This weekend, I took a complete break from playing games. Oh the shock! Oh the horror! But it was really just to have some time to catch up on movies that I have been wanting to see for a very long time. I fit in a lot of movies this weekend. It might have been too many.
Here is what I watched.
The Godfather
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, and Diane Keaton
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Some people consider this the greatest movie of all time. It sits atop most “Best of” movie lists. It’s certainly the definitive Italian mafia movie.
The Shawshank Redemption
Starring: Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
This is another “top of most lists” film. It stars a really young Tim Robbins and “he’s in everything” Morgan Freeman. I was like, “It’s the March of the Penguins guy!” My dad recommended this film as the best of the 1990’s and I think he is right. I never thought a prison movie could be such a feel good film.
Casablanca
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
A cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.
This is an oldie (1942) but a goodie. It moves a little slowly at time like all old films do, but Humphrey Bogart’s performance is so good it makes me wish I lived back then in Morocco during World War II. OK, maybe not really.
Princess Mononoke
Starring: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami’s curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
I usually get my anime for free (or almost free) on Kissanime and Crunchyroll. In this case, I found the movie on Amazon and decided to rent it via Prime. It’s a classic from 1997, making it one of the earliest “popular” anime films and it’s much better than a lot of the mass-produced stuff you see now.
There you go! It was a busy weekend of watching movies. Next weekend, I’ll be back in action with Fortnite and Minecraft.
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