Some time ago I talked about certain movies that represent something special in ones childhood and/or teen years. These are movies that put you into a different state of mind, they're almost like time machines, you're thrown into a whirlwind of happy memories (hopefully) and funny thoughts.
 

I'll have to think long and hard after movies that I’ve seen over the years that have made any special impact on my life, I’m talking about some movies that make me feel good just by thinking about them. The only recent experience that I can refer to was one that I had this February. It was late, really late, there was dead calm at home and pitch black outside.

Sometimes I want to go back in time and slap a group of filmmakers with a phonebook only because of their poor choice in directing or casting. I've seen so many movies that have had the potential of becoming big blockbusters but fail right at the finishing line. If they only made the movie a little darker, invested in a little better costume, wrote a little better story. Just a little bit could have gone a long way. 

Years ago, before Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor and even before James Earl Jones was degraded to "This is CNN", there was a powerful movie that starred both these actors. Me and my brothers are, and have always been, avid readers of the Conan comic books. We still buy the weekly issue and use much of our time reading about this righteous mans ways.