Top 5 movies watched while remaining socially distant5. Ip Man 4. The Last Samurai 3. A Tuba to Cuba 2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1. Inception Kind of a soft top-5 so far. Really thought I'd be watching more movies by this point in the lock down. This is pretty much the whole list for me at the moment, but I've got about 15 that I plan to watch soon. I'll update the list if there is anything that breaks into the top 5. Ip Man is a Hong Kong kung fu flick with Donnie Yen. I'm a total sucker for a good kung fu movie and this one is pretty good stuff. There are a handful of sequels, but I'm not sure if this one is so good it needs sequels. I'll probably watch them at some point though- I loves me some kung fu. I'm also a sucker for Tom Cruise movies, so Last Samurai was a natural for me. I've probably seen it a half dozen times, but it has both samurai and ninjas in it and my main movie watching son hadn't seen it. It was just as good the 7th time. A Tuba to Cuba is a documentary about the Preservation Hall Jazz Band going on a musical outreach trip to Cuba. I'm even more of a sucker for jazz than I am for kung fu or Tom Cruise, so this was a natural. I was in hog heaven watching it, but I did notice that no one in my family watched for more than about 15 minutes. I might be kind of a geek about some things. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is an absolute classic. One of my other sons hadn't seen it, so we made time to watch it. Just as funny as it ever was. Good grief Inception is a such a good movie! If you haven't seen this one yet, it's on Netflix and it's a just a remakable piece of film making. I won't geek out more than I already have, but this one is really good. Post your Top-5 quarantine movies in the comments. Even if you don't have a full 5, at least give us some recommendations!
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I love the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity (as well as the movie version with John Cusak). One of the organizing concepts that the main character, Rob, uses to manage his life is the "Top 5 List"-- top 5 rock bands, top five love songs, top five breakups, etc. The idea totally fits how my brain is wired as well, so, in honor of Rob from High Fidelity, I bring you my top 5's from life socially distanced: Top 5 books read while socially distancing5. Ribsy by Beverly Cleary 4. Keep the Door Open by Kristen Berry 3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 2. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 1. The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian so yeah, I've only read 5 (so far), so that rounds out the top 5 list. Ribsey is typical Beverly Cleary fare (she also wrote Ramona & Beezus, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, etc.) It isn't her best book, but it's not that bad. Mostly I'm just tired of reading Beverly Cleary books right now. My daughter has requested about a million and six of them in a row. I put my foot down after Ribsy. We're reading The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis next. Keep the Door Open is a non-fiction book about a family that says "yes" to every foster child placement presented to them over the course of a year. My family provides respite foster care, so this one was interesting to read from that perspective. Fahrenheit 451 is one I read either in high school or college. It's a great book and since I'm assigning it for the English II kids to read, I figured it was time to re-read it. Interesting to read it from the perspective of being an adult compared to the first time I read it. Outliers was the first book by Malcolm Gladwell I'd ever read. He's a talented writer and the book poses and tries to answer some interesting questions in way I'd not really ever thought about. I've found myself telling other people about this book a lot more than anything else I've read in a long time. The Yellow Admiral is the 18th book in a series by Patrick O'Brian who may well be the very best writer, word for word, that I've ever read. His ability to paint word pictures is only rivaled by his mastery of dialogue. A pure pleasure to read. A couple of his books were mashed together to make the movie Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World- A great movie if you haven't seen it yet. You got a book to recommend for reading while socially distant? Post in the comments!
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