Nos. 96, 95, 93, 92

OK. Got a little behind. Here's my thoughts on the last few I've watched:

No. 96: "Do the Right Thing"
Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. Didn't really get it.

No. 95: "The Last Picture Show"
Actually kinda liked this one.  Don't really see why it's supposed to be one of the best movies of all time, but that's just me.

No. 94 is "Pulp Fiction," which I have seen but will watch again for this. I accidentally got out of order, though.

No. 93: "The French Connection"
Again, I don't get it. It was OK. No characters to connect with, very little dialogue, and an abrupt and anticlimactic ending. Maybe I'm more into mainstream action flicks than I realized.

No. 92: "Goodfellas"
Accidentally watched this a couple months ago forgetting it was on this list, and I most certainly will not be watching it again. Ever. If I had wanted to listen to 2 1/2 hours of Ray Liotta saying the same things over and over again, I would have found a YouTube channel and looped it. The only thing I appreciated was this movie explaining to me what a "made man" is, which I'd been wondering since my brief stint playing Mafia Wars.

So, recap: next up in "Pulp Fiction," followed by "Sophie's Choice."

There will be no more country for old men with all this blood

I have been trying to fill in gaps in my cinematic education, and two films that were much talked about upon their releases, "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men," were two such gaps. I don't know why I always associate the two in my mind, but I do. Both came out when I was in college, when free time was touch-and-go. Apparently they both happened upon a no-go period. I watched both recently. "No Country For Old Men" I not only appreciated, I enjoyed. The ending is a bit unsatisfying, but, the journey was interesting, the performances compelling and the film well made. For "There Will Be Blood," however, I got no enjoyment from the film. I can appreciate Daniel Day Lewis's brilliance as an actor. I can appreciate the filmmaking. But that doesn't mean I enjoyed it. Not even a little. You can't ask me to sit through 2.5 hours of the least-redeemable douchebag ever caught on screen (Plainview) and enjoy it. My friend Brian Anderberg sums it up better than I could: "That guy made me hate milkshakes."