Movies you should know

I've got a couple articles that I keep making updates to like Cat's Suck and Musical people you should know...well add to it Movies you should know.

Alas, I think it was inevitable.

These lists will be generated by movies that for whatever reason have slipped through the cracks. They might be known by most of your or just some of you but let us not forget that if we transfer our love for something into someone else we are all the better for it. My sexy little romantic-self truly believes that if I get ONE person into something I write about I've won. 

So let's start out with a few shall we?



Big Trouble in Little China

Man oh man. How do I even begin to describe the awesomeness that is this movie?

We could start with Kurt Russell who is always the man and seems to be doing his best John Wayne impersonation throughout most of the film but that doesn't seem enough.

This movie is highly multi-genrrific (multi-genre + terrific). It's part comedy, drama, western, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and martial arts movie. It's got something for everyone...that's part of why it's so damn good and you should know it!

The flick is basically about a mishmash of characters who get caught trying to save and protect two women with green eyes who are needed by an ancient sorcerer who wishes to renew his existence by taking their blood and making them his wives. Did I mention this takes place in modern day?

Trust me, it's a lot of fun!

It also meets my very own litmus test for one of the most quotable movies around!





The Untouchables

The above trailer doesn't do this movie justice but it's a nice starting point and highlights some great moments in the flick. Now imagine the visuals with this music:

Awesome right?

The flick was made by Brian DePalma (one of our best working filmmakers) and stars my very own man-crush, Kevin Costner but has an extraordinary supporting cast as well.

The story is based on true events that took place during the 1920's during the age of prohibition. It's the story of Eliot Ness who banded a small group of law enforcement agents who were deemed "untouchable" because they couldn't be bribed or bought in any way during their mission to take down people within the Mafia like Al Capone. The events of the film are quick to explain that while prohibition can be debated either way, the men who took advantage of the flow of alcohol during this day were almost always guilty of extreme violence and the true law enforcement officers who went after them did so because of the violence they wrought and not because of any belief in the legality or illegality of alcohol.

It's a fantastic movie. One of the only "gangster" movies that I love and mostly because it focuses on heroes rather than villains.





Waiting...

This is a movie that is very close to my heart. 

It's about working in a restaurant and since I've spent more time than I'd like to admit working in restaurant's I can tell you that this movie get's more right than it get's wrong. It's not a great movie...but it's fun, funny, AND educational.

So many of the scenes with customers is spot-on. Hell, most of the quotes are spot-on:

"You know how this place is, people with the DAY OFF already know."

So effing true.

And of course every restaurant has the characters that are present within the film. It's almost autobiographical for every server in the industry and that speaks volumes as to our different way's of life, the way we treat other people, and how the idea that "the customer is always right" just might be ruining this country (more on that later).

The moral of the movie? Don't FUCK with the people who serve you food.

Common sense? I'd like to think so...but it sadly is not.


That's it for this installment...more to come!