Guaranteed to work

I just can't wait to see new DVD releases, so now that I will have to wait a month for them to get to Netflix, I will just have to go out and buy them right away instead, just like they hoped I would.

Movie Time

A few new movies I am anxious for:

Caprica, a direct to DVD prequel to Battlestar Galactica. I was just released and now at the top of my DVD queue. Basically the pilot for an upcoming series for SciFi channel (I think Syfy is rediculous).

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio for Brave New World. Appears to be on the shelf for another year or two, but it could have potential. There's been some lackluster classic scifi adaptations before but if anyone could redeem the theme it would probably be those two.

More Movies

I feel obliged to list some favorite movies after edgrimly and chopper posted their own lists. I'm going to try and avoid repeats even though some of their picks might be on my list (Blood Diamond, Lost in Translation, and Caddyshack especially)...so here goes:

Comedy: Dumb and Dumber, Coming to America, The Naked Gun, Road To ______

Not many movies make me laugh out loud through the whole thing but these did.

War Movies: Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, All Quiet on the Western Front

Even after seeing it countless times, Full Metal Jacket is still as engrossing as it was the first time. You won't find any Clive Cussler (Sahara) style filmmaking -war as an awesome X-treme sport-save the day and make it home by the weekend to bang all the hot chicks- in any of these though.

--Honorable Mention: Paths of Glory, 3 Kings, Thin Red Line, The Battle of Algiers

Sci Fi/Fantasy: Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Terminator

Like Full Metal Jacket, I can watch the Fifth Element over and over and enjoy it every time.

Horror/Action/Thriller/Suspense etc.: The Italian Job, Munich, Mulholland Drive, Heat, Bourne Trilogy, The Devil's Advocate

Not even Neo-Ted Theodore Logan could ruin The Devil's Advocate, though try he did.

--Honorable Mention: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Had it not been made by Disney, this could have been a much greater movie. I know it's cliche to say that the book was better than the movie, but in this case there's no contest.

A few more: Opening Night/Woman Under the Influence/Faces, The Game, Cloak and Dagger, Touch of Evil, To Have and Have Not