7:13

i couldn't make myself go through things
and
i was looking at twitter
and they asked one of those questions
that is so typical of twitter
in an enjoyable way
what was your favorite movie
the year you turned 18
well
i mean
i couldn't remember
so i looked up 1985 movies in imdb
and omg, so so many movies there were over 3000 of them
and they were ranked
but after about 700
i wasn't recognizing them at all
so i didn't look any more than that
but still
there were a lot of popular movies
that wouldn't make the list
like
back to the future, which i saw
and goonies, which i did not
but
there were a bunch that i just wasn't sure
which was my favorite

Brazil
Agnes of God
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Room with a View
Lost in America
After Hours
Desert Hearts
My Beautiful Laundrette
Trouble in Mind
Fool for Love
A Chorus Line
The Color Purple
Desperately Seeking Susan
Better Off Dead 

and then some that i wouldn't list as
like my favorite
but
i enjoyed quite a bit

Just One of the Guys
Fletch
Jewel of the Nile
White Nights
Volunteers
Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure

but there was one that i haven't mentioned yet
and i thought, oh i remember seeing that one
and i still see a scene from that
most of the time when i go to the gas station
but that wasn't even a very important scene
maybe
but
i thought
you know
i rarely think about any of those other films
so
i watched it again
except i think it had some scenes cut out
but
i watched it
and
maybe this is my favorite film
from the year i turned 18

Bliss   (an Australian film)

i'm not sure i would have told you that
if you'd asked me that that year

i saw a lot of movies that year
it was the year after i graduated from high school
i have reason to believe
you graduated from college in 1981
and
independently
that you graduated from high school in 1977
so
i'm going to assume you turned 18 in 1977
and it is super easy to tell you my favorite film from that year
because i don't seem to have seen many films that year

annie hall

although
full disclosure
i'm not sure i saw it that year
it might have been a couple years later at
but
let's say that's my final answer anyway
because otherwise
we're down to
star wars
close encounters
the spy who loved me
oh god
smokey and the bandit
territory
and we don't want that
but i know isaw those movies
not
saturday night fever
i didn't get to see that
or
the goodbye girl
though i did see it later

i know by the time i was 26
i was watching a lot of films
but
i don't think most of them were theatrical releases
but
i'm not sure, let me look

ok 1993
the film i wanted to be my favorite was

even cowgirls get the blues

because i had read the book
but sadly it was not
i also saw

groundhog day
nightmare before xmas
benny and joon

in the theater
and

true romance
music of chance 

on video
i was working in a video store
in 1993 so i saw a lot more than that
but those were from that year
and notable as ones i liked

if i have to pick a favorite
i might need to watch benny and joon
and true romance
again
but
let's cheat and say
both of them
one in theater and one on video

this took a lot of time
but
it was kinda fun
and
i wonder
what your films are