finerisms asked: John you complain more about movies than you praise them. That's fine but I'm just wondering what you consider to be some of your favorite movies?
Some of my favorite movies? Well, in no particular order:
Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup (Marx Brothers 1931,1932,1933) Sherlock Jr., The General (Buster Keaton 1924,1926) The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin 1940) Ip Man (Donnie Yen 2008) The Andromeda Strain (Robert Wise 1971) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks 1974) Batman Begins ( Christopher Nolan 2005) The Lion King (Disney 1994) I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (Keenen Ivory Wayans 1988) Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders 2009) Bronson (Tom Hardy 2008) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bunuel 1972) Star Trek (J.J. Abrams 2009) Toy Story 3, The Incredibles, WALL-E (Pixar 1995, 2004, 2008) Moon (Duncan Jones 2009) The Fly (David Cronenberg 1986) Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow 2004) Let’s Do it Again, Stir Crazy (Sidney Poitier 1975, 1980) Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Coming to America (John Landis 1980, 1983, 1988) Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright 2004, 2007) Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen 1952) Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Clockers, Get on the Bus (Spike Lee 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996) King Kong (Peter Jackson 2005) Die Hard (Jon McTiernan 1995) White Nights (Taylor Hackford 1985) .
Just to name a few.
