End of Year List

Being that it was The End of the Year, it seemed like the thing to do was to write a post about my favorite movies of this past 12 months. I mean, it seems like every other media outlet has done their own End of the Year listmaking, why shouldn't I?

But then as I started, I looked at all the movies that I did like, and because I watch so much on DVD, most of them weren't so new. So how could I write something about my favorite movies of 2004 if most of the movies weren’t released in 2004? It wouldn't really be a 'Best of 2004' kind of list.

So then I thought I could write a list of my favorite movies THAT I WATCHED IN 2004, which still made me feel like I was not following the proper 'End of Year' procedure.

So I was sitting there, looking at a blinking cursor, wondering which way to go. And I got stuck there.

FLIP: So why am I doing this? When I think about it, there are already way too many of these things, and I didn’t want to start sounding like one of those obnoxious people who each December seem to feel it's their duty to thrust upon us their bloated, self-important End of Year lists. I sometimes get the feeling that they think we're all stupid, as if we were all born without the mental capacity to form our own opinions, so we have to let the FOX network and The Enquirer do it for us.

FLOP: But I will admit I do like reading some of them. Some of these lists give me ideas of movies or TV shows that I might not have thought about watching or might have missed altogether. Although this process doesn’t always work out well either; for every 5 good films I find, there's one pieces of crap. I found out about “Office Space” this way. I rented it, watched it, and was left shaking my head when it was over. All I could think was, so what was all the fuss about?

So, coming soon to a PC in your neighborhood, I will probably write that list of my "FAVORITE MOVIES THAT I WATCHED IN 2004." I will do that type of list because I know you, my dear readers, would want me to do something, because, well, it's the sort of thing one does at the End of the Year, and besides, I know how much you value my opinion.

After all, it’s not like I’m the FOX network or The Enquirer.