This is a wonderfully entertaining movie, chock full of quotable lines and engaging action scenes. Y'know who likes it? Horribly annoying individuals, especially politically conservative, "religious" white dudes who smoke lots of weed. Some people like it so much that they type Il Duce's Prayer in the "favorite quotations" field on their Facebook page. Others like it so much that they get Il Duce's Prayer tattooed on themselves. Be careful who you talk to about this movie, folks. They just might think you're an idiot for liking it and not Rushmore.
The Big Lebowski also falls into this category, whether hardcore fans believe it or not.
2. U2
U2 is one of the most commercially successful bands of all time. Many critics (minus Rolling Stone) find them to be superfluous, and many regular people despise them for Bono's silly posturing. Although I'm ashamed to admit it, I love them, and hate when they're placed under the "arena rock" umbrella with the likes of Kings of Leon, Muse, The Killers, etc. Without U2, those bands wouldn't exist. It's hard to explain the virtues of U2 to a non-fan. No matter how hard you try, they'll always tell you that you must be someone who knows nothing about music. Oh well.
3. The Phillies
Liking baseball is a sure sign that you're an average suburban white dude. Either that or you're from somewhere in the Caribbean. I hate to admit that I like the Phillies because I fear that I will be thrown into the massive hoard of bandwagon jumpers who started to pay attention to the Phils after they won the World Series in 2008. Seriously, they're the number one team in town now. You know how I know? Remember a few years ago when you'd go to a Phils game and they'd be losing and fans sitting waaaay up top would do the E-A-G-L-E-S cheer? I was at a game a few weeks ago, the Phils were losing 7-1 in the 3rd inning, and nobody was shouting anything about the Birds. A surefire sign that the Phils are tops in Philly if you ask me. I just really miss the days when they played at the Vet and 700 level tix were $6. They'd only draw 15,000 a game so you could really spread out. I hope they start sucking again.
4. Fast Food
I love fast food, I really do. Obviously it tastes good, but even more than that it might be the least pretentious thing on the planet, and lord knows we need something like it in a world of Lady Gagas and Wes Andersons. I don't like to admit that I love it, mostly because some people can get all Morgan Spurlocky and tell you about how the cattle are raised or how you're going to get fat like the kids pictured above. All in moderation, folks. Eat that Croissan'Wich for breakfast or that Big Mac for lunch or those Chalupas for dinner. Just make sure you only do it once in a blue moon. And sorry cattle, I didn't invent our food production system. I'm aware of the problems. Seriously, I saw Food Inc.
5. Life
I hate to sound similar to one of those religious folks who's all like "every day is a blessing," but they're kind of right. Life ain't so bad. I mean, what do ya got to compare it to? As much as I want to whine about the perils of my extraordinarily difficult existence, I just can't.
The Boondock Saints, U2, The Phillies, Fast Food, and most of all Life. I'm now proud to say that I love them all.
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