If you’re like me, you’re tired of this frosty weather by now. Nothing against snow, but being trapped in your house all day may begin to feel like too much of a good thing. You really like your roommates. However, being stuck in your house for more than 24 hours could give you the urge to sell them off to the black-market in exchange for a one-way ticket to Cabo San Lucas. Don’t fret though. We have Part 1 of the Top 10 Movies To Forget The Snow. These are motion pictures are guaranteed to make you reminisce of what it was like to sweat. Each one of these films contains characters that encounter more perspiration than precipitation. That’s right, we’re talking sunny settings.
So let the backward counting commence. Besides, people trafficking is illegal anyway.
10. Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Oh, dead bodies and necrophilia has never been so hilarious. I label this movie as a “cult classic” for the fact that it has managed to garner way more fans than it really should have. Nevertheless, Weekend at Bernie’s is worth watching regardless. After all, it wouldn’t be on this list if it wasn’t. In this film, Jonathan Silverman (The Single Guy) and Andrew McCarthy (Pretty and Pink and Mannequin) discover that their boss is dead while visiting his beach house, and like any reasonable adults, they do what any of us would have: pretend the corpse is alive and throw a party. I know this movies is bad, but the guilt feels so good.
9. The Beach (2000)
Directed by Danny Boyle
Any Oscar-band-wagoner loved 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire. Well, followers, then your probably already sold on this one. It’s directed by the very same Danny Boyle. The Beach stars a post-Titanic Leonardo DiCaprio as a Thailand tourist who finds an island of inhabitants ducking out of society. As for awards, this film was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards and a Razzie. Luckily it did not win any of them.
8. Desperado (1995)
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Slip into a warm bath of 1990s B-movie filth with this one. Of course, I mean “filth” in the most loving way possible. Robert Rodriguez, the master of the shoestring budget, follows up his breakthrough 1992 film El Mariachi, recasting the handsome Antonio Banderas in the lead role. If the heat of Mexico doesn’t make you sweat, then the gunfire sure will. Heck, there’s even an explosion on the cover of the DVD.
7. Finding Nemo (2003)
Directed by Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
Ah, I’ve always found that it is always best to follow up extreme ultra-violence with nice, family-friendly fare. It’s just good for the morals. This Pixar flick isn’t necessarily set in an extremely hot environment, but most of the water seen isn’t frozen yet. That has to count for something. After all, this film is quite beloved. Most Pixar films are, and they should be. Most of them are quite good.
6. The Birdcage (1996)
Directed by Mike Nichols
You’ve always loved Miami thanks to Will Smith references and pastel colored sports-coats, but have you ever thought to appreciate it for how flamboyant it is? Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play the fathers (that’s right, fathers) of a young man approaching marriage, but uh oh, the soon-to-be-in-laws are loyal conservative politicians. Therefore, the couple pretends to be straight in order to resolve things with ease. Hmmm, will same-sex marriages ever not be topical?
To be continued…