Blue Chips & Other Movies That You Can't Stop Watching

Hi All. So this is my first entry to the world of blogs and I figured that if there was anyone who needed to share/force his thoughts on others it was me. Hopefully you will like it.

So onto my subject title. Last night instead of going to bed around 11 I stayed up another hour watching Blue Chips. Any movie that combines Nick Nolte and Shaq is going to be a great flick. Throw in cameos from Bobby Knight, Jim Calhoun, Jim Boeheim, Tark the Shark, and Larry Bird and you have yourself a classic. But wait there is more... the starting point guard for Indiana (also there is no way Indiana or any of those coaches does a movie like this today) is none other than Bobby Hurley. I think the reason I get hooked everytime is you think that mayeb just maybe the ending will be different. Hoping that Shaq turns down the Lexus and Ricky and Anfernee Hardaway get kicked off the team. But alas...on to other can't stop watching classics.

The Rock - I feel any Nicholas Cage movie would suffice such as National Treasure or Con Air but the Rock is slightly more addicting and heres why. Sean Connery, a sweet car chase, a tourist attraction, and Sean Connery. Seriously he needs to make more movies because he is the ultimate bad ass.

Armageddon - This movie is simply terrible, yet I can't stop watching. I mean no one has actually seen the beginning of this movie, where Liv Tyler is speaking Japanese, yet we all know the part where Steve Buschemi is going out to the strip clubs before the mission. Also deep down we all want to see Ben Afflecks super truck eat it and not make the jump. Also the part where they visit MIR, genius.

Big Lebowski - To this day I have never seen the beginning scene. This movie is so good you always watch it and laugh just as hard as you did the first time. And talk about a cast, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore Steve Buschemi and Academy Award winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the butler. I also think that you notice something different every time which always makes it a little more fun to watch.

Tin Cup - This is another one of Ted Turner's favorite movies, seriously its on TNT or TBS at least once every two weeks. Kevin Costner and Cheech Marin are fantastic and Rene Russo is not bad to look at. On a side note Rene Russo and Jamie Lee Curtis have to captain the all overrated team. I'm sorry I just don't get it. Anyways the appeal here is obvious, I swear we all watch it just hoping he lays up, knowing full well he won't. The ending is perfect because rather than changing who he is, Tin Cup just accepts his limitations and embraces who he is.

Twister - This movie is beyond terrible but you just can't stop watching. Bill Paxton line of "he's in it for the money not the science" is so terrible it belongs in the worst movie lines of all time. Yet I think we all watch because one, tornadoes are awesome, and two because watching Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton tying themselves to water pipes and floating inside a F5 tornado never gets old.

Diggstown - Nobody, and I mean nobody besides me knows about this movie. James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Platt, and an extremely young Heather Graham round out the cast on this awesome boxing flick. Main point of the plot is that James Woods makes a bet that he knows a guy who can beat 10 men in one day. The stakes rise after every fight and murder, corruptions, and cheating are rampant. This movie is just awesome.

Honorable Mention - Legend of Bagger Vance, Shawshank Redemption (this movie is so good, too good to be on this list, also has to be Ted Turner's favorite movie, I feel like its on TNT every Sunday), any movie with Nicholas Cage (Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds, National Treasure) and Top Gun.

Also, make sure to post your own favorites in the comments section.