The So Called Peace

When those heavy eyes start to fall
The so called peace begins.

The black hallucinations dance in the mind out of sight,
Only to sometimes be disturbed by sudden realization.
But always the minute comes of undebatable weight,
With the strength of a sailor hoisting a sail, the covers pull shut.

Then appears the mirage.
The deft happiness of an unchecked imagination,
Solving social circles and creating issues unique
To prepare the conscious mind for whatever battle we may receive,
Before the uncomforting reality of morning forces them upon us.

But a continuous thread runs each eve.
One with a torturous smile
And a reoccurring danger that will be forgotten before morning.
The eyes flicker from side to side
As they search for an escape--
But no release exists
Apart from daybreak itself.
With heightened anxieties
And a special nightly reminder
It is imposed:
We don't control the darkness each night
We just live in it.

My Top 100 movies of All Time (in 5 Words or Less)

Here's a ranking of my favorite 100 movies of all time so far. For good measure, I tried to include a justification of why I like the movie in five words or less, in addition to the critic and audience scores from Rotten Tomatoes for reference.

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Relatable asshole, unique comic rock
   (Critic score: 84%, Audience score: 82%)
   

2. Good Will Hunting - Violent hooliganism and life lessons
   (Critic score: 98%, Audience score: 94%)
   

3. Guardians of the Galaxy - Marvel's best characters, soundtrack, jokes
   (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 85%)

 

4. Hot Rod - Daringly committed to pure humor
   (Critic score: 39%, Audience score: 64%)
   

5. Nacho Libre - Jack Black: a national treasure
   (Critic score: 40%, Audience score: 54%)
   

6. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Everyone should play hooky sometimes
   (Critic score: 81%, Audience score: 92%)
   
   
   

7. The School of Rock - Authentic, substitute teacher GOAT
   (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 64%)
   
   
   

8. The Mitchells vs. the Machines - High energy, apocalyptic bad assery

(Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 89%)

9. I Love You Man - Best romcom ever: a bromance
   (Critic score: 83%, Audience score: 74%)
   

10. Big Fish - Tim Burton’s only good film
    (Critic score: 76%, Audience score: 89%)
    
    
    

11. Back to the Future - Plot holes? Where we’re going…
    (Critic score: 96%, Audience score: 94%)
    
    
    

12. Dead Poets Society - A love letter to poetry 

(Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 92%)

13. Napoleon Dynamite - Perfectly captured small-town Idaho 

(Critic score: 72%, Audience score: 74%)

14. Baby Driver - Edgar Wright's criminal(ly) underrated triumph
    (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 86%)
    
    
    

15. Whiplash - Jazz, passion, abuse, heart
    (Critic score: 94%, Audience score: 94%)

16. Yes Man - Overly idealistic, but hilariously inspiring
    (Critic score: 46%, Audience score: 66%)
    
    
    

17. A Knight's Tale - Most quotable "period piece" ever
    (Critic score: 59%, Audience score: 79%)
    
    
    

18. Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood - Meta acting, flamethrowers, soup cans
    (Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 70%)
    
    
    

19. The Sandlot - Childhood captured in abandoned lot
    (Critic score: 64%, Audience score: 89%)
    
    
    

20. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - Best Star Wars, don't @me
    (Critic score: 82%, Audience score: 94%)
    
    
    

21. Sky High - Unapologetically itself, teenage Disney superheroes
    (Critic score: 73%, Audience score: 57%)
    
    
    

22. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse - Apparently we needed animated Spider-Man
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 93%)
    
    
    

23. Forrest Gump - Iconic exploration of rewriting history
    (Critic score: 71%, Audience score: 95%)
    
    
    

24. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Higher highs, lower lows sequel
    (Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 87%)
    
    
    

25. The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger, Heath Ledger, Heath
    (Critic score: 94%, Audience score: 94%)
    
    
    

26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Best iteration of Ninja Turtles
    (Critic score: 96%, Audience score: 90%)

27. La La Land - Nearly makes LA look livable
    (Critic score: 91%, Audience score: 81%)
    
    
    

28. The Karate Kid - Johnny did nothing wrong
    (Critic score: 82%, Audience score: 89%)
    
    
    

29. Spider-Man: No Way Home - Apparently we needed Spider-Man closure
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 98%)
    

30. Rushmore - Anderson's less aesthetic storytelling masterpiece
    (Critic score: 89%, Audience score: 91%)
    

31. Midnight in Paris - Paris: a great main character
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 83%)
    

32. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou - Dynamic grand ocean adventure + Bowie
    (Critic score: 57%, Audience score: 82%)
    

