10 Movies I Want to Own, But Always Forget to Buy
In no particular order:
1. Apt Pupil
A not too well known movie starring Ian McKellen. A school boy discovers his neighbor was a Nazi from WWII. The boy decides to leverage this knowledge to learn more about WWII from McKellen.
2. Some Like it Hot
Hilarious older film starring Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. It still makes me laugh to this day.
3. Cool World
Cartoons doing people, people doing cartoons. Hot animated breasts. What more could you ask for?
4. The Good Son
Culkin and Elijah Wood square off as a “good” and “bad” son. A dark story about one child who goes too far with stirring up “fun” in the neighborhood.
5. Glory
A great war movie starring Ferris Buehler himself. Still chokes me up to this day.
6. Open Your Eyes
A Mexican version of the well hated Vanilla Sky that was released in America. Most critics say Open Your Eyes is far superior and even “good.” Open Your Eyes was released in Mexico before Vanilla Sky was released in America. Apparently psycho Tom Cruise is the critical factor.
7. Dirty Pretty Things
The underground black market of organ sales has an effect on the lives of the already troubled main characters. A drama with an unlikely hero, this movie is worth not only watching once, but owning.
8. Flowers in the Attic
A drama in which one mother decides to lock away, and slowly poison her own children. This film leaves you feeling uneasy the entire way through. Eventually the kids discover their mother’s ultimate intentions and fight back.
9. The Usual Suspects
Kevin Spacey weaves an imaginative tale of events as the one and only Keyser Soze. No movie I’ve ever seen has been able to keep me so far from guessing the final spin than this movie. It is a classic and well crafted all around.
10. The Shawshank Redemption
One of my favorite movies of all time, yet I amazingly don’t own it. I somehow always seem to forget that this needs to be part of my collection. Robbins and Freeman deliver big on this blockbuster. I’ve never felt so happy for a main character than I do for Andy Dufresne as he’s cashing out all the bank accounts.