Movies I Own On VHS

"Your car is uglier than I am. Oops, that didn't come out right. "

I avoided this movie for more than 4 years. Then as VHS slowly crumbled under the weight of the DVD format, this little number appeared in a bargin bin for $4.95. Certainly not worthy of its own hype. It was nonetheless, able to provide me with a few laughs.

"Any fool with a dick can make a baby, but only a real man can raise his children."

Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox and the assured eye of Brian De Palma, this Vietnam war drama is both shocking and compelling viewing. Released in 1989 as a young boy, it was a headfuck that like Platoon stayed with me for many years. Revisiting both films when I turned 18, I felt the same pain, confusion and anguish that I'd felt as that child, only now with more insight and a grounding of the world in which we live. Powerful stuff. Made me thankful I'd seen a TV censored version of Deliverance at the age of 7. Could've turned out a real nutcase. "Gotta run, there's a voice calling me."

"You see. I have no intention of breaking down her prodigiousness. I want her to believe in god and virtue and the sanctity of marriage, and still, not be able to stop herself. I want the excitement of watching her betray everything that's most important to her."

"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself."

"I like it. It's got that what-a-cruel-world-let's-toss-ourselves-in-the-abyss type ambience."

"I don't doubt myself because of you. I feel like the best version of myself when I'm with you, and that makes me doubt everything else."