The 250: Ghostbusters

I present a lenghthy list of my 250 favorite films. The films that best describe me, in no particular order.
The List So Far:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan,1962)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1984)
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)


Recently fired entrepreneurs, Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd, Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Pete Venkman (Bill Fuckin' Murray), start a paranormal extermination business. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) become a sensation Taking on a new hire Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson). But, things get nasty when Zuul, the Gate Keeper is unleashed on New York City, in the body of Venkman's crush Dana Barrett (Sigorney Weaver). She awaits the arrival of the Key Master, Vince Clortho through Luis Tulley (Rick Moranis). All of this while the menacing E.P.A. agent Walter Peck (William Atherton) is trying to shut them down.


Ghostbusters is a film that instantly takes me to my youth. It makes me feel young again. Everytime I watch Ghostbusters I always feel that urge, I want to be with those guys, shooting proton beams at ghosts. It makes me think about the cartoons, the toys, ecto-cooler, the cereal, all of that wonderfulness. It's hard to say what my favorite film is these days, on any day it could change but, today it's Ghostbusters.

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The 250: Back to the Future

I present a lenghthy list of my 250 favorite films. The films that best describe me, in no particular order.
The List So Far:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan,1962)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1984)
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)


Like most films on this list, there isn't much to say that hasn't been said. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis,1985) is one of those seminal films that captures a generation through a tiny piece of celluloid. It is 80's through and through. I, unlike most die hard (we'll talk about that later) fans, rediscovered this film well into the aughts.
It's the timeless story of high school enigma Marty McFly, his eccentric old-man scientist-friend Doc Brown and his accidental travel to 1955. He meets his Dad, makes enemies, Mom gets the hots for him, "fish under the sea dance," chaos insues.


The fascinating thing about Back to the Future is its heart. It's an earnest film with an extremely well worked script. I've never been to film school but, they should add Back to the Future to a curriculum. It has perfect forshadowing. Everything mentioned in the first act is altered in the third. Keep a keen eye next time you see it.

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The 250: Blade Runner

I present a lenghthy list of my 250 favorite films. The films that best describe me, in no particular order.
The List So Far:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan,1962)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1984)


Blade Runner is the dystopian tale of four renegade replicant (robotic humanoid) slaves who have hijacked a ship to track down their maker and kill him. Meanwhile, Detective Deckard, a Blade Runner (played by the great Harrison Ford), who has been hired to track and "retire" the rogue replicants.
It's a beautifully, hyper-stylized, futuristic, neo-noir detective story. A culmination of genre clashing. It's slow and methodical but, well worth the wait. There is so much great acting and some of the most amazing set designs to keep your eyes busy.


The film, through its many iterations, theatrical, international, directors, and final cut, manages to tell the same core story but fold in delicate plot points that can drastically alter the film. Blade Runner is not only an exercise in the subtlties of editing but, it's a brilliant display of a dystopian future. Maybe even the best since Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927).

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The 250: To Kill a Mockingbird

I present a lengthy list of 250 of my favorite films.
The List So Far:
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan,1962)


Based on the book by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird acts as a snapshot of a rural Alabama town in the throws of reconstruction, amidst the poverty of the Great Depression.
The main character, and narrator to the story is Scout, the youngest in the Finch family. Living with her brother Jem and her single father Atticus, young Scout witnesses the nastier side of humanity through poverty and racism. But, only as a child can, she sees the world as a clean slate, grey.
The cast is superb with Gregory Peck headlining as a wise, charasmatic Atticus Finch. Atticus is a character i've always wanted to be and have in my life. He's strong and moral, making the right choices in a time when the world wasn't.

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