You haven't had an assignment in almost two weeks so I figure it's high time you get to writing for me.  Here is this weeks assignment:

Make sure you clearly tell me the five movies and why I should watch them.  You will not be given credit if you leave out the why.  OK, class, get to work.

Here are mine:

1.  In America  This movie tells the story of an immigrant family trying to make a better life in the U.S.  I think you have to be carved out of stone not to enjoy this movie.

2.  Dancer in the Dark  Bjork stars in this movie and she puts in a helluva performance.  This movie is so different from anything I've seen.  It's hard to tell if this movie is a documentary, drama, or musical.  The story breaks your heart and then how the movie ends...damn.  I had a friend that despised this movie because it was "predictable" and Bjork's character was weak willed.  She wasn't.  I think that character is one of the strongest characters in cinema.

3.  Fight Club  It's just one of those movies that toys with your mind and the whole time you are expecting something to pay-off and then you get a twist.

4.  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  This is the greatest satirical movie ever made.  Peter Sellers gives the performance(s) of a lifetime.  Slim Pickens also has one of the most memorable scenes in cinema which has been spoofed numerous times in The Simpsons.

5.  The Jerk   I think this is one of the movies that I quote the most.  I was going to write something big here but I don't need this and this.  Just this ashtray and this paddle game and remote control and matches and lamp.  And who can forget this quote: I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. I have it written down, but I can show it to you tomorrow if you want to see it.