{"id":18,"date":"2007-10-04T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=18"},"modified":"2009-02-18T23:17:25","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T05:17:25","slug":"my-15th-to-17th-favorite-motion-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2007\/10\/my-15th-to-17th-favorite-motion-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"My 15th to 17th Favorite Motion Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>17.  Star Wars (Trilogy) (1977-1983)<\/strong><br \/> Okay, so these are probably the most written-about movies in the history of cinema.  But they do deserve the bulk of the attention they get.  They are just plain fun film-making.  From start to finish, there\u2019s always something new, some new world or species waiting to grab your attention.  Absolutely everything is original \u2013 think about it: there are very few movies out there that do not take place on Earth or involve people from Earth.  <br \/> Why not rate this one higher?  Mark Hamill = lousy, whiny actor (at least in Episode IV).  And <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em>?  Too much Ewok.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.  Shine (1996)<\/strong><br \/> Flashbacks were never so artistically put to celluloid. The story of pianist David Helfgott is at times touching, suspenseful, humorous; but at all times intriguing. Follow closely, the story fabulously uses mostly visuals to tell itself. The scene of Helfgott (almost) performing the Rach 3 is one of the best ever! And Mr. Rush does a top-notch job of portraying the pianist.  <br \/> Why not rate this one higher?  Some scenes are just plain awkward.  I wasn\u2019t sure if I was supposed to laugh or feel pity.  Weird stuff. <\/p>\n<p><strong>15. Super Size Me! (2004)<\/strong><br \/> Here\u2019s the highest-ranked documentary on my list.  Director Morgan Spurlock takes his cues from Michael Moore by placing himself in the action and spicing up an important topic with loads of humor.  Spurlock one-ups Moore, though, by not allowing his own agenda to overshadow the big issues.  This film was informative, funny, moving and relevant.  I haven\u2019t eaten at McDonald\u2019s since then.<br \/> Why not rate this one higher?  The beginning of Spurlock\u2019s 30-day experiment gets off to a slooow start.  And though the segment about public school lunches was captivating, I didn\u2019t see how it supported the main theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17. Star Wars (Trilogy) (1977-1983) Okay, so these are probably the most written-about movies in the history of cinema. But they do deserve the bulk of the attention they get. They are just plain fun film-making. From start to finish, there\u2019s always something new, some new world or species waiting to grab your attention. Absolutely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-film-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}