Week 2- Stand By Me

Last night we watched the 1986 Rob Briner film Stand By Me based on the Stephen King novella "The Body". The movie stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O'Connell. Gretchen had seen this film before, but Joe and I had not. I really liked the movie, but it made me kind of sad. I'm not sure that I liked it as much as most people seem to like it. But...I definitely love the soundtrack!

Week 1 - The Princess Bride

"The Princess Bride" is the 1987 comedy/ action -adventure film by Rob Reiner that features Cary Elwes as Westley, our hero and the true love of Buttercup, played by Robin Wright Penn. The movie is known for a few of its quotes, such as "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." and "Inconceivable." 

I had seen the movie on a couple of occasions, but Gretchen and Erin had not. I enjoyed the movie again, and I remembered much of it from before. The women, on the other hand, didn't "get it." In Erin's words, it wasn't that they disliked the film, rather they just didn't see what the big deal about it was. With just about everyone saying what a great movie it was and how it was a "classic," it didn't live up to the hype for Gretchen and Erin.

It's a classic in my mind. 

Next week: "Stand By Me"

A new movie a week

After finding ourselves out of the loop so often when the conversation turned to movies, my wife Gretchen, our friend Erin, and I decided to increase our cinematic knowledge. We've turned to our friends, family and coworkers to provide us with a list of movies they think we should watch over the coming year. The films need not be masterpieces and they need not have won a single award. The selection of our first movie speaks to that point. We chose the 1980s "classic" film "The Princess Bride." 

And away we go.