To feel like you own something that actually belongs to the public, to the world at large, really is a very strange feeling. Your ears perk up when you hear someone else mention the title. You might feel slightly like a jealous girlfriend overhearing some other girl saying that she thinks your boyfriend is cute. You might even find yourself surprised to hear someone else talking about this very public and widely known thing, like you thought you were the only one who knew about it. I feel this way about a long list of movies.
Of course I like the bland, average, block-buster, chick-flick, etc., but here I am going to showcase those movies with which I have a deep connection with and love for. A lot of them you might have seen, but a lot of them you might not have. For some of them I'm sure you'll disagree with the merits I have assigned, but I'll share them any way!
Movie #1:
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This movie was made in 1983- before I was born, and written about a bunch of thirtysomethings. However, it's a movie I am still able to identify with really easily. It's about growning up, those amazing friendships you have when you're young that you know you'll never be able to replicate later in life, losing the optimism of youth and it has a really good soundtrack. It's one of those important pieces of pop-culture history that is fading from the zeitgeist of today. Check it out, who doesn't want to see a skinny, super young and super awkward Jeff Goldblum at the very least?
I remember seeing this movie in San Francisco when it first came out. Loved it, but not as much as my sister Kathy who identified with it so closely that I felt jealous! Movies do bring out many different emotions . . .
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