I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Scalzi‘s listings from the Rough Guides‘ Movie guides. They make me wonder what the canon lists of movies would be for specific topics. I’ve listed a few that I think should be on the list (sticking to movies that I’ve seen, of which there are far too few). What else belongs there?
It’s Friday. If you’re reading this blog, I’d say that you ain’t got shit to do. I’m gonna talk about movies that’ll get you high!
Pot movies have always been my guilty pleasure. I’m possibly the world’s biggest square, but I just can’t get enough of movies where the heros bumble around, baked out of their brains getting sidetracked by talking bags of Doritos. I like the uncertainty that comes along with these movies. Sometimes they have something important to say. Sometimes they’re just stupid fun. The only constant, really, is the Doritos.
I couldn’t in good faith stop at five today, but there are legion more that I haven’t seen. What are the good ones? Which movies make you laugh like a Canadian Olympic snowboarder?
- Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
- Dazed and Confused
- Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
- Friday
- Half Baked
- Super Troopers
- The Big Lebowski
- The Muppet Movie
More Alternate Film Canons.
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The Stoned Age!
Rolling Kansas Caddyshack Reefer Madness Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke How High Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back Alice in Wonderland
Most of the above, plus: Dude, Where’s My Car?
Hey CP– would you consider doing an alternate film canon for Vegas flicks?
-Freeway -I second the Dude, Where’s My Car and Harold and Kumar nominations -space ghost from coast to coast if you include the tv canon.
If we’re going to include television, we sort of have to include “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.”
-Strange Brew, even if it’s just about beer.
In Strange Brew you can’t tell if they’re drunk or stoned or just Canadian. Definitely a movie to be included in this list either way.