33. Oppenheimer - Near perfect movie (for me)
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 91%)

34. Inglourious Basterds - Tarantino unleashes on Nazis
    (Critic score: 89%, Audience score: 88%)
    

35. Fight Club - Caught me completely off guard
    (Critic score: 79%, Audience score: 96%)
    
    
    

36. Office space - Few comedies hold up better
    (Critic score: 80%, Audience score: 93%)
    
    
    

37. Silence of the Lambs - Favorite horror, best written villain
    (Critic score: 96%, Audience score: 95%)
    
    
    

38. My Dinner With Andre - My favorite “boring” movie
    (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 85%)
    
    
    

39. Pulp Fiction - Every scene is somehow iconic
    (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 96%)
    
    
    

40. Good Burger - Not sorry, quintessential goofy 90's
    (Critic score: 34%, Audience score: 63%)
    
    
    

41. The Big Lebowski - All-star trio, better every watch
    (Critic score: 83%, Audience score: 93%)
    
    
    

42. Mr. Deeds - idc, Sandler can be funny
    (Critic score: 22%, Audience score: 59%)
    
    
    

43. Deadpool - Unfiltered timely antihero superhero
    (Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 90%)
    
    
    

44. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Travelling + the purpose of life
    (Critic score: 52%, Audience score: 71%)
    
    
    

45. Hunt for the Wilderpeople - Fat kid story we needed
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 91%)
    
    
    

46. Into the Wild - Awe inspiring cautionary tale
    (Critic score: 83%, Audience score: 89%)
    
    
    

47. Lady Bird - Somehow incredibly authentic despite cliché
    (Critic score: 99%, Audience score: 79%)
    
    
    

48. 1917 - Most compelling cinematography, brotherly love
    (Critic score: 89%, Audience score: 88%)
    
    
    

49.  The Godfather Part I - The best crime movie ever
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 98%)
    
    
    

50. The Darjeeling Limited - Broken white brothers travel India
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 95%)
    
    
    

51. Saving Private Ryan - Star-studded, gritty war take
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 95%)
    
    
    

52. Joe Dirt - White trash: a love story
    (Critic score: 10%, Audience score: 63%)
    
    
    

53. Heavyweights - Fat KIDS story we needed
    (Critic score: 29%, Audience score: 77%)
    
    
    

54. Slumdog Millionaire - Creative storytelling, unflinching slums showcase
    (Critic score: 91%, Audience score: 90%)
    
    
    

55. The Incredibles - Underrated film, pre-superhero craze
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 75%)
    
    
    

56. The Shawshank Redemption - Justice satisfyingly served (sometimes)
    (Critic score: 91%, Audience score: 98%)
    
    
    

57. Life of Pi - Visually stunning, “impossible” to make
    (Critic score: 86%, Audience score: 84%)
    
    
    

58. Boyhood - Truly epic, genuine sentimental childhood
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 80%)
    
    
    

59. Get Out - Psychological horror in racist form
    (Critic score: 98%, Audience score: 86%)
    
    
    

60. It - Unique story of ruined childhood
    (Critic score: 86%, Audience score: 84%)
    
    
    

61. Superbad - Perfect first half, classically raunchy
    (Critic score: 88%, Audience score: 87%)
    
    
    

62. The Interview - Canceled before release? Must watch
    (Critic score: 51%, Audience score: 48%)
    
    
    

63. Disaster Artist - Surprisingly humane; anyone can moviemake
    (Critic score: 91%, Audience score: 85%)
    
    
    

64. Jojo Rabbit - Coming-of-age Nazi humor
    (Critic score: 80%, Audience score: 94%)
    
    
    

65. Marriage Story - Spoiler: divorce is the villain
    (Critic score: 94%, Audience score: 85%)
    
    
    

66. Nomadland - A non-glorification of simple living
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 82%)
    
    
    

67. Kingsman: The Secret Service - Inject church scene, my veins
    (Critic score: 75%, Audience score: 84%)
    
    
    

68. Goodfellas - Decent Community “Chicken Fingers” spoof
    (Critic score: 96%, Audience score: 97%)
    
    
    

69. Thor: Ragnarok - Finally. Thor done right
    (Critic score: 93%, Audience score: 87%)
    
    
    

70. Ant-man - Paul Rudd: America's embarrassing sweetheart
    (Critic score: 83%, Audience score: 86%)
    
    
    

71. Avengers: Infinity War - Marvel’s Empire Strikes Back
    (Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 91%)
    
    
    

72. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Glad they never made sequels
    (Critic score: 79%, Audience score: 86%)
    
    
    

