With fall upon us, my only reader wanted a suggestion of the best fall-oriented movies. I don’t know that this is a list that comes readily to me, as it isn’t generally how I think of movies. That made it a nice challenge. When it comes to fall, I tend to think of back to …
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10 Most Evil Movie Characters
This post is distinguished from the 10 favorite movie villains. There will be some overlap, but the “favorite” villains, while generally immoral, are not necessarily the absolute worst people in terms of pure malevolence. That brings up the question, what is evil? By one definition, evil, as an adjective, is defined as morally wrong or …
10 Favorite Action Movies
Action movies are one of my favorite genres, though a tough one to officially pin down for a list like this. Technically, sports movies have a lot of action, war movies too. What is the line between an action movie and a thriller? Super hero movies? This random online dictionary defines action movies as “a …
10 Funniest Movie Characters
This list was a suggestion from my only reader, so, as they say, “give the person what the want!” I will say it was an enjoyable list to think up, reminiscing about the movies, characters, and lines that most made me laugh. A couple of things about this: Humor is inherently subjective, so funniest has …
10 Best/Favorite Movie Villains
This is arguably my favorite movie subject. I tend to find villains more enjoyable than heroes, probably because they don’t have to play by the conventional rules, which means they can do more in the story. Related to that, movies with good villains tend to be good. I don’t know if it’s because the character …
10 Favorite Opening Scenes/Sequences
For my first post on Movie Opinions, it seemed fitting to celebrate the opening scenes in movies. Below is a list of my 10 favorite opening scenes/sequences. A few things worth noting before we start: -I note scenes and sequences because, by the letter of the law, a scene might change when the location changes. …