Now: I like movies. Julie and I go to them on some occasions and even do this newfangled Pay-Per-View on others.
Yet the list of movies I haven’t seen is maybe more, um, impressive than the list of those I have.
I’m talking about movies that transcend the film world and become cultural icons. The kind of movies that though I haven’t seen them, I still know something of their content.
The kind of movies that when I tell my friends I haven’t seen them, their jaws drop in disbelief.
So here they are: five movies that through my avoidance I know I’m missing something great:
5. Castaway. There’s a plane wreck, Tom Hanks doing his best Grizzly Adams, and a soccer ball named Wilson. Have I missed anything?
4. Citizen Kane. Does anyone else think the image of Orson Welles below looks a lot like Leonardo DiCaprio?
3. Seabiscuit. Maybe if the name of the movie had been Secretariat, I’d have gone. Or even Mr. Ed. But not Seabiscuit.
2. The Godfather. Speaking of horses . . .
1. The Shawshank Redemption. I know, I know. No self-respecting American male should miss this one. And I even tried once . . . but my squeamishness about a) prison scenes and b) long crawls through human waste made me give up before I was 30 minutes in.
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Oh, pastor. This is not acceptable. We need to help you.
CHURCH MOVIE NIGHT!
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I haven’t seen Seabiscuit or The Shawshank Redemption either. Castaway and Citizen Kane are WAY overrated. The Godfather is really good though.
Well, glad to know you’re a pastor who actually goes to movies. So, now, I want to know if you play cards and dance!!!
It is obvious that you love to read…
Might I suggest the BOOK Seabiscuit? It is one of the most well written books. Trust Me!
Movies that kind of had an impact for years to come: ” Remember The Titans”, and “Hoosiers “. “2001 Space Odessesy”, just for the special effects and imagination of director Stanley Kubrick in its time.
“Get busy living or get busy dying”…Andy Dufresne
I believe it is time for you to lay the book down, turn off Henley, and start living.
Are you missing anything? Helen Hunt!
I watched Argo a couple weeks ago….it was okay…but Best Picture? On the other hand the Academy overlooked Shawshank. Morgan Freeman’s narration and final parole hearing line reading are among the best in film history. ORU President Mark Rutland has done at least a dozen sermons called “Best Picture” where he connects films to inspirational stories. Speaking of inspirational author Laura Hillenbrandt while researching Seabiscuit uncovered the overlooked story of Louis Zamperini a California track star who was in the 36 Berlin Olympics, became a Japanese POW after surviving a month adrift at sea, who went on to accept Christ at the ’49 LA tent revival of Billy Graham……she followed up Seabiscuit with Unbroken about Zamperini. But I digress….