I Am Ridiculous
Hi, my name is Jo and I have a problem. I collect things. Specifically, DVDs which I may or may not ever have time to watch again in my lifetime.
After cleaning out my home office and filling up four bags full of old CDs (mostly compilations, soundtracks & CD singles) and VHS tapes to sell, I felt a sense of accomplishment. That was short lived.
Tonight I brought those items to Rasputin, and then applied every cent of the store credit earned from the sale of the CDs and tapes to obtain 7 new DVDs.
In alphabetical order, here are the latest additions to my collection:
DINER
1982. Directed by Barry Levinson. Starring Kevin Bacon, Ellen Barkin, Tim Daly, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Reiser, Mickey Rourke and Daniel Stern. Classic college, coming-of-age male bonding film.
THE GIFT
2000. Directed by Sam Raimi, co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. Starring Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Keanu Reeves, Giovanni Ribisi and Hilary Swank. Underrated thriller with Blanchett as a psychic. Reeves plays against type and pulls off town creep with great success.
ONCE
2006. Directed and written by John Carney. Starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. From Sundance to the Oscars, this was the little-film-that-could, and last year's indie darling with the best soundtrack of the year.
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
1990. Directed by Mike Nichols, written by Carrie Fischer. Starring Annette Bening, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, Shirley Maclaine, Denis Quaid, Rob Reiner and Meryl Streep. Fischer's thinly veiled autobiography on the big screen, she was a mess and it made for a very entertaining film.
ROMEO + JULIET
1996. Directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Starring Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau (Michael on Lost), Paul Rudd and Paul Sorvino. A very visual and fast paced contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's original.
THIRTEEN DAYS
2000. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Starring Kevin Costner, Steven Culp and Bruce Greenwood. Fascinating look at Kennedy and his team during the Cuban missile crisis.
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
2006. Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Halle Berry, Eric Dane (McSteamy; see photo above), Ben Foster, Kelsey Grammar, Famke Jansen, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Rebecca Romijn and Patrick Stewart.
I could justify my habit by asserting that it is healthier than smoking, drugs and drinking...but I won't. Everyone has their vice.
"Diner" is greatness. I also agree that "The Gift" is way underrated! Keanu has been great in a few movies & he may get too much of a hard time. I could lose my man card for this but I love "A Walk In The Clouds" & I think Keanu is great in it.
"Thirteen Days" is the most thrilling movie you can watch that takes place pretty much in three rooms for two hours. What a cool movie!
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I think I'm going to be forced to buy Once. I keep moving it to the top of my Netflix queue so I can see it again.
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We had this convo at the Oscar Party - HAVOC. It's a must have. The Princess flaunts her Diaries. Plus it is a pretty good movie and even goes as far as to include social commentary on the youth today - if you're into that. Possibly a modern day impact that the movie KIDS had in the mid 90s?
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