Movies : Notes For Days

Drama

The Prestige

A tell tale story about lifelong obsessions with revenge can rob us of life.

Drama

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

An adventure. A editor with a runaway imagination, must step up and start living. And Brenda's Fav.

Drama

Belly

Just amazing cinematography. Each scene had its own colour and vibe. I related a lot to the plot of this movie.

Drama

In Pursuit of Happiness

Motivational. A single father, fallen on hard times, must juggle homelessness, being a parent and finding career.

Comedy

Zoolander

Outrageous and imaginative. An uber famous male supermodel is forced to find something deeper than vanity, as he becomes 'new kid' bumps him out of the spotlight.

Comedy

Beerfest

Ridiculous. Friends seeks to restore their family honor in an underground tournament of beer drinking. It was so ridiculous it was heart warming?

Comedy

Office Space

Cult Classic. A fun depiction of old school office life, as friends scheme to steals fractions of pennies to escape rat race and cubicle maze.

Romance

Her

Odd. Guy falls in love with his operating system. I watched this during a time I was working on a dating, tech business and exploring the premisses in my relationships and networks.

Comedy

Groundhog's Day

The Original. A man is stuck reliving the same day over and over again.

Drama

Forrest Gump

Probably my favourite movie. A journey through the mid-century journey, following a simpleton who made beauty of what life gave him.

Fantasy

Big Fish

Heart-warming. Upon his father's death, a man explores his father's life in which he always thought was fiction and fantasy.

Sci-Fi

Vanilla Sky

A trippy rollercoaster, about a trust-fund kid who is on "a search for his soul."

Sci-Fi

Minority Report

Chilling. In the future, people are arrested for crimes they have yet to commit.

Comedy

Stranger than Fiction

Thought-provoking. A man finds out he is living novelist's work in progress, but which always ends in tragedy--- death.

Drama

Curious Case of Benjamin Button

A following the life of a man who ages backwards. Shades of Forrest Gump.

Drama

Deejarling Limited

A journey through India.

Drama

Grand Budapest Hotel

It's a Beautiful Wes Anderson movie. First one I saw with BC.

Comedy

Click

Don't know why. I watched this on a plane, and it hit me hard. About a guy who had a remote that can fast forward through life.

Fantasy

Lord of the Rings Series

A fantastic journey through Middle-Earth, with danger, mysticism and friends.

Fantasy

Harry Potter Series

A world where wizards live in a parallel with humans. Magic, mystery and the dream of living on a giant campus.

Animation

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Charming. I watched this a few times in bed.

Action

Total Recall

The original 1990 with Arnold Schwarzenneger (Not the remake.) This encapsulates the cheeziness and fun of the 80's.

Action

Back to the Future

Just a big part of my childhood. And Brenda's Fav. It's always playing during holidays. Watched it a lot in Big White. It's always playing.

Drama

Reqiuem for a Dream

Watched it drunk and high one night, after coming home early (?).

Fantasy

What Dreams May Come

A beautiful movie about the afterlife. I watched this with my father. He sometimes played hookie with me.

Sci-Fi

The Island

A dystopian future, where everything is perfect. A Remake of a classic, Logan's Run.

Sci-Fi

Gattaca

Beautiful.

Comedy

Cable Guy

Hilarious. An obsessive friendship gone too far.

Action

Apocalypto

South American, Mayan survival story.

Drama

City of God

Brazilian story of a photo-journalist living in the most dangerous city in the world, Rio De Janeiro.

Romance

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

When memories are too painful to keep.

Drama

Castaway

Stranded on an Island alone... I often played this movie while a try to sleep off the alcohol after a long night.

Sci-Fi

Inception

Trippy.

Action

Blood Diamond

Thought provoking.

Action

Mad Max

Super imaginative. I love dystopian movies. I vaguely remember watching the originals at Grandma's. And watched the remake many times.

Comedy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

A laugh riot. I remember ditching out the club early, and smoking a joint with A and laughing to tears.

Action

Black Hawk Down

Romance

Closer

I don't remember this movie. But I remember feeling for it at a particular time in my love life. There was this particular scene where the guy lost everything over a feeling.

Action

Batman

The original 1989. It was my favourite movie as a child.

Action

Ghostbusters

Saw it at Oakridge theatre with cousins.

Sci-fi

Johnny Mnemonic

Underrated? One of my first rated-R movies in the theatres. Mom took me for some reason.

Adventure

Indiana Jones

My mom loved it. I loved it. It was one of those movies we bonded over. Harrison ford was my favourite Actor at one brief point. This reminds me of Dunbar Theatre.

