"I don't feel I have to explain my art to you, Warren."

This quote popped into my head and made me reminisce about Empire Records. If you haven't seen it, you should. It's insane and I love it.

This is Warren. He's a shit.

 I love it for many reasons and none of them at this particular moment have anything to do with film, but maybe I will explore that a bit here...we'll see.

• I love it because it reminds me of my BFFs Robyn & Rick
• I love it because at the time, I could identify with at least one or most of the characters
• I love it because AJ is still cute
• I love it because in grade school me and my friend Jenny Roberg were obsessed with Grease 2 and Rex Manning is in Grease 2
• I love it because of this:

This is GOLD.

• I love it because every once in a while I will see an actor from this movie and it takes me right back
• I also love it because ole pucker face Renee Zellweger's character sucks in this movie and she sucks in real life...hmmm

Reasons I love Empire Records as a film (forgive me if this rambles, I have never really thought about it in an arty way):

• Who doesn't love a movie about a bunch of fucked up misfits who find community within their own group?
• The soundtrack is amazing and I still find myself singing some of the songs from it
• Ethan Embry is hilarious as Mark and the part with Gwar still makes me laugh - lovable stoners woot! (Also LOVE him in Can't Hardly Wait, maybe that will be my next post)
• It's simplicity is what makes it awesome - the whole movie pretty much takes place inside of Empire Records, it is their home, their hell and their sanctuary all in one. No matter how much they fuck up, they don't get fired and they are stronger as a group because of it
• Great ensamble story - writing ensambles is HARD. Like, really hard. I am trying to write one now and it takes a lot of work and you really have to know each character intimately to make it work.

I am sure there are many, many more reasons I could come up with, but I will have to watch it again and then bore you some more with my reasons. 

Ahh sweet reminiscing...