People I Like to Watch

So far I've covered John Cusack, Christian Bale, Audrey Hepburn and Kirsten Dunst.

As an addition, I'm going to explain a little more about the Kirsten Dunst thing. She can bug me a lot in the wrong role, but she has done a good job picking movies in the past where her skill matches exactly what the role calls for. Kind of like Keanu Reeves. Not a good actor, but he was perfect in The Matrix because of the type of character Neo was supposed to be. Hopefully that makes sense.

Now on to more important matters.

Matt Damon. Ah. Matt Damon. I go back and forth between which I prefer (Matt or Ben?) but I think Matt probably stands out and, not gonna lie, it's totally because Ben dated JLO. Although I really like the current version of Ben Affleck. It's like he's finally an adult...and he married Jennifer Garner.


Anyway, on with the list.

Movies I have seen: Mystic Pizza, Field of Dreams (apparently he was an extra?), School Ties, Courage Under Fire, Chasing Amy, The Rainmaker, Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan, Rounders, Dogma, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Titan A.E., The Legend of Bagger Vance, Finding Forrester, Ocean's Eleven, The Majestic, The Bourne Identity, Stuck on You, Jersey Girl, The Bourne Supremacy, Ocean's Twelve, The Brothers Grimm, and The Bourne Ultimatum.

I suppose I will probably see Ocean's Thirteen at some point. And I must mention the episode of Will & Grace he was on (he was pretending to be gay so he could audition for a gay chorus that was traveling to Europe and Jack makes Grace hit on him to "expose" him, but the chorus still chooses him over Jack - It's a hilarious episode - he sings "Let's Hear it for the Boys"). Again, I'll also mention that a lot of the R rated were on TV and therefore not ones I would necessarily recommend.

What I will recommend is The Rainmaker, if you haven't seen it, you should because it's good and he's very good in it.

That movie leads me to the next actress.

Claire Danes.

Movies I have seen: Little Women (apparently I really like the actors in this movie), How to Make an American Quilt, To Gillian on her 37th Birthday, Romeo and Juliet, Princess Mononoke, The Rainmaker, Les Miserables, The Mod Squad, Brokedown Palace, Stage Beauty, The Family Stone, Evening and Stardust.

AND - of course, the reason why I love her - My So Called Life. Oh how I love that show. and Jordan Catalano.

I really love that version of Romeo and Juliet. I had a little shakespeare crush on that play in 8th and 9th grade and read it several times then the movie came out somewhere in the middle of all that and I loved it even more. I like how it's filmed and I like that they didn't just adapt the story and make a cheesy teen film (ala 10 Things I Hate About You and She's the Man - although I like those movies too, for completely different reasons), but they kept the Shakespeare and they created an amazing soundtrack for it. I really do just love this movie.

I also like her because she kind of just does stuff. She acted when she was younger, then took a little break and went to school and did a couple of smaller films and now she just stays really low key and seems to choose movies she enjoys.

Alright, until the next installment...

People I like to watch

I stole this idea from Miri. It's a good way of categorizing things. I was going to make a list of movies I love, but it's hard to put them into genres and such. It's much easier going by actors you love and mentioning the movies they've made that you like. I'll do one actor and one actress at a time. I will specify whether my Top 5s are in order or not and the italicized movies are ones I own.

I'm starting with John Cusack because he was on Miri's list and I love him even though he's a good 20 years my senior. I blame it all on Lloyd Dobbler and Lane Meyer.

Movies I've seen: (from most recent) Martian Child, Must Love Dogs, Identity, Serendipity, America's Sweethearts, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Anastasia, Con Air, Grosse Point Blank, The Road to Wellville, Say Anything, One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead, The Sure Thing, and Sixteen Candles

That's 18 movies. He's made over 50 movies. Starting the year I was born. It's kind of funny and odd when you put it in those terms.

Top 5: (in honor of High Fidelity, of course) Better Off Dead, Say Anything, One Crazy Summer, Grosse Point Blank, High Fidelity. Anastasia would be number six. His voice makes Dimitri that much more attractive...in terms of cartoon good looks.

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Audrey Hepburn. It's obvious I would start with her. Although there isn't really one male actor I like more than others - I love Audrey Hepburn more than any other actress. She was the first actress I "connected" with when I was younger - the first female celebrity I truly admired for reasons more than just looks.

Movies I've seen: Always, Wait Until Dark, Two for the Road, How to Steal a Million, My Fair Lady, Paris When It Sizzles, Charade, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, Sabrina, and Roman Holiday

That's 11 out of 30.

Top 5: (these aren't in order, I can never pick an absolute favorite) Charade, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Funny Face, How to Steal a Million, Wait Until Dark. Sabrina bugs me because of Bogart and although I LOVE My Fair Lady, it's probably number six.