The best movies to have running through your head during class
Western Civilization
>> Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, and to a lesser extent, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. Nothing makes history come alive like getting in a phone booth given to you and your stoner best friend by a guy named Rufus, abducting historical figures, then letting them loose in your local mall.
Chemistry
>> Flubber. Oh, come on, everyone takes chemistry just to make a new elemental substance that will earn money for a lowly college basketball team.
Philosophy
>> The Unbearable Lightness of Being, will get you in the mood for every philosopher, from Plato to Nietzsche, and if that doesn’t work, try Teenage Mutant Turtles Two: The Secret of the Ooze.
Geology
>> Any big-budgeted, completely implausible earth-disaster movie will do, but Cadenza recommends burning LA down in Tommy Lee Jones’ immortal classic, Volcano.
Organic Chemistry
>> Jet Li’s The One, where you can watch a man kick himself over, and over, and over.
Engineering
>> Gremlins. Pesky little buggers always fuck up anything mechanical.
American Literature
>> The best way to survive/appreciate certain classic literature is ro watch the worst possible film made from it; in that case, we recommend Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter.
Human Evolution
>> Alien. The best way to appreciate evolution AND the glories of xenophobia is to watch a little chest-popping alien work his mojo on a bunch of hapless Homo sapiens.
Ceramics
>> One can’t go wrong with Ghost, where you get to make a pot while getting felt up by Patrick Swayze.
Archaeology
>> Any of the Indiana Jones series, from Raiders of the Lost Ark, to The Last Crusade, will teach you the true meaning of professional modern-day archaeology: getting chased by murderous natives, trapped in pits of snakes, eating monkey brains and running into God on numerous occasions, all while having Sean Connery as your father.
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