Fuck a Bunch of AFI
I’d consider myself a pretty big movie fan. I’m only 5′11″, though, so I doubt I’ll ever be as big as Yao Ming or whoever played Chewbacca, but I have seen almost 2,000 films, which is a lot. And sometimes, a really shit movie can be totally redeemed by one awesome scene. And some of the best films have that single classic scene to define it. AFI (The American Film Institute for Jerks) does annual top 100 lists of things, and they usually suck because they’re loaded with boring and irrelevant films that most people have never seen. And their lists are loaded with movies by/starring The Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, and so on. Now, nothing against those guys, but why bother making a big production about loving films when you’re patting the same backs over and over? I appreciate the effort, but their snobbery completely ignores 75% of all films. Judge Dredd might’ve been a shit-tastic movie, but it had some really cool stuff in it - so why ignore it? I’m as tired of Rob Schneider’s sidekick-ness as much as the next guy, but his appearance in the movie doesn’t mean Alan Silvestri’s score is any less awesome, or that the costume design isn’t flawless.
But, in the coming days, I’ll share the TOP 20 FILM MOMENTS EVER (in my humble but correct opinion). This is going to be huge. Bigger than when Elvis died on the can, or when Tommy Lasorda was on “Police Squad!”. It’s not quite up to when Apollo Creed landed on the moon, but it’s close.
Keep your eyes on the skis!
(Er, skies. )
(And before you ask, no, I will not cut it out with the Simpsons jokes.)
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