Day 02 - Your favourite movie (S)

So, I know that I was bitching yesterday about how hard it is for me to pick a favourite song, but I guess the Blogspot Karma Gods felt guilty about that, 'cause picking my favourite movie is super-duper easy!

Ever since elementary school, I've been spending the majority of my weekday evenings and nights watching movies and/or TV shows with my dad. I know it might sound dorky, but I'm really grateful for the experience, because it's opened me up to so many movies that I would probably never have watched on my own. This is the perfect example of that:

12 Angry Men

(the original, NOT the remake)

I vividly recall my dad having to persuade me to watch this. I didn't want to see it because it's a black-and-white film, and I was convinced that meant it was boooring. I finally relented, and it only took me a couple of minutes to realize just how wrong I was.

From a superficial viewpoint, 12 Angry Men seems pretty simple -- not only is it in black-and-white, but practically the entire movie takes place in one room, and the only featured characters are the jury members -- but it's this simplicity that creates complexity and intrigue.

In case you don't know, the basic premise of the movie is that a 12-member jury has to decide whether or not a teenage boy is guilty of murdering his father. 11 out of the 12 men think he's guilty, for various, not-very-well-thought-out reasons. The one man that dissents spends the rest of the movie trying to convince everyone else to think about the case logically.

Sure, nothing blows up and no one gets naked (which is probably why the movie wasn't a box office blockbuster), but the characters are intense, the acting is absolutely excellent, the dialogue is dramatic, and the plot itself is conflicted and complicated in the most perfect of ways.

It's a really great film, and whether or not you usually watch these kinds of movies, chances are that you'll enjoy this one.

xoxo, Selene