Top Five Films! Bring it!

It’s the most difficult question-”What’s your favorite movie?”

I don’t think there’s one that I’d pick, even narrowing it down to a top 5 seems daunting, but I think I’ve narrowed it down…here we go.

These 5 are ranked on how they’ve affected me personally as well as how “good” I think the movie is, so it’s going to be a bit subjective, AND I should note that they’re not in any order, they are just in my top 5 rotation.

• The Usual Suspects-This is just darn good storytelling. You know what? It’s damn good. There, I said it. It’ll make you smack your forehead. If you haven’t seen this, I don’t know thee.
  
• Brick-I’ve posted about this movie before, and it’s just awesome. A hard-boiled detective story straight out of the 50′s, set in a modern day high school. Awesome dialogue, great characters, and a perfectly complimentary score.
  
• Glengarry Glen Ross-I saw this while I was living my telemarketing Hell, and it hit home. It’s got more amazing actors in one film than you’ll see in a summer of blockbusters, and each of them puts on a show. Alec Baldwin and Al Pacino both have monologues that alone are worth a rent.
  
• Romeo and Juliet-I’ve got reservations about Baz Luhrman, but this was a freaking home run. One of the best stories ever retold in a stylized version of modern day SoCal. The way Luhrman uses the old English language and makes it relevant is brilliant.
• Fight Club-Based on Chuck Pahlaniuk’s great novel, with the crappy job, rampant machismo, and pervasive nihilism, this movie speaks to the little anarchist living in my head. Ed Norton is brilliant, and Brad Pitt makes for an awesome Id.

There we go-my soul is bared. There is no denying the awesome-ness. Contradict this list at your own risk.

Crap I just thought of five more. Get ready for 6-10.

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