Charlie...I apologize for posting over your Ween blog but I had to take a moment and pay some tribute. I do not have the time to spend on this subject that it deserves as my boss is waiting downstairs to spend the day with me, my boss who has the same exact beard that George Michael did in the 80's. Speaking of the 80's...one man truly dominate the 80's and we lost that man yesterday. John Hughes, a man who possibly shaped our generation more than any other director in my lifetime (I believe that) passed away at that age of 59. A man who was completely in touch with what it was to be a teenager filled with angst and insecurity died far too young. But like Mike Jack, the legacy and catologue he left behind will resonate for some time. The following is a sample of that catologue, it is mind blowing:
Mr. Mom
National Lampoons Vacation (and Europeon and Christmas)
Sixteen Candles
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
Weird Science
Dutch (A serious sleeper)
Pretty in Pink
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Home Alone
Some Kind of Wonderful
Plains Trains and Automobiles
The Great Outdoors
Uncle Buck
Career Opportunities
There are much more. I will enjoy these films till I join John in that great big weird 80's high school in the sky. And always remember "if you mess with the bull, you get the horns".
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The Great Outdoors is my favorite on this list. It certainly would make my top 10 if I had one. A rushed top 10:
1) The Natural
2) Major League
3) Hoosiers
4) Shawshank
5) The Fugitive
6) Hoop Dreams
7) Blues Brothers
8) The Great Outdoors
9) Bull Durham
10) New Jack City
i certainly understand the need to post over a silly picture of ME and an epic video for the John Hughes. Wam and i were going over his directing and writing credits last night and its truly remarkable. the man was not only brilliant he was super prolific. ed oneil in dutch is classic shit. since we are making this about us and our favortie movies i will oblige (as my list includes some hughes flicks as well).
1. ferris buellers day off
2. caddyshack
3. national lampoons vacation
4. buffalo 66
4. rushmore
5. the swimmer
6. hoosiers
7. point break
8. the royal tannenbaums
9. oh brother, where art thou?
10. husbands
What's the 80's?
“The script for ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles’ was the best script I had ever read. When I asked John how long it took to write it, he said, ‘I wrote it over the weekend’. The weekend. That shows you what he was able to do.” -Steve Martin
“He was funny from the start. You know he began his career writing for ‘National Lampoon’…. A piece called ‘My Vagina’. Very funny. Right from the beginning. If you haven’t read it, you should find it.” --Steve Martin
Found-- click below to read:
http://www.tgfa.org/fiction/MyVagina.htm
hager blues brothers is in ur top ten?
Having a hard time narrowing it down further than top 15...and I know I am gorgetting something. Her is an attempt:
1.Star Wars
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. The Breakfast Club
4. Goodfellas
5.American Beauty
6. Die Hard
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. the Dark Knight
9. the Big Lebowski
10. Amelie
11. True Romance
12. Buffallo 66
13.caddyshack
14. Shawshank
15. O brother
True Romance=Brad Pitt's greatest role.
And Bronson Pinchot's second greatest role
MW, Top Ten??
Yes, Blues Brothers is in my Top Ten. It is technically a musical, but there isn't a finer musical ever made.
1. Weekend at Bernies II
2. Austin Powers: Goldmember
3. Flash Gordon
4. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
5. Ace Ventura II: When Nature Calls
6. Clueless
7. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
8. Ace Ventura Pet Detective
9. South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
10. Sheena
1. Nacho Libre
2. Nacho Libre
3. Nacho Libre
4. Nacho Libre
5. Nacho Libre
6. Nacho Libre
7. Nacho Libre
8. Nacho Libre
9. Nacho Libre
10. Nacho Libre
MW, where does Mr. Bean fit into your list?
Mr. Bean is #107,569,999,9999. So, he isn't dead last, but only bc. he is such a good lip syncher.
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