73. Birdman - “Impressive” is understating it
    (Critic score: 91%, Audience score: 78%)
    
    
    

74. The Breakfast Club - Mold breaking high school classic
    (Critic score: 89%, Audience score: 92%)
    
    
    

75. Reservoir Dogs - "The Middle" is forever tainted
    (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 94%)
    
    
    

76. Schindler's List - Liam Neeson's breakdown >>>
    (Critic score: 98% , Audience score: 97%)
    
    
    

77. Parasite - On point suspense, surprising depth
    (Critic score: 98%, Audience score: 90%)
    
    
    

78. Knives Out - Murder Mystery, yet post-Murder Mystery
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 92%)
    
    
    

79. Holes - Just as charming as book
    (Critic score: 78%, Audience score: 76%)
    
    
    

80. Hook - Pure childhood adventure bliss
    (Critic score: 29%, Audience score: 76%)
    
    
    

81. Home Alone - All time greatest Christmas movie
    (Critic score: 68%, Audience score: 80%)
    
    
    

82. Wayne's World - Surprisingly endearing, meta party rock
    (Critic score: 79%, Audience score: 84%)
    
    
    

83. October Sky - Inspiring West Virginia rocket boys
    (Critic score: 91%, Audience score: 88%)
    
    
    

84. Brigsby Bear - A multi-layered improbable success
    (Critic score: 82%, Audience score: 86%)
    
    
    

85. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - A very forgetful love story
    (Critic score: 92%, Audience score: 94%)
    
    
    

86. 21 Jump Street - Unexpectedly on the nose humor
    (Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 82%)
    
    
    

87. The Peanut Butter Falcon - Flawed yet forgivable, perfect storytelling
    (Critic score: 95%, Audience score: 96%)
    
    
    

88. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - Unapologetic, grotesque, cringey, perfectly timed
    (Critic score: 85%, Audience score: 62%)
    
    
    

89. The Truman Show - Most paranoia inducing film ever
    (Critic score: 95%, Audience score: 89%)
    
    
    

90. The Pianist - Watch Brody experience Poland's death
    (Critic score: 95%, Audience score: 96%)
    
    
    

91. Come and See - Can’t ever unsee; brutalized childhood
    (Critic score: 97%, Audience score: 95%)
    
    
    

92. The Matrix - Bad trilogy, groundbreaking sci-fi 
    (Critic score: 88%, Audience score: 85%)
    
    
    

93. The Harry Potter movies - Charming, does justice to books
    (Average critic score: 85%, Audience score: 82%)
    
    
    

94. Django Unchained - Unapologetically brutal in satisfying ways
    (Critic score: 86%, Audience score: 91%)
    
    
    

95. UHF - Someone gave Weird Al a camera
    (Critic score: 61%, Audience score: 77%)
    

96. SLC Punk! - Anarchy in the conservative SLC
    (Critic score: 63%, Audience score: 89%)
    
    
    

97. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - Finally a great biopic
    (Critic score: 83%, Audience score: 81%)
    
    
    

98. The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara: a love story
    (Critic score: 83%, Audience score: 92%)
    
    
    
    

99. Top Gun - Needed more beach volleyball
    (Critic score: 59%, Audience score: 83%)
    
    
    

       100. Bullet Train - Enjoy; don’t be a diesel 

 (Critic score: 54%, Audience score: 76%)

Honorable mentions (#101-125 in no particular order)  Donnie Darko, Shaun of the Dead, Paddington, Interstellar, Her, The Mighty Ducks, Dunkirk, BASEketball, Free Solo, The Prestige, Inception, Angels in the Outfield, No Country for Old Men, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Die Hard, Robinhood, Remember the Titans, Shrek, Pokemon: The First Movie, Zombieland, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing; Missouri, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, A Goofy Movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Swiss Army Man

Lastly, I also made a list of movies that might just make some people mad. Here’s some movies that a lot of people liked or that I heard were really good but didn’t love them when I saw them. In short, I think they're overrated.

-American Psycho 

-Anything done by Mel Brooks 

-Anchorman 

-Blade Runner 

-Bohemian Rhapsody

-Caddyshack 

-Dumb and Dumber 

-Dune 

-Elf 

-Fargo 

-Fifth Element

-Galaxy Quest 

-Ghostbusters

-Hot Fuzz

-Joker 

-Jurassic Park/Jurassic World 

-Nightmare Before Christmas 

-Princess Bride 

-Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 

-The Lord of the Rings 

-The Rocky Horror Picture Show

-The Shape of Water 

-The Social Network 

-Zoolander 

If you also didn’t like some of these movies, let me know and we can bond over it.