Thriller

Taken

Iconic. Old guy brings out the inner-beast, when international human-traffickers kidnap his daughter in Europe.

Comedy

Dinner for Schmucks

Cringe-worthy funny!

Comedy

There's Something About Mary

One of my first romantic comedies. It was also one of the first movies, where I bust a gut laughing.

Martial Arts

the Bride With White Hair

Chinese. This reminds me of VHS and that tube television at the ol' 63rd house. The sequel was also dope.

Martial Arts

Once Upon a Time in China

Chinese. Loved Jet Li as a child. This reminds me of late nights at Grandparents home.

Martial Arts

the Dragon Gate Inn

Chinese. I remember this was another unique storyline.

Comedy

Shaolin Soccer

Chinese. It was translated, but not as funny.

Drama

Young and Dangerous

Chinese. Old school Hong Kong.

Martial Arts

Rumble in the Bronx

Jackie Chan. Filmed in my childhood Vancouver.

Comedy

Death to Smoochie

Action

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

One of my favs

Drama

Training Day

Comedy

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

I think I just loved watching it with GK more than anything.

Horror

Sleepy Hollow

Drama

Edward Scissorhands

Family

Addams Family

Family

Beetlejuice

In another life, I could have been a goth~

Animated

Nightmare Before Christmas

The absolutely most iconic stop motion film ever made.

Drama

American Beauty

One of those types of movies, I never thought I'd like. Then I did. And it opened my mind to more arty films. Before then I very basic tastes.

Drama

Donnie Brasco

GK loved this movie.

Drama

The Devil's Advocate

Animated

9

Drama

Black Swan

BC loved this movie.

Holiday

Bad Santa

Dysfunctional holiday movie. Watched it during a time I wasn't feeling so festive. It cheered me up somehow.

Drama

Lord of War

Comedy

Half Baked

A movie fav I shared with my friends.

Comedy

Happy Gilmour

I watched this so many times at the Hudson house. So many odd jokes came from this movie.

Comedy

Dumb and Dumber

Drama

Bicentennial Man

Sci-Fi

Star Trek

New and Old. I loved Star Trek as a kid. Whether it was falling asleep to old episodes at grandma's, or watching the Next Generation with my Mother.

Family

Hook

Reminds me of my cousin's house on Maple.

Action

The Fifth Element

Something I watched multiple times during various stages of my life.

Sci-Fi

Stargate

I was a sci-fi nut.

Historic

the Gladiator

I once watched this twice in the theatre on the same day.

Historic

300

Noir

Sincity

A work of art. I love noir style, since Dick Tracey, which didn't make the list because my memories are too vague.

Drama

Crash

Drama

Babel

Sci-Fi

12 Monkeys

Brilliant acting and cinematography.

Family

Jurassic Park

My Childhood Favourite

Horror

The Mist

One of the most unforgettable endings!

Horror

The Sixth Sense

Drama

Changing Lanes

Another theme that hits deep for me.

Noir

Dark City

I loved noir and Jennifer Connelly.

Horror

The Cell

Nightmarish art.

Drama

Paycheck

One of the first few nights I was living in Bangkok by myself, I watched this. Made me feel less lonely. I liked to movie.

Drama

The Fountain

Drama

Mr Nobody

Horror

I am Legend

It was NOTHING like the first horror novel I ever enjoyed, with the same title. But I love this survivalist flick nonetheless.

Drama

Fight Club

One of my most favorite twists.

Noir

Watchmen

A slow-paced, psychological superhero movie. It wasn't great for its action (or lack of).

Sci-Fi

The Matrix

I saw this so many times in the theatre. Once because I couldn't tell my friends I already watched it with Jeannie. lol

Family

The Goonies

Was everybody's favourite movie. However, I didn't watch it until later in life. Reminds me how my parents always rented more mature movies. I later watched this again with BC the night we got too stoned, walked for hours and eventually had to abandoned our car in False Creek.

Family

Who Killed Roger Rabbit

I loved this movie as a kid. An imaginative movie between live action and cartoons.

Drama

Thank You For Smoking

I watched this in Hong Kong, during a time where I was trying to find myself.

Drama

It's All Gone Pete Tong

This song always reminds me of finding peace and a slow life outside the bustle of partying.

Sci-Fi

The Giver

I "read" the book College. A dystopian future where peace and harmony has cost us our individuality.

Horror

From Dusk Till Dawn

Loved this movie. Tarantino and vampires! I was 12 years old.

Comedy

Nacho Libre

Fun.