Beetlejuice
Juno: What's wrong?
Barbara: We're very unhappy.
Juno: What did you expect? You're dead!
If I had the time to rewatch this I hazard to guess I would have found a spot for it somehow. A heavy Rewatch film from my earlier daze that has been a while since my last revisit but one I truly enjoy. One of my favorite Winona Ryder roles and I've loved Catherine O'Hara ever since watching her on the Canadian skit show
SCTV so her sublime approach to characters like her is an utter delight for me. Unlike others, I continue to believe Michael Keaton nailed his bombastic role of Beetlejuice.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well, you lying... unconstant... succubus!
Vernon T. Waldrip: Whoa, whoa, whoa! You can't swear at my fiancé!
Ulysses Everett McGill: Oh, yeah? Well, you can't marry my wife!
A highly loved and quotable film in our household though I went with one from the Coens that causes me greater laughs. Not to say this is NO slouch when it comes to the comedic moments along with a very serious Soundtrack that earned even greater admiration by us fans than the film itself. And considering the film, the dialogue and the actors, that's a helluva thing to say.
M*A*S*H
Hawkeye Pierce: Morning, Frank. Heard from your wife? A bunch of the boys asked me to, uh, ask you, Frank, what Hot Lips was like in the sack. You know, was she...
Frank Burns: Mind your own business.
Hawkeye Pierce: No Frank, you know, is she better than self-abuse? Does that- does that big ass of hers move around a lot, Frank or does it sort of lie there flaccid? What would you say about that?
Would you say that she was a moaner, Frank? Seriously Frank. I mean, does she go "ooooh" or does she lie there quiet and not do anything at all?
Frank Burns: Keep your filthy mouth to yourself.
Hawkeye Pierce: Or does she go "uh-uh-uh"?
[Frank leaps over the table and attacks Hawkeye]
Hawkeye Pierce: Get him off me! I've got glasses. Get him off me!
Duke Forrest: What's going on, Frank? That lesson one?
Hawkeye Pierce: Frank Burns has gone nuts! I'm wearing glasses, for God's sake!
Trapper John: Watch out for your goodies, Hawkeye! That man is a sex maniac; I don't think Hot Lips satisfied him. Don't let him kiss you, Hawkeye!
If my vague memory works, somewhat I believe the TV was hitting its second season when I saw the censored version on TV and as the show lost its sharp wit through the following seasons I always had the original film to return to. Hell, I even read the Hooker books that delved into the characters and the hell-raising they caused after returning from Korea.
I true regret that it didn't make my list
Dazed and Confused
Mike: It's what everybody in this car needs is some good ol' worthwhile visceral experience.
For all the love I had for the 80's Teen Movies I never actually felt any nostalgia for when I was a teenager while watching them. Just nostalgic for those films and watching them, back then.
But, this brought up all kinds of memories of those dazes.
Probably because this is set on the Last Day of School and the first day of Summer vacation in 1976. At that time I was in 6th grade, in '79: a freshman in high school and a senior in '82, and our class were the final puffs off a nearly dead roach of that life before MTV became a thing, the drive-in burger joints were already becoming things of history and people started congregating in malls.
Suffice to say, I have more connections to the high-schoolers in this film; how they acted, the music they enjoyed, and the way they dressed, than the MTV crowd that came afterward.
It was quite the beautiful thing seeing so many characters and personas that clicked regarding people I hung out and partied with, back then.
Best In Show is one I haven't seen and probably should. Though unlikely I will.
Snatch
[Avi arrives in London]
Doug the Head: Avi!
Avi: Shut up and sit down, you big, bald f@ck. I don't like leaving my own country, Doug, and I especially don't like leaving it for anything less then warm sandy beaches, and cocktails with little straw hats.
Doug the Head: We've got sandy beaches...
Avi: So? Who the f@ck wants to see 'em?
I had discovered and was in full throttle fanboy with
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels so I was already won over when this hit the theaters. Between the two and
RocknRolla we bounce from one to the other in utter enjoyment. Truly impossible for me to place them in any order since they all hit the mark for us as we watch them over and over again.
Should it have been on my list? Yeah, it really should have. Shame on me.
Watched: 22 out of 28 (78.57%)
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25. Megamind (2010)
One Pointer
One Pointers: 18 out of 42 (40.47%)