3 posts tagged “movies”

I turned 28 yesterday. You'll all be happy to learn that I received enough birthday greetings and presents to delay my inevitable village-destroying wrath. The gods of Katy Mountain are appeased (for now). Among the birthday loot was a DVD set of Dark Shadows: the Revival, which was great. Remember that show? Here's a brief summary if you're like me and weren't allowed to watch it when it was on the air:

VICTORIA WINTERS: My name is Victoria Winters, and someone in this house is a vampire...

BARNABAS COLLINS: Raaaaaaaaa! I'm a vampire! I've been a vampire for TWO HUNDRED YEARS!

WILLIE LOOMIS: Wull, gee, Barnabas. I'll be your servant. You don't have to go killing people and stuff.

DOCTOR JULIA HOFFMAN: Barnabas, I couldn't sleep last night, so I whipped up a cure for cancer. Oh, and your anti-vampire serum is ready so that you can stop killing people (and maybe love me).

BARNABAS: I haven't eaten a McRib sandwich in TWO HUNDRED YEARS! I love someone for this!

DOCTOR HOFFMAN: It's me!

BARNABAS: Victoria Winters is my long lost love reincarnated... from TWO HUNDRED YEARS ago!

DOCTOR HOFFMAN: Hold the phone. What?

BARNABAS: TWO! HUNDRED! YEARS!

VICTORIA: My name is Victoria Winters, and somehow I've been transported back in time...

And then suddenly the series becomes amazing (I'm serious; it does), after which the season ends, and then THERE'S NO MORE. That's it! Aaaaaa!!

I also acquired Criterion versions of some of my favorite Kurosawa films, ensuring that I am more awesome than everyone else who watches movies. All of the above plus the Moroccan dinner at Marrakesh made for a lovely birthday indeed. The end.

P.S. - I said there'd be more about Thanksgiving, didn't I? Here you go:

Question.

If I made it a goal to see every vampire flick available, which ones should I see first that I haven't already?

I've already seen:

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Dracula (Legosi)
the Spanish version of that same Dracula
Dracula 2000
Dracula's Daughter
From Dusk Till Dawn
House of Dracula
Interview with the Vampire (oops! Almost forgot this one!)
Love at First Bite
Nosferatu: eine Symphonie des Grauens
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Queen of the Damned
Salem's Lot
Shadow of the Vampire
Son of Dracula
The Dark Prince
The Horror of Dracula
The Hunger
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (it sorta counts?)
The Lost Boys
Underworld
Underworld 2
Vampyr
Van Helsing
and some crappy porno about vampires. Hey, it was on cable.

There are a lot of films I've missed out on. It's not that I'm anti-movie. Movies just haven't ever been a big priority for me, and I grew up watching films that were way before my time. Before my parents' time. ...some of them before my grandparents' time. I like to think this means I'm all cool and artsy, but I'm really just an underexposed poseur. Hey, I'll say it.

Below are all the movies I can think of that people keep telling me to see. Feel free to add suggestions or opinions.

(ETA 10/11/07: if it's crossed out, that means I've finally seen it. Go me!)

300
A Beautiful Mind
Airplane!
American Pie
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Austin Powers
Batman Begins
Braveheart
Cars
Cecil B. Demented
Children of Men
Coming to America
Constantine
Die Hard
Dr. Strangelove
Ed Wood
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fatal Attraction
Glitter (for laughs, I think... hope)
Halloween
Harold and Maude
Heat (not Warhol's - good GOD, no)
Heathers
Hot Fuzz
L.A. Confidential
Lethal Weapon
Oldboy
Platoon
Risky Business
Run Lola Run
Say Anything
Scream
Snatch
Superman Returns
Taxi Driver
The 40 Year Old Virgin
The Bourne... Whatevery
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
The Incredibles
The Italian Job
Trainspotting
Unbreakable
Vanilla Sky
Walk the Line
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Edited to add from the LiveJournal peeps:

Gypsy83
Groove
The Wicker Man (the original - not the one with Cage)
Paper Moon
Man Bites Dog
Nil By Mouth
Where The Day Takes You
But I'm A Cheerleader
Vulgar
Accepted
Saved!
House of Fools (aka Dom durakov)
Meet the Robinsons
Waitress

I know there are others, but the above was all I could think up while waiting for the kettle to boil. Chances are, if you ask me "Have you seen..." the answer will be "no." Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a weekend to start. Yes, sirs and ma'ams, I have tomorrow off. Kiss it!