Feb. 1, 2012 at 1:20pm with 10 notes
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What Movies Make You Ignore Everything Else? | by a bunch of people | The Awl Katie Baker Legends of the Fall: I’ve bailed on plans with friends multiple times when I’ve caught a glimpse of Samuel and Susannah playing tennis on that grass court and known I was now in(side) for the long haul. The only time I don’t stop is if I’ve gotten there AFTER Colonel Ludlow’s legendary chalkboard-swinging “AARGGSSCRRWWWUUJMM” scene, because if you’ve missed that one then what’s the point? A League of Their Own: Someday I am going to produce a 10,000-word chapbook on why this is one of the (if not THE) greatest sports movies ever. And it’s worth watching all the way ‘til the end because the old lady casting is so completely sublime. I’d actually love to see someone do a side-by-side of each actress in, say, 15 years with her League of Their Own flash-forward counterpart. I feel like Madonna may have actually appeared in both roles. Armageddon: And it doesn’t matter if I watch all 151 minutes or just the last ten, you can bet I will be choking back tears. (Also, I just went to IMDB to look up how many minutes the movie is—don’t worry, I’m not THAT much of a freak—and saw that it’s playing this [past] Saturday on FX. Setting my DVR now!) Co-sign, but adding to the Kurt Anderson/Allison Benedikt/Michael Idov parade for Groundhog Day. What’s yours?

What Movies Make You Ignore Everything Else? | by a bunch of people | The Awl

Katie Baker

Legends of the Fall: I’ve bailed on plans with friends multiple times when I’ve caught a glimpse of Samuel and Susannah playing tennis on that grass court and known I was now in(side) for the long haul. The only time I don’t stop is if I’ve gotten there AFTER Colonel Ludlow’s legendary chalkboard-swinging “AARGGSSCRRWWWUUJMM” scene, because if you’ve missed that one then what’s the point?

A League of Their Own: Someday I am going to produce a 10,000-word chapbook on why this is one of the (if not THE) greatest sports movies ever. And it’s worth watching all the way ‘til the end because the old lady casting is so completely sublime. I’d actually love to see someone do a side-by-side of each actress in, say, 15 years with her League of Their Own flash-forward counterpart. I feel like Madonna may have actually appeared in both roles.

Armageddon: And it doesn’t matter if I watch all 151 minutes or just the last ten, you can bet I will be choking back tears. (Also, I just went to IMDB to look up how many minutes the movie is—don’t worry, I’m not THAT much of a freak—and saw that it’s playing this [past] Saturday on FX. Setting my DVR now!)

Co-sign, but adding to the Kurt Anderson/Allison Benedikt/Michael Idov parade for Groundhog Day. What’s yours?

  1. rachelfairbanks reblogged this from capitalnewyork and added:
    Legends of the Fall, really? That shit is so over-the-top depressing. I’ve only seen it twice, but still think that was...
  2. wnyc answered: I would add that Amish cop movie with Han Solo. —A.P.
  3. briannakathleen06 answered: Bright Star: Even though I cry everytime I watch it, I’ll never miss it when it’s on. Nothing comes before it, not even my boyfriend.
  4. goldman reblogged this from capitalnewyork and added:
    I can’t believe no one mentioned The Fugitive.
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