My Movie List

So I read this amazing book called The Best Old Movies for Families by Ty Burr the movie critic. As further proof that Mr. Leftridge and his Film App. class have totally infiltrated my life. Granted I probably missed out on some great films by completely skipping over certain sections of the book, but some things I just can't stomach. Anything with the words John Wayne, foreign film, or silent caused me to turn the page. The only exception being "Metropolis", because I have some strange desire to see that one in its entirety. As much as I liked "The 400 Blows" in film class I have no deep burning desire to read a film; like Opera, foreign films are assuredly great, just not to my taste. As far as John Wayne goes I can't stomach him. After watching "The Searchers" and analyzing the it I just can't deal with him anymore. Rampant racism and freaky psuedo-sexual issues. But I digress. As I was reading this book I wrote a list of old movies that intruiged me and I officially have to see them! Here they are...

• The Adventure of Robin Hood
• Captain Blood
• The Sea Hawk
• Bringing Up Baby
• The Harvey Girls
• The Pirate
• The Clock
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
• Some Like It Hot
• Gentelmen Prefer Blondes
• Metropolis
• Rebel Without a Cause
• East of Eden
• Giant
• His Girl Friday
• I was a Male War Bride
• Monkey Business
• It Happened One Night
• The Lady Eve
• Easy Living
• Ball of Fire
• My Man Godfrey
• To Be or Not to Be
• Adam's Rib
• The Philadelphia Story
• Pillow Talk
• Lover Come Back
• Teacher's Pet
• That Touch of Mink
• The Man Who Knew Too Much
• Love Me or Leave Me
• The Shop Around the Corner
• Trouble in Paradise
• The Manchurian Candidate
• The Wild One
• Queen Christina
• The Roman Holiday
• Splendor in the Grass
• Ten Commandments
• Imitation of Life
• Easter Parade
• Kiss Me Kate
• It's Always Fair Weather
• Funny Face
• Top Hat
• The Music Man
• The Crimson Pirate
• The Black Swan
• Treasure Island
• Destry Rides Again
• The Thin Man (and series)
• Gilda
• The Asphalt Jungle
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• Charade

Hopefully I can get ahold of most of these, and my goal is to write reviews or at least brief opinions as I find them. The only trouble is my Netflix que just gets larger and larger and I may have to wait awhile before I can check everything off my list. But at least it will be a fun task.