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 “Elmo” in I LOVE YOU MAN
Because of Paul Newman‘s sunglasses in THE COLOR OF MONEY.
Because of the INCEPTION BRRRRRRRAAAAAWWWWRWRRRMRMRMMRMRMMMMM!
Because of Jessica Rabbit’s seduction of Eddie Valiant in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
Because of Tim Curry as Darkness in LEGEND.
Because of Kevin Spacey. Period.
Because of the dinner scene from Julie Taymor‘s TITUS.
Because of Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s suit in NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER.
Because of stadium seating in movie theaters.
Because of Fred Ward in CAST A DEADLY SPELL.
Because of Christina Ricci in Woody Allen‘s ANYTHING ELSE.
Because of Mondo Movie Posters.
Because of the blatant ALIEN/BLADE RUNNER rip-off that is SPLIT SECOND.
Because of what Marcellus Wallace looks like.
Because of the LORD OF THE RINGS Extended Editions.
Because of Arnold Schwarzenegger losing his shit in KINDERGARTEN COP.
Because of Ed Harris in APOLLO 13.
Because of the worm in SECRETARY.
Because of the dinner scene from HOOK.
Because of this guy sweeping air in QUANTUM OF SOLACE.
Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!