Movies People Like

Max, your idea is such a rational one that I'm pretty sure those kinds of restaurants already exist! I know I've been to multistory McDonald's restaurants in Miami and London. We just don't have the sense to do it in Indianapolis, or something.

Today, I watched Billy Madison, and my life makes just a little bit more sense now. First, we've got this guy:

I don't know what his real name is, but he's Josh Lyman on The West Wing (a thing I like). So while I realize that he's the antagonist in Billy Madison, I just kept thinking about how eloquent, witty, progressive, and awesome he is on The West Wing, and I just really wanted him to win during the movie.

Also, now I know what it means when people shout things like "Knibb High football rules!" or when they say "This does not make the ribosomes happy." And when Goyle in AVPM says, "Oh, Goyle rules!"

I mean, it's not a great movie, but it's a great movie. That's kind of my point in this post.

I like to think that all of my favorite movies are genuinely good movies, but that's really not true. I can look at my Facebook page and tell you that something like Mr. Holland's Opus is kind of a mediocre movie. A lot of the time, it's the context of a movie, a single character or quote in a movie, or a song in the soundtrack make it something we really like.

Of course, that's not true of all movies that people like -- The King's Speech, for instance, is a movie most people agree is beautifully and uniquely pieced together. What makes it a good movie for me, though, is the dry humor and the ecumenical theme of overcoming obstacles. It's a personal thing, which is what it all comes down to. Preposition.

Ramble ramble ramble. I like when John and Hank are together:

"That's what QWOP does to you. It makes you a bad person."

When I said "Five of My Favorite Movies," meant "Four of My Favorite Movies." I think I was going back and forth inside my head about how many movies I should list as I wrote that post. I'm glad I settled on four.

Well, I'm taking a break from reading Never Let Me Go for a few minutes so I can do this blog. I think I'm going to draw out typing this post because this book isn't as enticing as Brave New World was. Draaawwwiiiinnnngggg iiiitttt oooouuuuutttttttt.

All right, it's time for some news on this whole double punishment situation. Is everybody ready?

Yesterday, I got this text from Max:

"Our punishment should be to play QWOP until we reach 10 meters forward or back..."

That's a good start; it really is. But I think the goal should be higher. I've exceeded 15 meters before.

I think we should sit in the same room, each with a separate computer, and do nothing but play QWOP until one of us reaches 25 meters. We can share tips with each other like a team-building exercise. We'll have bonded so much by the end that it will have been a positive experience, but we'll also hate QWOP so much that it will have been a punishing punishment!

By the way, the title of this post is a quote from when Hank Green played QWOP on his gaming channel on YouTube. That was a very nerdy sentence.

Speaking of Hank Green, I've had this song stuck in my head for at least twenty-four hours now:

It's just so catchy! Very few songs make me want to dance.

Also, Max, no, I don't want to go the the petting zoo. I'm already wary of the regular zoo; it would take some convincing just to get me there, and it would take much more convincing to get me to walk around outside. I like the aquariums!

Until tomorrow, Max.
Shake-a-booty!

Five of My Favorite Movies

As the "cheese or chocolate" debate continues, I'm going to take a break from the feud and talk about something else. It's opportune that the day I decided to blog about this falls on a Monday -- that's right, today is one of my infamous Top Four Mondays (that aren't actually infamous because they've never happened before and probably will never happen agaaaaaiiin)!

Something interesting happened today. I was doing a lot of homework blogs, and as I was reading Never Let Me Go, I had music playing in the background. Beethoven's seventh symphony came on, and when I heard the second movement, I really wanted to watch The King's Speech.

THEN, after that, I was looking for a German article I could blog about, and I found one that looked fairly reasonable to read, and it was about a teenager in Germany who stutters. I didn't make the connection until after I was finished reading, and then I figured it was destined for me to watch The King's Speech today, so I did.

THEN, I wanted to blog about it, but not everybody wants to hear me talk about one movie for 628 words. What everyone does want to hear me talk about is four movies for 628 words! Subject-verb agreement is killing me.

These are my top four movies in nooo particular order:

1. The King's Speech: The most recent of my favorite movies, this film had a huge influence on me when I saw it last year. It's about finding one's voice, no matter what obstacles try to prevent that.

2. The Harry Potter series: I watched the first movie when it came out in second grade without reading any of the books, and then I got it on DVD, and I watched it over and over again. Every. Day. For probably a year. And now Erin hates it. But it's definitely a series that's influenced, you know, my entire childhood.

3. Rain Man: If you want to be one of those people who understands everyone's pop culture references, this is a very important movie to watch. Today, I watched an episode of Whose Line is it Anyway? featuring Colin Mochrie playing Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. I'm an excellent driver.

4. The Sound of Music: One time, my mom told me that I always compare every movie to The Sound of Music when I try to judge them. Which miiight be true a little bit.

These pretzels are making me thirsty.