Pic of the Day: “And in the end I think I’ve learned the final lesson from my travels in time; and I’ve even gone one step further than my father did. The truth is I now don’t travel back at all, not even for the day. I just try to live every day as if I’ve deliberately come back to this one day, to enjoy it, as if it was the full final day of my extraordinary, ordinary life.”
Pic of the Day: “You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You’re her oracle. You’re her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you’re in a constant state of panic.”
Pic of the Day: “Honey?” “What?” “Where’s my super suit?” “What?” “Where. Is. My. Super. Suit?” “I, uh, put it away.” “Where?” “Why do you need to know?” “I need it!” “Uh-uh! Don’t you think about running off doing no derring-do. We’ve been planning this dinner for two months!” “The public is in danger!” “My evening’s in danger!” “You tell me where my suit is, woman! We are talking about the greater good!” “’Greater good?’ I am your wife! I’m the greatest good you are ever gonna get!”
Pic of the Day: “You’ve been tryin’ to get yourself hung for the last fifteen years Kid. This time I think you might have made it.”
Pic of the Day: “Maman, I am leaving here. I am going to Paris. I shall become a painter. I shall try to make a life for myself.” “You will… you will be lonely there, Henri!” “I will be lonely anywhere, Maman.”
Pic of the Day: “Maybe he loves you” “Me?” “Why not? He is like dogs. A dog looks at you, wants to talk, and only barks.”
Pic of the Day: “We don’t need each other anymore. When that happens to two people, there’s nothing left.”
Pic of the Day: “Fuck off, Logan.” “Oh. So, you remember who I am now.” “I always know who you are. It’s just sometimes I don’t recognize you.”
Pic of the Day: “What happened? You came here to tell me what happened. Why did you change your mind? Scared of hurting me? Look, Nettie… I’m the kind of guy you can’t hurt. It doesn’t matter.”
Pic of the Day: “Would you look at how fast they put the names of all our guys who got killed?” “That’s a World War One memorial.” “But the name’s are the same.” “They always are.”
Pic of the Day: “You gonna focus up now, motherfucker and say it! ‘It’s me, Tugg!'” “It’s Me Tugg.” “That’s right! Now, Tugg who?” “Tugg who? I don’t know. Who are you?” “Me? I know who I am. I’m a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.”
Mike’s Top Ten of 1989
And we’re finally done with the 80s.
This is a very strong year, and I think that has to do with the growing independent film movement that would take over the 90s. You also get very strong top of the line stuff here. All the Best Picture nominees made the top 20 this year, and there were at least another two more options that could have made it and still kept the field as strong as it is.
Plus, the below the line stuff is all around solid. You can definitely tell we’re getting out of the 80s. Everything is starting to trend upward again. Even Disney! The Renaissance stars this year!
I feel like the top ten or fifteen will be largely the same for most people this year, with the exception of the two or three movies that are quintessentially ones that appeal specifically to me and likely are ones that most people haven’t seen as often as I have or don’t even know about.
But that’s what you come here for, isn’t it? (more…)
Pic of the Day: “You can lower your pistols, Lady Margaret.” “Unfortunately, I have no pistols.” “Your eyes. I’ve looked into pistol barrels that are warmer.”
Mike’s Top Ten of 1988
This is my favorite year of the 80s. And that has nothing to do with the fact that it’s the year of my birth. This year has, in my mind, the strongest set of films. I’ll take most of these ten over a lot of #1s and #2s from the other years.
You got an all-time great comedy, an all-time great action movie, two incredible animated films, four other classic comedies, an iconic Oscar-winning drama… and Moonwalker.
The top three movies on my list shaped my childhood. I am who I am because of those movies. You can’t say that about most years. (more…)
Pic of the Day: “You came back. Wait, don’t go.” “Please, leave us alone. I wanted to tell you that.” “I want to talk to you.” “Human beings are dangerous. If we’re seen, we have to leave. My parents said so.”
Mike’s Top Ten of 1987
This is one of the strongest overall years of the 80s. This list goes pretty deep. The theme of it seems to be “great directors making great movies.” And then other cool, offbeat stuff too.
I’m sure there are other years from this decade that can match this one, but the minute I look down at this list, I’m struck by who made most of the movies: Brooks, Kubrick, Boorman, Donner, Jewison, Reiner, the Coens, De Palma. Sure, it’s not the biggest on star power, but also, when you look at some of the movies on there, you might argue that they’re those directors’ best movies. Or at least the movie for which they’re best remembered.
My interest in the films is definitely also picking up overall, which might just be a head of steam knowing the decade is on the way out. (more…)
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