Classic

I'm not really a movie buff.  I hate "guy"movies.  You know the ones with F-bombs dropped every few seconds and fight scenes full of blood, guts and gore.  But then again, 50 Shades of Grey and Magic Mike aren't my thing either.  I like to think that my tastes are more refined. Some of my favorites are The King's Speech and The Imitation Game. (And before you think I'm too much of a bore, I'm a sucker for a good rom-com too - Love! Love, Actually) British of course and in need of a brain to enjoy.  This isn't to say I'm a snob - though that's probably the case too.  

It's actually to say, that as soon as I start to think of my tastes as pretentious and intelligent, I turn on USA Network randomly, and find that I'm just as in love with Independence Day as I was 20 years ago.  I'm not sure it won any awards and it's certainly not high-brow by any means.  But I love it, and can quote most of the scenes ("Forget the fat lady, you're obsessed with the fat lady!")  It also happens to be one of the very few movies I've actually seen in the theatre and if I remember correctly, I was even grumpier about having to go see it then, than I am being dragged to random movies now.  But I'm so glad I did!

Oh and by the way, even though I tend to rail against sequels until I'm blue in the face (Doesn't anyone have any original ideas anymore?!), I hear there's a chance of a sequel to ID4 in the next year or two, and I'm secretly super excited.  Shh!  Don't tell anyone, lest I lose my intellectual cred... : )