5 Movies You Should Watch

    After writing my last post I decided I should at least make a few suggestions for movies to watch. Of course, feel free to pick your own movies, I just know how lazy people on the Internet are (since I am a person on the Internet), so if you don't want to make the trip over to IMDB or research movies you might be interested in I will give you 5 that I like (No promises that you will like them). I'll try to keep them somewhat non-mainstream because that would be boring; you already know about those movies. My descriptions will be minimal; this is not a movie review blog, but hopefully it gives you enough information to peak your interest. So without further ado, "5 Movies You Should Watch" in no particular order:

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox

When Fantastic Mr. Fox first came out, I wasn't in a rush to see it and I sort of forgot about it, but last week I was told to watch it by a friend and I loved it. And it's not your usual kid's movie. It's cutting-edge clever and the artistic direction is some of the best I've ever seen, making it a pleasure to watch. It will make you wonder why the cuss you didn't watch it before.

2. Life in a Day

Part collage, part documentary, Life in a Day is where home video meets Hollywood direction. This movie was created by sending an open invitation to everyone in the world via YouTube to submit videos chronicling a singe day: July 24th, 2010. The 4,500 hours of resulting footage were distilled down to only an hour and a half to create this thought-provoking film. Exploring life, death, love, hate, hope and fear, basically everything that makes Earth what it is, Life in a Day is a beautiful of example of what film-making could be.

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

This is a mainstay as one of the top movies on IMDB, yet I'm always surprised by how few people have actually seen it (or even heard about it), since it's also on TV a lot these days. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will make you think and may make you yell at your TV. At times nonsensical, but tied together well at the end, so be prepared to be temporarily confused.

4. The Great Debaters

This movie tackles the struggle for equality in the 1930's American South through the medium of debate. We've seen these types of stories in a sports context before, but in my opinion they haven't been quite so inspirational. Perhaps because in the sports movies there's only that one inspirational speech right before the big game, but in this film every debate - and there are several - provides it's own inspirational moments, not to mention the captivating storyline. And it's based on a true story.

5. Airplane!

I like jokes, so it would have been a shame to not mention a comedy. This is probably a fairly well-known film, but it's from 1980, so maybe some of you haven't seen it. If you haven't, I highly recommend it. Airplane! is a parody of the stereotypical disaster movie. The last time I saw it was many years ago, so I can't describe it in too much detail. I know Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in it. I also know it is the source of many well-known (and hilarious) movie quotes. Surely you will enjoy this film.