Ending the Hiatus

So I haven't posted on here in a long time -- mostly because I tend to never finish what I start -- but also because for a bit I wasn't watching a whole lot of movies.  With a newfound boredom due to nights home alone and being awake until about 5am, I have picked up the list where I left off, and have decided to keep writing about my ventures.

I am not, however, going to write a post for every movie I have watched in the past year.  I don't have the energy for that.  So for a small update I will give you my rankings as of right now.  My top 5 is significantly different than the last time I posted...

46 - Forrest Gump

45 - Yankee Doodle Dandy

44 - Butch Cassidy/Sundance Kid

44 - Toy Story

44 - Shawshank Redemption

42 - Silence of the Lambs

41 - Titanic

41 - A Night at the Opera

40 - Ben Hur

40 - Goodfellas

39 - Pulp Fiction

39 - Sunrise

38 - The Apartment

38 - Sophie's Choice

38 - 12 Angry Men

38 - Platoon

37 - Swing Time

36 - Sixth Sense

35 - Modern Times

34 - All the President's Men

31 - Bringing Up Baby

30 - Do the Right Thing

29 - Easy Rider

26 - French Connection

24 - Spartacus

23 - Blade Runner

17 - In the Heat of the Night

14 - Last Picture Show

14 - The Wild Bunch

It seems obvious that Shawshank Redemption currently sits among the Top 5 since it is so widely loved, but I must say that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid proved quite a surprise for me.  I am not a fan of westerns for the most part.  The only western I remember truly loving was the Coen brothers reimagination of True Grit.  I am just not entertained by the John Waynes and Dirty Harrys, etc.  Butch and Sundance, however, were wonderful to watch.  A pair of dirty rotten scoundrels that you were rooting for not only because of their dashing good looks, but their endless humor.  And of course, I am in love with Robert Redford.  End of story.

I finally saw Silence of the Lambs after years of my begging my mother to "rent the butterfly movie".  Although Anthony Hopkins is wonderfully chilling, and Jodie Foster superb as the enthralling Clarice, it fell just short of the Top 5 after rewatching the Shawshank Redemption.

And as for the movie that now holds the #1 spot, what can I say but, RUN FORREST RUNNNNNNNNNNNN.