance in SIN CITY
Because of the color coded children in SMALL CHANGE
Because Satan is the father of ROSEMARY’S BABY
Because of Roman Polanski in this scene from THE TENANT
Because DAWN OF THE DEAD proved remakes can be as good as the original and still be different
Because a shark battles a zombie in ZOMBI
Because Peter Sellers’ performance in BEING THERE is one of the greatest of all time
Because of the way Tony Scott directed MAN ON FIRE
Because nobody puts baby in the corner
Because of the Stained Glass Knight in YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!