Peter, what about The Gods Must Be Crazy? Dang, but that is one of my favorites, and I haven't seen it in years.

Another one of those movies you're supposed to like: Blue Velvet. How awfully STRANGE. I can't say I liked it at all. Isabella Rosellini definitely cannot sing.

As for movies you're not supposed to like: I have my own copy of the much-maligned Ishtar. Should be required viewing for all songwriters everywhere. ;-)

I haven't seen Gangs of New York yet, but plan to rent it. My friend Howard liked it, and he is not what I'd call an Easy Sell. I will have to see it simply because my man Daniel Day-Lewis is in it. Another of my friends described his character in this movie as "a cross between Snidely Whiplash and the Cat in the Hat."

I also did not like The Blair Witch Project. Bunch of sissy kids screaming at each other in the woods. Pah! However, the fact that it was a hit made on a shoestring budget is pretty encouraging for other indie film makers.