"Because it's THERE"

   Mooooovies moooovies movies! From the previous movie-guessing post:

• Everest (15)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (23)
• The Martian (15)
• The Rock (96)
• The Trouble With Harry (55)

   OKAY SO, if you are looking for a movie that will drag you through some emotional mire and you won't really know how to deal with it because it's a true story and it happened to real people, watch Everest. It's based on Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer which is the story (with some contested details, let it be said) of the 1996 expeditions up Mt Everest that went REALLY wrong in a REALLY big way. Think storms, think inadequate oxygen, think lack of fixed ropes, think helicopter trying to fly in air that is too thin for a helicopter to fly in (that part is pretty fantastic, actually). Everest is a BAD MOUNTAIN, please never climb it. This is a movie that will kinda make you want to stay inside for the rest of your life. 

   On a very different note, if you ever have the opportunity to see a silent movie accompanied by live organ music, take that opportunity. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, just see the movie  because you will be DELIGHTED. And don't worry if you think you won't be able to get into it because it's silent, it might take a wee bit more effort than usual to suspend your disbelief BUT I can assure you from first-hand experience that there will be some Genuine Laffs. Seeing silent movies with organ music has become a Halloween tradition for me and I looooove iiiiiiit. 

   Things I like in movies: problem-solving, feelings, reunions, etc. Things I love in movies: Space Problem-Solving, Space Feelings, Space Reunions, Space Etc. The Martian has all of these things and more besides. Space! The best. Now I need to read this book. 

   When you are brain-dead from school it is a good time to continue working through your Sean Connery curriculum, and what better movie to watch than The Rock. This movie has it all. Escapes! Biological warfare! Dubious science! Unlikely coincidences! Hilariously bad dialogue! Breaking into and escaping Alcatraz! Highly recommend. 

   The tagline on The Trouble With Harry is "the trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and no one seems to care". This movie is weird and funny and is a sort of bizarro-world Hitchcock. Psycho is scary, Notorious is tense, Torn Curtain is also tense, I could go on here but what I'm saying is The Trouble With Harry is a weird departure for Hitchcock but IT WORKS. Not scary, not tense, just filled to the brim with jokes and hijinks.