I’m a man of simple pleasures. Sports, good food, booze, drugs, and women are the things I love most in this crazy world we live in. If I had to add another vice to this list it would have to be movies, I fucking love movies. Below is a short list of five random ass, relatively recent movies that I found to be very well made, highly entertaining, and under the radar. I’m not saying these movies are the greatest movies of all time, but if you ever catch them on TV or find them online I highly suggest checking them out.
1. The Chumscrubber (2005):
I would describe The Chumscrubber as Alpha Dog meets American Beauty. It’s a dark comedy set in a fake suburban California valley town. The Chumscrubber features prescription drugs, overly medicated borderline psychotic high school kids, parents who are completely selfish and disconnected from their kids, plus a twisted view of the fucked up world that is suburbia. The only person I recognized in this movie was William Fitchtner. I caught this flick at like 2 am on HBO and it blew my fucking mind
2. George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (2007):
George A, Romero is arguably the big dick king of zombie movies, and Diary of the Dead strongly supports that disputed title. It’s a first person view almost mockumentry (fake documentary for you fucktards out there) of college kids and their film professor trying to survive the zombacalypse. Very cool concept and a solid zombie movie, Diary of the Dead also examines how fucking addicted we are to the media and its constant display of violence.
3. Wasted (2006):
Wasted is an independent “coming of age” flick that features three guys reuniting to bury one of their close friends. It’s basically like the Big Chill but a lot less 80s. It stars Finch from American Pie, Sunshine from Remember the Titans, and some other douche bag who’s not in anything worth mentioning. The movie also has a solid acoustical guitar soundtrack if you’re into that like I am. The quote shown in the opening scene really hit me spot on; “Youth is wasted on the young”
4. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Never read the book but if it’s anything like this movie I need to hit up Barnes and Noble. The Rules of Attraction is fucking incredible. A college movie that’s not a comedy, my words will not do this film justice. This movie features drugs, partying, more drugs, sex, even more drugs, a pinch of suicide, a shit ton of booze, and one of the fastest monologues about a trip to Europe ever. There are some gay scenes in this flick but it is nicely countered by plenty of tits, and Jessica Biel. Not a normal college film by any stretch of the imagination, and is truly worth watching.
5. 25th Hour (2002)
25th Hour was the only book I read cover to cover back in high school and the movie is equally as good. To give a quick description the movie features a convicted drug dealer in New York, on his last day before going to prison for seven years. Directed surprisingly by Spike Lee (surprising because I didn’t feel guilty about being white afterwards) the 25th Hour stars an extremely talented cast; Edward Norton (one of my all time favorites), Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Barry Pepper just to name a few. If you claim to love movies you 100% NEED TO SEE THIS FILM.
The next time I’m high or have free time (which should be soon) I’ll create another list of random ass movies worth seeing
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