"Ego Trippin" off their album 'Buhloone Mindstate' circa 1994. If you don't know, now you know. Go get it, it's worth it. My hope, one day they'll play at the Jackson Hole Film Festival. Like I said, everybody gotta have a dream! What's happenin' everybody? To my seven blogger fans out there, I apologize for my recent absence. Been a bit overwhelmed lately learning the in's and out's of information systems. Fear not young superfans, I am back. Let's get right into it, shall we? Was out the other night and got into a ridiculous conversation with an NYU movie snob who attempted to justify that Bottle Rocket was Wes Angerson's WORST film. Say what?! No no no....seriously, say WHAT?! Look, I am the first one to admit that the film industry, and all art industries for that matter, are completely subjective - so there is no right and wrong. But, let's be real here, anyone who says that Bottle Rocket isn't one of Anderson's better films (a) does not deserve to go to NYU (b) does not deserve any title resembling 'movie buff' and (c) is an idiot. I equated this moment to the time I was out in Los Angeles at a birthday party where a young woman proceeded to exclaim that she hated 'Lost in Translation' because she felt Sophia Coppola and the film was 'independent for the sake of being independent'. Again, say what?! To this day, I still have no idea what that statement means, nor do I even care enough to give it a second thought. That girl, for now and forever in my eyes, will be clueless. But, the idiocy that spews from these people's mouths is also what makes the film industry a thing of beauty. People have the right to have these opinions. Look at me, I am knocking these individuals right now based on their opinions. It's not totally justified, but it is the beauty of film. So, with that said, why don't I eat my words a little bit and throw out a few things that could give people reason to call me clueless or an idiot. It only seems fair after my little tirade. In terms of films....I think JAWS is the best horror film ever created, hands down. People have knocked me in the past for this, but someone out there try and find a scarier film. Anyone whose seen the film knows that they think about it every time they are in the ocean, a lake, or even a swimming pool (okay, maybe that last one is just me...). What else....okay, here's one for you....I don't get the hype over Citizen Kane....and yes, I went to film school! I get it, it was an extremely progressive film for its time that changed cinema forever. Blah blah blah. That may be so, but I'm sorry, that film bores me to tears. I think anyone who argues that it is one of their favorite films is doing so because AFI puts out that ridiculous top 100 list each year and it is always in the number one spot. I'll spare everyone my opinion on that list, but I hate the fact that it has somehow the de facto standard in the film industry. It's a list made by too many people with too many opinions, I'll leave it at that. You know what else? Lawrence of Arabia, not feeling it. It's 3 hours of a guy walking through the desert. 3 hours!! In the desert!! And please, don't come at me saying "Oh well, he dislikes Citizen Kane and Lawrence of Arabia, he's probably just some young punk who has no sense of history or appreciation for film." It's simply not true. 'It happened One Night', 'Cool Hand Luke', 'All About Eve'....all fantastic films. I know my film history, I just don't have to love all the films in history. What else? Oh yeah.... I like the Roger Moore James Bond films! How about that?! 'View to a Kill', 'Octopussy', 'Moonraker'....I dig them all! I know Sean Connery is, and forever will be, the best James Bond, but you know what, Roger Moore was pretty damn solid as well. Yeah, I said it...so what? So I like the film that opens with neon outlined dancing women serenaded by Duran Duran's 'Dance into the Fire'. It's cheesy, it's ridiculous, it's got Roger Moore snowboarding on a makeshift snowboard while the Beach Boys 'California Girls' is playing in the background. Love it or hate it, to me....it's gravy. So there, I am not perfect and I too have a barrage of moronic opinions about films. But I don't care and neither should any of you. I love a good debate about film, so if you happen to catch me at the festival this year feel free to stop me in the street and I'll be happy to explain to you why Gary Oldman is one of the finest and most overlooked actors in Hollywood or why Sylvester Stallone's 'Cobra' is actually a really good film!