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I’m going to be honest here. I was not looking forward to this one. I’ve challenged myself with remaining open-minded. Willing to not pre-judge any of the movies I’m going to watch. But I had seen this one before, and I remember disliking it. A lot. Even with the wine. I figured this time I would be watching sober, thus making it more arduous.
Kicking off my journey through the list of Best Picture Winners is 1927’s “Wings”. Until 2011, this was the only silent movie to win Best Picture. Silent movie is a bit of a misnomer though, as this movie has soundtrack playing throughout the feature. The story revolves around two small-town rivals, the local rich kid and the average Joe, both in love the same woman and who flying against the Germans in World War I. This was the first time I had seen this movie.
I love movies. Some people might call me a movie buff or aficionado, but I wouldn’t. Here’s my problem. I’ve seen a fair number of good to great movies, but the number of bad movies I’ve seen far outweighs them. I always seem to default to action movies and comedies, not that that’s a bad thing, but I would like to broaden my horizons.
Movies for Guys: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Last night I had the wonderful opportunity to see one of the all-time classic movies the way it was meant to be seen. On the big screen. As part of the TCM Big Screen Classics program, my local theater was showing…