O is for Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven is currently #25 on my flickchart list.

The modern "caper" flick.  Some strong acting....fun dialog...a fluid narrative structure.  And one of the only DVD commentaries I have ever listened to more than once!  

We tried the first sequel once and lasted about 40 minutes before during it off.  Never saw the second one.

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N is for Noises Off

Noises Off is currently #21 on my flickchart list.

Another movie that I can't trace my first watching.  Nan and I have since seen it performed on stage two or three times.  If you like screwball farces and have any love of the theater, you must see this movie.

It takes a few moments to get going but it grows and grows in laughs.  Each viewing still has me gasping for air as I am laughing so hard!!

The basic premise is that we are watching a group of actors attempt to put on a play entitled "Nothing On".  We get to see the trials and tribulations as the group move in and out of relationships and still try to remain "professional", because "the show must go on..."

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M is for My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro is currently #29 on my flickchart list.

Two animated features in a row!!

I'm not sure how we discovered My Neighbor Totoro.  However, once we did, it became a staple of our viewing habits.  My daughter, my wife and I loved it.

I even brought it into my classroom.  When I taught 4th grade at my previous school, we had a culture unit.  My teaching partner had chosen Japan and Mexico as the two cultures we rotated through every other year.  To end the Japan unit, we would watch this film.  It presents such a wonderful overall view of what life was like for Miyazaki growing up.  I had so much trivia on the movie that I would share with the kids as we watched it.  They loved it.

Sometimes, I still use Totoro images for my laptop wallpaper.  These will get projected up on the SMARTBoard while I am teaching.  This is the first year that NOT ONE student knew what the images were...it really bummed me out.  I think I will have to rectify the situation.

For more Miyazaki goodness, please to check out my pal The Armchair Squid via this LINK and scroll around.

And the art you can find online is awesome!!!

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Rabbit Of Seville

An A to Z intermission....

Your taxes are due today....why not spend 7:31 of your time and have a little smile...

L is for The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid is currently #30 on my flickchart list.

I didn't see this in the theater...I had just turned 19 when it was released.  However, once it was released on VHS, I showed it for movie night in my dorm when I was a Resident Assistant.  I fell in love with it.  I know it is not the greatest of the Disney "Renaissance" of the late '80s and early '90s, but it really like it.

Earlier this week, I started singing some of the songs in the middle of class.  And my students just accepted it.

I know I have a reputation as being...odd.  I think I can trace my embracing my oddness (publicly) back to this movie.  It wasn't a big deal to like Star Wars or Star Trek, but my love of this Disney animated musical brought me some sideways glances.  But it also started me being "me".

BONUS STORY:  I loved the movie so much, I passed my joy of it on to Nan and our daughter...so much so, Ariel and Eric were the cake toppers for our wedding cake!!

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