Watching

I have heard that "The Big Sleep" and "Casablanca" are considered great movies.  I consider "The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!" and "In the Spirit" greater.  I realize that my particular tastes influence my ideas.  I rewatched both movies in recent nights.  Amazon movies can be rented or "bought".  If they are "purchased", they are in a special higher pay category that allows me to choose to view them without further charge.  I hadn't tried viewing for some years and I wondered if the deal and the category still held the way it had.  

I viewed Russians, which I have done more than a dozen times, again and realized it is, indeed, a superb depiction of a group fear based on a misunderstanding and a fundamental desire to "fight".  While finding how to access the movie, I found that I had quite a few that I didn't realize I did.  "Ruthless People" with Bette Midler and Danny Devito was remembered positively and I watched it again.  Excellent plot and excellent acting, full of good surprises.  The name of the screen writer I remembered came up and with it, a scene in which a passel of young women are chasing one frightened man down the street in the hopes of being close and more.  Didn't Dale Launer write the movie with that scene?  Yes!  "Love Potion #9"!  Be very careful in using the potion.  It can be surprisingly unpleasant.