Movies you can't not watch

Every so often while flipping through channels, I will stop on a movie I have seen so many times before.  The rythemic clicking of the remote pauses and eventually the remote goes down and I watch the movie again.  The wife will always ask why I am watching the movie again.  I guess I should come up with some answers. 


Starship Troopers-  Yes, the acting is horrible, and yes, Denise Richards went off the deep end and even looking back wasn't really that great.  Yes, the action sequences are unbelievable and amazingly cheesy (flip six three hole, come on!).  No, the movie is not like the book, but that might have to do with a generic alien bug movie being proposed to the studio and them saying to add some dialogue and change the name to Starship Troopers.  Despite all of that, it is an amazingly fun movie.  When the in movie commercial about joining up comes on and asks if I would like to learn more, I always think that I would and wish that I could push the button on my TV.  Regardless of everything going against it, the movie works and just feels right.  Would you like to learn more?


300- This is just an awesome guy movie.  The sound track is guitars, it is narrated by a guy with an eyepatch, it has amazing fight scenes and cool monsters.  I don't really think I need to defend myself on this move that much, but one final thing.  Before the movie is over, you will see a god bleed. 


Flash Gordon-  Maybe it is the Queen soundtrack, but this movie is a non stop joy ride.  Nostalgia may play a part in this one as I remember watching it all the time when I was a kid as well.  Flash was awesome, from playing football in Ming's hall to making friends with the hawkmen and flying in on the flying motorcycle, this movie is non stop.  The Chick that plays Ming's daughter is amazing as well.  They don't show this on TV enough.  Plus, Flash is going save everyone of us. 

What are your favorite, can't help but stop and watch movies?

Greek Accents

I have watched a lot of movies recently involving ancient Greece; both Clash of the Titans, Troy, 300, and last night the last half of Percy Jackson.  I have come to the conclusion that the Ancient Greeks spoke with an British accent.  Only actors from the UK have a chance at any of these roles.  I am pretty sure the ancient Greeks didn’t speak English at all, so why the actor discrimination.    If you want foreign actors to play these roles get Greeks with Greek accents.  I know we are the movie going public and can’t tell the difference, but put some effort in here. 

Maybe it is because these are Hollywood movies and Hollywood only knows about British actors.  Maybe when they do a movie in the UK about the ancient Greeks they use American Actors to give us that foreign sound.  No, they probably use Australians.  I wonder what Australia uses?

I don’t see this changing and really see it going further with the Thor movie coming out, as I believe most of the Norse Gods will have British Accents as well.  The Doctor from Doctor Who is an alien and he has British accent but that is a British show so it is therefore excused.  In Star Trek:  The Next Generation, we had a Brit playing a Frenchman. 

Hollywood, there are more accents other than the ones from the British Isles.  Sure India was a British Colony but I doubt that the entire country of India is populated by people with a Londoner accent.  Obviously realism doesn’t matter when making these movies so just cast whomever from wherever.  Don’t put the accent litmus test into the auditions.  I am sure that there are women that will say that Hollywood should but Gerard Butler into every movie, but that is something different altogether.