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Aug. 19th, 2004 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosSo, yeah. The whole ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
thebookyoucrew kerfluffle. I find ratings communities amusing anyway, because it's not exactly like it's the opinions of real experts when you do get rated. It's kind of like auditioning for "American Idol" if they took Randy, Simon, and Paula and replaced them with William Hung, the national hog calling champion, and me.
And what makes me find it even more amusing is that I love and adore books and I can guarantee they would shoot me down. Why? Because my top three books are The Stand, The Jungle, and The Gashleycrumb Tinies. Somehow with my list, the prestige is lost. But hey, the gruesome fun and mindless despair remains.
There's alsotheflickyoucrew, which is there if you want people to tell you that your taste in movies blows elephant chunks. I definitely couldn't post a list there, because while their derision of my taste in books would make me laugh (in a country where people don't read as much as they used to, the fact that anyone reads is an accomplishment these days), if they picked on my taste in movies, I would have to defend my honor by going to their houses and either confiscating their DVD collections or absconding with their pets, just 'cause.
So I post them here, because you're a captive audience. :)
1. The Iron Giant -- I'm only going to reserve one animated movie, so this is it. I still have to get this one on DVD, damn it, because it's lovely and sweet and cool all at once.
2-4. The Terminator trilogy -- Hey, they're my favorite action movies. Sue me.
5. The Exorcist -- Okay, look. Here's my thing with The Exorcist. I have never seen it from beginning to end. And it's not because I hate it, it's because it scares the shit out of me. Seriously. I have to watch the stupid thing in five-to-fifteen-minute increments. It's not even that it scares me the way a horror movie is supposed to. It just creeps me on this very weird level. I can't really explain it without sounding like a total freak, but there it is.
6. The Princess Bride -- Swordfights! True Love! Miracle Max! *pounces*
7. The Philadelphia Story -- "My, she was yar." *swoon*
8. The Poseidon Adventure -- To save space, I'm only giving myself one disaster movie. And it has to be this one, because honestly, I have to have at least one movie with a cheesy Shelley Winters death scene. :)
9-11. The Lord of the Rings trilogy -- Well, really.
12. A Night to Remember -- Because it's so much better than Titanic.
13. Jaws -- I still don't go swimming in the ocean because of this movie, so I'll be damned if I'm going to see Open Water when I could just scare the hell out of myself with this one.
14. The Color Purple -- Not only do I always watch this movie every time it's on cable, but I cry every damn time for the last half hour of the movie, from the minute Shug leaves the juke joint and heads for the church.
15-16. X-Men and X2 -- This is me we're talking about.
17. Office Space -- Because it's hysterically funny at the same time it's frighteningly realistic.
18. The Shawshank Redemption -- I get so happy at the ending, it isn't even funny.
19. Casablanca -- Humphrey Bogart is hot. That is all.
20. The Back to the Future trilogy -- Hey, it plays like one big movie. That counts, right? Right?!
As forfuckyoucrew, which rates your taste in music, I have none. The end.
thebookyoucrew kerfluffle. I find ratings communities amusing anyway, because it's not exactly like it's the opinions of real experts when you do get rated. It's kind of like auditioning for "American Idol" if they took Randy, Simon, and Paula and replaced them with William Hung, the national hog calling champion, and me. And what makes me find it even more amusing is that I love and adore books and I can guarantee they would shoot me down. Why? Because my top three books are The Stand, The Jungle, and The Gashleycrumb Tinies. Somehow with my list, the prestige is lost. But hey, the gruesome fun and mindless despair remains.
There's also
theflickyoucrew, which is there if you want people to tell you that your taste in movies blows elephant chunks. I definitely couldn't post a list there, because while their derision of my taste in books would make me laugh (in a country where people don't read as much as they used to, the fact that anyone reads is an accomplishment these days), if they picked on my taste in movies, I would have to defend my honor by going to their houses and either confiscating their DVD collections or absconding with their pets, just 'cause. So I post them here, because you're a captive audience. :)
1. The Iron Giant -- I'm only going to reserve one animated movie, so this is it. I still have to get this one on DVD, damn it, because it's lovely and sweet and cool all at once.
2-4. The Terminator trilogy -- Hey, they're my favorite action movies. Sue me.
5. The Exorcist -- Okay, look. Here's my thing with The Exorcist. I have never seen it from beginning to end. And it's not because I hate it, it's because it scares the shit out of me. Seriously. I have to watch the stupid thing in five-to-fifteen-minute increments. It's not even that it scares me the way a horror movie is supposed to. It just creeps me on this very weird level. I can't really explain it without sounding like a total freak, but there it is.
6. The Princess Bride -- Swordfights! True Love! Miracle Max! *pounces*
7. The Philadelphia Story -- "My, she was yar." *swoon*
8. The Poseidon Adventure -- To save space, I'm only giving myself one disaster movie. And it has to be this one, because honestly, I have to have at least one movie with a cheesy Shelley Winters death scene. :)
9-11. The Lord of the Rings trilogy -- Well, really.
12. A Night to Remember -- Because it's so much better than Titanic.
13. Jaws -- I still don't go swimming in the ocean because of this movie, so I'll be damned if I'm going to see Open Water when I could just scare the hell out of myself with this one.
14. The Color Purple -- Not only do I always watch this movie every time it's on cable, but I cry every damn time for the last half hour of the movie, from the minute Shug leaves the juke joint and heads for the church.
15-16. X-Men and X2 -- This is me we're talking about.
17. Office Space -- Because it's hysterically funny at the same time it's frighteningly realistic.
18. The Shawshank Redemption -- I get so happy at the ending, it isn't even funny.
19. Casablanca -- Humphrey Bogart is hot. That is all.
20. The Back to the Future trilogy -- Hey, it plays like one big movie. That counts, right? Right?!
As for
fuckyoucrew, which rates your taste in music, I have none. The end.
