Squid and the Whale

I love films, yes I am the kind of person that calls them films. That alone should give you a little insight on how much I like the industry.  I don't like every one, or even most.  I am a snob you could say about them.  The origins in this probably came from a high school class where I had a teacher who watched a lot of movies.  Not just good ones but ones that I called bad then and still would call bad today.  Though the ones we did watch.  Schindler's list, American Graffiti, and Dances with Wolves.  All stuck with me.  A fellow student of mine as well enjoyed these movies and was into movies more then I could imagine.  People like Paul Newman, John Wayne.  Jimmy Stuart.  These men where favorites of his.  Now I am not familiar with the extent of their work, But I do know that these actors will stand the test of time.  I started my journey into the film world with Joel and Ethan Coen.  Movies like Fargo, The recently released at the time No Country for Old Men and What I would consider my favorite movie of all time The Big Lebowski. I got hooked on critically acclaimed movies.  In the last 4 Oscar award ceremonies I have seen just about every movie nominated for best picture.  When they bumped it up to 10 nominees I was exstatctic because I had more to watch.  The 83rd awards where interesting.  I loved the social network.  Everything about it from score to the actors the dialogue the whole premises of the idea was just so phenomenal.  I seen it twice in theaters.  3 times in avi file format and 2 more times on blu-ray.  It is rare for a movie that captivates me so much to come along.  I hesitated to see it because it was a movie about Facebook.  Last time you may or may have not checked I do not have a said Facebook.  Well I do but its been deactivated for 62 days.  Jesse Eisenberg wasn't robbed but I felt that he deserved the win.  Even though I had seen The Kings Speech and it truly is a solid work.  Everything about that movie is sound, it gave no room for failure.  They even cut out 2 of the 3 F-bombs to make it rated pg-13 for it's push.  It overall is wonderful and Colin Firth brought his A-game for a second year in a row.  Only this time Jeff Bridges had not.  I had gone on to look up Jesse Eisenberg in other rolls.  I had seen zombieland/adventure land/Solitaire Man.  I have grown to like this young man as an actor and the way he emerges himself in the roles he is in.  I stumbled across the Squid and the Whale.  A movie about a family torn apart by divorce.  I was never torn apart from divorce but my parents did split and It was tough.  I didn't get along with my father until I was old enough to realize how the world worked and what he was trying to do. My mother deserves just as much credit for how she raised me.  I am neither of those two people though. Through this film and both my parents attempt at a married life I realized I am not sure if that's the life for me.  I was the only one growing up with divorced parents out of my group of friends.  Those who also had the same style of life was interesting to talk about because I had no one to relate to and even now my core group of friends do not have divorced parents.  This movie was relateable for me and It made me think, realize and understand more about my past then I could ever on my own.

Top Ten Movies
1. Big Lebowski
2. Back to the Future
3. The Squid and the Whale
4. The Dark Knight
5. American Beauty
6. There will Be Blood
7. No Country for Old men
8. Shawshank redemption
9. Jurassic Park
10. Social Network