Since Jim is suffering from a humor fail:

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Can Michelle even name 26 movies?

1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet.

2. The letter “A” and the word “The” do not count as the beginning of a film’s title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don’t know of any films with those titles.

3. Return of the Jedi belongs under “R,” not “S” as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with “S.” Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under “R,” not “I” as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Conversely, all films in the Lord of the Rings series belong under “L” and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under “C,” as that’s what those filmmakers called their films from the start. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Use your better judgment to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.

4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number’s word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under “T.”

5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type “alphabet meme” into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.

NOTE: Movies in parenthesis I have not seen, but couldn’t think of a movie I had seen starting with that letter.

Arsenic & Old Lace
Boondock Saints
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Dogma
Ed Wood
Fifth Element
Good Night & Good Luck
Hero
Iron Monkey
Johnny Dangerously
Kingdom of Heaven
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Matrix, The
Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Princess Bride, The
Q – (Queen, The)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Stardust
Tombstone
U Untouchables
V – (V for Vendetta) Victor, Victoria
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
X-Men
Y – (You Can’t Take It with You)
Z – (Zorro)

(via Nathan and Eric and Ilya…)

ADDENDUM the First:
Janiece‘s List reminded me I had, in fact, seen and enjoyed a ‘V’ movie.!

I’m listening to Morning Edition, and Will Shortz wasn’t calling from his home again.

Where was he calling from?

Minsk.

If you’re confused, imagine Michael Dorn in a very serious tone saying, “Minsk.”

One of the nursing professors and I share a love for comic book movies, and so when I see him he usually tells me about what movies he’s seen–including the movies his wife takes him to.

Dan: Hey, did you see the new movie Ghost town?
Michelle: No.
Dan: It’s… wait, do you like nice movies?
Michelle: Nope. I like movies with lots of explosions.
Dan: Well, don’t see it.

We don’t need your help.

Really.

We don’t need some script writer to completely lie about the state just because they think it will make a better story.

I mean, when everyone who was there–including the Syracuse players–say events didn’t happen as depicted in your film, and when you couldn’t even bother to get the year of the game right, you’re really not making a movie, “based on a true story,” anymore are you?

Dick Easterly, 69, of Tampa, Fla. was the Syracuse quarterback that day, when Davis rushed 14 times for 125 yards before a sparse crowd of 20,000.

Easterly saw “The Express” at a critics’ preview last week in Tampa.

“I apologize to the people West Virginia because that did not happen,” Easterly said. “I don’t blame people in West Virginia for being disturbed. The scene is completely fictitious.”

My thanks to Dick Easterly, even though he has nothing for which to apologize.

Too bad the individuals who insulted WVU and West Virginia–the script writers and film makers who saw nothing wrong with making out West Virginians as a bunch of ignorant, violent, racist hicks–will never say a word to us.

My he be remembered for being a good and decent human being, as well as an actor.

MUAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

For Tania

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Nathan asked, “Any chance you’re going to tell us what was out of stock but is now on the way?”

And I warned him that it was geeky loot, and most people probably wouldn’t be amused.

Too bad! I’m amused!

I ordered….

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This has been running through my head for weeks now:

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Yes, I finally got to see it. But I have very good reasons for waiting. First, I hate crowds, and don’t like sitting next to strangers in the theater. Second, I get motion sick, and so have to sit towards the back of the theater in action movies. (Just the idea of watching The Dark Knight in IMAX makes me feel queasy.)

But I figured that the early showing on a Saturday several weeks after the opening would okay, and it was. I got to sit far enough away from the screen I didn’t get the slightest bit queasy, and no one sat next to me–perfect movie experience.

So yes, Health Ledger was brilliant. I could hardly stand to watch him when he got close to people, because he was dangerous and unpredictable and I truly had no idea what he was going to do, but I knew it wasn’t going to be any good.

And every else was also very very good. And why on earth didn’t they get Maggie Gyllenhaal for the first movie? She actually felt and looked like she could have been an assistant DA, and there was a particular scene where I noticed her laugh lines, and thought, this is a woman of character and personality who has truly lived. And as a bonus, she’s gorgeous.

But the movie was a little too long. I can’t put my finger on precisely what it was, but I left Batman Begins wishing for more, but left The Dark Knight feeling kinda drained and wishing it had been a hair shorter. Not that I can think of anything that should have been left out; it wasn’t anything specific, it just felt long.

We’ll definitely buy The Dark Knight when it comes out on DVD, but I’m not sure that I’ll think about watching it as often as Batman Begins.

Oh, 18 minutes of commercials/previews. Better than 20 minutes, but I really could have done without the commercials. Especially the JC Penny’s commercial. Bletch.