Posted on 04/05/2013 at 06:14 PM
| Filed Under Blogs
Cinderella Man is my favorite movie of all time. I wish Paul Giomatti would take more roles like that, he became one of my favorite actors when I saw it, then he became hit or miss in what I saw him in afterwards. Great movie just in general though, directing, acting, sound, editing, everything is classical and you know where it's going, but it grips me every time, and such a damn good redemption story. True one, too, it's based on J.J. Braddock, who was a boxer during the depression.
Second favorite movie is Chasing Amy, for very personal reasons and cause it's funny, third Ruggles of Red Gap, which is a hilarious black and white comedy about a British servant that traveled to America which I never would have known about if not for a college film class, and was also on Ed Norton's five favorites list on Rottentomatoes, fourth and fifth for now from my memory are Garden State and Crash. First for personal reasons and soundtrack, last because it was the first movie that made me really appreciate an almost pure drama, with very little action.