Sheila inspired me to join the 21st century and sign up for Netflix, too! Got me a free two-week trial and got started on my queue. All this and a cellphone, too?! Thoroughly Modern Millie, I am, I am.
So this is it, so far — the queue — The Q!
(Sheila was kind and put imdb links on all of her queue movies. I have not. Draw your own conclusions.)
My first 30. Why only 30? Because, well, if you must know, I felt a massive movie gorge coming on where I would neverever leave that site and I had to stop. I’m supposed to be, oh, getting ready to open my damn coffeehouse. I am now some kind of Coffee Messiah in the neighborhood. Random people — strangers, even — who desperately miss their Beanhouse coffee and peeps have literally accosted me on the sidewalk or in the grocery store, pleading, “When? When?! When will you be open??” I ran into another one today. She asked and I told her next week and she started to CRY. Which is nice, but I probably coulda barfed all over her from the pressure of it all. It’s really okay to say, “Oh, great. I’m excited.” Please don’t cry about it. Please. Because then I’ll start crying — or barfing — and you’ll totally misunderstand, oh, believe me, WHY I’m standing there crying and barfing.
Which is just a little off point from what this is all about.
All righty.
Asterisk by films I’ve seen before but must see again:
* Das Boot — Yes, I moved Das Boot to the top spot, because I’m just in a Das Booty kind of place. Which really doesn’t look right typed out. Whatevs. It’s my Das Booty call. Deal with it.
Babel
For Your Consideration
Syriana
* Double Indemnity
The Searchers
The Grapes of Wrath — I can’t believe I’ve never seen this.
* Bringing Up Baby
* His Girl Friday
Only Angels Have Wings
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
* Jezebel
* Sunset Boulevard
Brief Encounter
Brokeback Mountain — I have a sneaking suspicion I’ll be watching this one alone.
Devil’s Playground
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Mad Hot Ballroom
Tsotsi
The Bicycle Thief
Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)
* Diva
Amelie
* My Brilliant Career
* Heavenly Creatures
Vincent: Life and Death of Van Gogh
Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait
I’m so excited for you and your coffee house! 🙂
I just saw Jezebel (for the first time) a few weeks ago. Oooo …. now THAT’S a good movie!
Thanks, Jeannine!
And, ooh, “Jezebel,” isn’t that a great one? Bette Davis is so amazing in that movie. I’d always heard that she was given that role as a consolation for not getting Scarlett O’Hara. Not sure if that’s just an old Hollywood myth or not, though.
I am palpitating with excitement about you seeing Only Angels Have Wings. Please report back to me immediately after seeing it.
Oh boy did you just go up a notch in my book. Das Boot at the top of the list, and you’ve seen it before. Sahweet!
Brian,
my dd once reduced a college party to silence by remarking brightly “Das Boot? That’s, like, my mom’s favorite movie!”
Um, tell us more about your mother, Sissy…
Brief Encounter? Oh, okay – it’s too long, I admit.
But the scene where they’re sitting in the train canteen and just chit-chatting and looking at each other and they’re not really hearing anything the other is saying b/c they’re just looking at each other. And then when his train is called and he says… Oh, man. What a great movie.
We do not have Netflix, or cable. I know better than to put that sort of temptation in my way.
Don’t even get me started on Double Indemnity…
See, we told you the coffee house would be a mission.
Oh, and Devil’s Playground is amazing. It haunted me for days. I’m eager to hear what you think about that, too.
I haven’t seen ANY of these movies. Do you still like me?