The Buy List: DVD Edition pt1

One of the best things in life is just kicking back and watching a good movie on a nice sized screen. The latter part of that is key because youtube cannot compare to anything like a flat screen, that is unless you have yourself an incredible desktop screen. Therefore a sweet dvd library is a must have, and saying this in one post is impossible so expect this for as long as I'm blogging.

First up is Scorsese's classic film, Casino. In the summary the sentence, "Martin Scorsese's masterful look at the Mob in Las Vegas details the rise and fall of a casino kingpin." "Details" is the right word to describe this story. In many ways it's a how to book that would be aptly titled, "How to Make Loads of Money in 1970's Las Vegas and How to Fuck It Up". It has all the right things in a gangster movie, and probably is one of the films that changed the genre of gangster flicks. The smart main character play marvelously well by De Niro, the misguided people that ruin it all, and a unknowledgeable naive woman. The feature that makes it deeper than most other films I've seen in this genre is the type of hustler queen played by Sharon Stone. I won't into any more detail because I'm actually watching it right now, but more chances than not you have seen this film before.

Going up second is such a weirdly, idiotic, yet smart comedy of The Three Amigos. I've never seen so many memorable scenes back to back causing me to not only stop laughing but stop breathing all together. That's honestly the best thing I can say about the film, this is what a comedy is suppose to do, and nothing does it better than a classic age of Martin, Chase, and Short. It's a great film to watch on that rainy night with all your friends in the room laying on bean bag chairs drinking on something, if you get my meaning.