Movie (Non) Buff

There's been a great deal of discussion at work this week about classic movies and films.  Movies that my co-workers have seen dozens of times and movies they love.  I usually like to stay silent in these conversations because I am not what you might call a movie buff.  I've seen a few good ones, and I do have a top 10 list.  However, there are definitely "classics" that I've never seen nor do I have any desire to see.  I'm not sure what it is about movies.  If I really want to see on on the big screen, I'll pay the money for the ticket without a problem (The Hobbit, Love, Actually, Finding Nemo) but once I've seen them, there's only a handful that I would want to spend time seeing again.  I also don't see the point of buying them on DVD.  Even if I do break down and buy the best of my best (Dead Poet's Society) I will most likely never open the case.  Whereas, I can guarantee you that I've seen every episode of M*A*S*H and NCIS at least 15 times each and can roll out plot lines and quotes like there's no tomorrow just from hearing snippets.

Under intense pressure, I finally broke down and confessed that I don't do really do movies, a confession that threatened to have me ex-communicated from our little island. After said confession, there was a barrage of movie titles to narrow down just how crazy I was.  These are a few on my "never seen" list, in order of shock-value to my friends: Breakfast Club, Any of the Star Wars (though I did get credit for knowing only 3 were actually good), Days of Thunder, Home Alone, Wall-E, any Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, any of the Brat pack movies from the 80s, Back to the Future or Grease 2 (absolutely no credit for loving Grease as "everyone has seen Grease!")  There was also no credit given for the movies I have seen since they "most certainly do not fall into Classic territory", though some in fact actually do: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Love, Actually, Mary Poppins, Rear Window, Dead Poet's Society or Mamma Mia.  I chose not to discuss the so-called legendary movies that seem to appeal to everyone, except me. (Anything with Will Ferrell or Mike Myers, Star Trek 1-1006, any Horror movies) There are quite a few more of these but I won't bore you with the details. I'm sure by now you're screaming at me from behind the keyboard, about the dislike of Old School is just downright Un-American! 

I know it's odd that I've seen so few films and I do feel slightly out of touch for not seeing a great deal of them (not the Ahnold movies of course) even though I get most references to them in pop culture (points should be given for that!).  But that doesn't make them any more interesting to me. The only excuse I can give is I have the attention span of a gnat.  Television is great because it occurs in short clips; 30-minutes to an hour each week.  That I can handle. When watching a movie, I can never sit still. I lose the plot line or get characters confused or just don't care for one of the actors.  This may have something to do with the fact that I'm Pinteresting or Etsying at the time on my phone or doing 1 of 101 other things. Either way, they pretty much always bore me.

So if you're interested in just how many times Gibbs slapped Tony upside the head this week, I can most definitely tell you but if you're looking to discuss the date the Flux Capacitor displays, I'm so not your girl!