Captain America Blogathon

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Andy from Fandango Groovers is back with another one of his fantastic blogathons! This time, he asks what 10 movies would we recommend to Steve Rodgers, aka Captain America, who had been frozen for so long. I thought about this for a minute. I could recommend my top 10 favorite movies to insure that he has impeccable taste, but I figured I should be fair, and recommend a wide variety of different films so he can get the feel for multiple genres. So here we go. Thanks for hosting, Andy!

 1) American Beauty - This is a good movie.

2) The Room - This is a bad movie.

3) To Kill A Mockingbird - This is a classic masterpiece.

4) Inception - This is a modern masterpiece.

5) The Exorcist - This is a scary movie.*


6) Step Brothers - This is a funny movie.

7) Only God Forgives - This is a pretentious movie.

8) Her - This is a thought provoking movie.

9) WALL-E - This is great animation.

10) Lord of the Rings - These are great book to movie adaptations.


bonus: The Dark Knight - This is the Joker. Be lucky that you are in the Marvel-verse and will never have to deal with him.

*It literally took me like 20 minutes to pick out that Exorcist gif because all the other ones of Regan kept freaking me out.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 17, 2014 at 11:59 AM

    Gotta love gifs!

    I didn't realize it was a list for Captain America. I thought it was just a list for anyone who had been frozen for that long. Oh well. This is a great list.

    I'd have to watch a few of these with him, since there are a few I haven't seen here :-O

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 17, 2014 at 6:04 PM

      Have you seen the room? Because I'd really love to read your review on that.

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    2. AnonymousMarch 25, 2014 at 9:29 AM

      I haven't! I almost did last year when I did the 5 Obstructions blogathon because we were supposed to interview someone and I know someone (not on a personal level, but I know him) who worked on the art department for The Room and so I was going to watch the film and interview him about it, but I ran out of time and I needed to throw something together, so I went another route. I need to see that film though. I hear it is the definition of AWFUL!

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    3. Brittani BurnhamMarch 25, 2014 at 2:27 PM

      You need to see it. I've seen it twice, once sober, and once not. I had two totally different opinions afterwards.

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  2. ruthMarch 17, 2014 at 5:16 PM

    Fun gifs here Brittani! I love the variety here, ahah that last one w/ the Joker is hilarious. Yeah, Capt is lucky he doesn't have to deal with him! Love the inclusion of HER, he'll be sooo confused if SHIELD sets him up with an OS with Black Widow's voice, ahahaha

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 17, 2014 at 6:03 PM

      Oh God, I didn't even think of the connection in Her. That's hilarious!

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  3. thevoid99March 17, 2014 at 6:33 PM

    That is a great list. So far, I have 8 films in the list as I need 2 more to complete the list as I'm going for something eclectic where there's art-house but also something that is accessible.

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  4. JoshMarch 17, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    Nice picks! You touched on just about any kind of film that he'd need to see.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 17, 2014 at 8:37 PM

      Thanks! I did miss the "depressing" category. I'd have to recommend Away From Her there. (Since I haven't see Amour)

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  5. Big Screen Small WordsMarch 17, 2014 at 8:45 PM

    Great list! Some of this are on my list - I have yet to finish it, still lacking two more.

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  6. SDGMarch 17, 2014 at 10:22 PM

    Great List! Any list that includes Inception and calls it a masterpiece wins in my book. :)

    I also like you including bad films like "Don't go anywhere near him". He needs to know that too right?

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 18, 2014 at 6:37 AM

      Definitely! I also think everyone should experience The Room. That movie is in it's own league of bad.

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  7. s.March 18, 2014 at 9:11 PM

    Love the choices and the way you summarized Only God Forgives :)

    No TV post this week? I saw shitstorm on twitter regarding TWD.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 19, 2014 at 7:01 AM

      I know, last week's episode was actually great, but I kind of lost the will to write about TWD because it's been SO bad lately. I felt like all I was doing was bitching.

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    2. Brittani BurnhamMarch 19, 2014 at 7:37 AM

      *Edit* Now I wrote something on it that I will post tomorrow. I guess I needed a little shove. lol

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  8. Angela's Anxious LifeMarch 23, 2014 at 12:21 AM

    This is a good idea for a post.. I am going to ponder on this and will probably join up!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamMarch 23, 2014 at 8:27 AM

      You definitely should! Andy always comes up with great ideas for Blogathons.

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