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Picking Five Movies That Define Me Was Harder Than I Expected
Get to know me with five films
When Pierce McIntyre issued the double challenge of “Five Songs/Movies that Define Me,” I thought the movie part would be the easier of the two. I was even more convinced when it took me two articles to finish the song part of the challenge (one with Springsteen songs and one without). Yet after entirely too much time spent pondering the film question, it is clear that I was wrong about how easy it would be.
The problem lies in the premise of the challenge (which I link to at the end of this piece). The title is “Movies that Define Me,” and in the article he goes on to say it should be films that help people get to know you better. While similar, these aren’t exactly the same thing, and even if they were I would still be flummoxed.
I’ve written numerous articles about the MCU, and with 25 films to choose from you’d think at least one Marvel movie would help you get to know me, but the only insight to be found there is that it took me far too long to start watching them. I considered The Godfather as soon as I saw the challenge, but simply because I consider it the greatest film ever made, and this isn’t a list of greatest films ever. And none of the myriad of historical films I love really define me.
