Movies you must see before you die

[DeadKennedys]

I'd scratch Escape from New York from that list. It had all the right ingredients: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Kurt Russell with an eye patch, NYC as a dystopian island prison, and Kurt Russell with an eye patch and a gun.

Like a good recipe, it started out really well, but they forgot a few spices and cut the heat too soon. My heart was pumping for the first fifteen minutes, I was more pumped up than I was the first time I heard "Let's build some hurtin' bombs", I wanted to play baseball with puppies. And somehow, they screwed it up. I was ready for horror, action, adventure, and I was bored the whole time. Damnit.

I just saw Spirited Away and Stand By Me for the first time, those are good.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Blade Runner
Big Fish
Alien, Aliens
Gladiator