Pierrot Le Fou (1965)

Ugh, another Godard movie? When will I get it an just put an end to this misery? Alright, that expression of intense suffering may be a small overstatement, but I really don't care for Godard. Maybe this makes me a naive, provincial student of cinema; maybe this makes me a decent human being. Anyway, I watched Pierrot with an open mind. Jean-Paul Belmondo + Anna Karina are probably the most beautiful French actors from this era, so that made the movie a bit more palatable.

The main idea of this movie is that JP and Anna team up and act as French Bonnie and Clyde and rob people [not banks] and sometimes sing songs. They are unsavory characters despite being total babes. That's probably the only thing they have in common besides being pricks.

2/5 pizzas

Jackie Brown (1997)

It took me a long time to see this movie, as I was a little preoccupied in 1997. I remember when my parents went to go see it though, and I was all "Who is that very ugly man who keeps making all these with guns and the N word?"

Come to think of it, Robert De Niro is lookin pretty gross in this movie too:

Yikes! You know who is actually looking great for a middle-aged person in this movie? Pam Grier. That's right. She is such a fox, and I'm going to go ahead and guess that this is her best role ever. Despite all the problems with racism and patriarchy in this movie, it's good to know that Jackie Brown is a really smart hero. A dollop of feminism is nice in a movie that broke the mold with the usage of the N word. Great job, Tarantino.

Plot-wise, this movie is pretty exciting. You know, is has shootings, car chases, malls, soul music, sexual intercourse, smuggling, disgusting facial hair, and a 3rd-generation Fonda.

I must reiterate that Jackie Brown is a foxy mastermind. I'm sorry that some people who do impeccable Quentin Tarantino impersonations don't really like this movie.

4/5 pizzas

Safety Last (1923)

This was my first Harold Lloyd movie, and I absolutely loved it. This dude is one bad motherfucker, plus he is a total babe. Do you see his Daria James Joyce glasses? Babe!

Safety Last is Harold's most famous movie because it features this clock sequence. He actually climbs a twelve-story building and dangles from the hands of this clock. You can tell Lloyd actually does this because the cars are moving below him. This is so awesome and unbelievable! It's even scarier than Buster Keaton having a house fall on him or get tossed around as a football as a baby in Vaudeville.

I like that Harold Lloyd's character in the movie has the same name -- very Jerry Seinfeld-esque. He's a comedian too! One thing that sets Harold's movies apart from contemporaries Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is that Harold the character is very lucky. Things seem to work out for him -- like when he makes his friend smack a cop, he doesn't get in trouble. When he pretends to be his boss at the store to impress his girlfriend, he doesn't get caught. He's also very smooth. For example, he writes the reflection of "Kick me" with chalk on a wall and then gently nudges a cop against this wall. Thus, the imprint is written correctly on his back, and the cop gets kicked! Awesome. I'm trying this goof as soon as I can.

5/5 pizzas

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

Best. Movie. Maybe Ever. It features a babe, too.

See, I do like Sci-Fi.

5/5 pizza the huts