Before I get to my list here is what I base my decisions on, and keep in mind this is my list and my opinions are my own so if you don't like them well then shut your face and move on.
~First off these movies don't have to be about hockey or sports for that matter. Sometimes it's nice to escape the fact that we are only on the bus to get to the next set of games.
~Secondly the movie has to be viewable on a small screen. The bus doesn't have a 50" HD flat screen so as much as I love big explosions Michael Bay movies just don't work.
~Real acting means nothing, sometimes the best movies are the shittiest ones. If I'm on a bus for 6 hours I want to just melt into the seat and forget I still have 300 miles to go. Matt Damon and Ben Aflfeck I'm looking at you here. Thanks for sucking
~If I have to think while watching the movie you are off my list, and probably added to my shit list. I love a good thriller or drama but if I have to focus on the movie to get all of it this probably wont work. There is too much going on while riding the aluminum pony so something I can fade in and out of is ideal. There are exceptions to this rule as I have an iPad and noise canceling headphones which do let me enjoy my movies without distractions. For the most part though I tend to want to pay attention to my entire surroundings.
So that's how I base my list. Now sit back, grab some poppy corn, and away we go.
Top 10
#10-Miracle
Start the list off with a bang. Probably the best true story sports movie ever made. This plays at least once every season and is perfect for making me forget how much I hate riding the bus. Even the Canadians on the team enjoy this movie because we all get to watch a kid from UNH get the shaft.
I see these movies as one big cluster of awesome. Perfect flicks to sit back and laugh my numb bus butt off. Chris Farley is a genius and David Spade is a tool. What's not to love about this duo?
Like my #9 selection these two movies are forever attached together as a pile of steaming hot greatness. Adam Sandler doesn't suck like he tends to do now. One movie about an idiot going back to school and the other about an idiot who sucks at hockey and switches to golf. Same character two different movies. "It's all in the hips" can also be used in pretty much any setting and situation that I am ever in.
A movie about a kid traveling with a band living life on a bus. This almost feels like it could be my life, except for the fact that the only coke that is around our team comes in the bottle and ships from Atlanta, not Tony Montana
How about that transition? Almost like I know how to write. This movie is an exception to my rule about focus. This movie is so good I don't care what is going on around me, I will let the bus burn around me to finish this flick. Plus I've seen it so many times I can recite it line for line and don't need to follow it on screen to know what's going on. Anyway, about the movie, it's pure nose gold. It gives me hope that if I work hard enough I can climb to the top of my industry. Now lucky for me there aren't many equipment managers out there that want to kill me for my job.
A cult classic favorite of mine. A movie about a college campus filled with dumb hippies and a group fighting back to have some unsafe, offensive fun. And it ends with George Clinton and P-Funk.
These movies I have grouped together into what I call the Frat Boy Triumvirate. Pretty much just dumb comedies revolving around parties. I don't need to think, just sit back and laugh at the dick and fart humor.
His movies no longer have titles, they are just 2.5 hours of him playing the same character in different settings and every time it makes me laugh and hate my life a little less. Plus there is just something fun about quoting a movie for the entire weekend in the most obscure ways possible.
This movie only works if we are on a trip to UVM. I hope to one day have the bus pulled over only to have the officer board and play the meow game with the team. A guy can dream can't he?
Best movie ever made. I wish it were longer than 90 minutes so that I at least could make it out of Maine before I have to fight to find more entertainment.
Bottom 5
All of these movies have been played on a road trip at one time or another
#5-Inception
I've tried to watch this a few times on a bus and just can't wrap my head around the movie even knowing what's going on. It's a great movie but unless you are paying full attention to it you will get so lost you will think you are on a bus inside a bus inside another bus.
#4-Across the Universe
Another great movie turned to shit because of the open road. Unless you are sitting at home with a 7.1 surround sound system this movie should be avoided. Bus speakers don't do justice to the amazing soundtrack. Plus the plot jumps all over and you need to focus to understand it all.
#3-Battlefield Earth
Why this movie was ever made I will never know. It's just awful. As my friend from back home says any time he hears the title it ruins his day. So this blog post is now dedicated to Ben Lanza.
#2- Schindler's List
I'm not even going to try and explain this one. Just know I have actually had someone put this on while on a road trip.
#1-Twilight
Fuck you Stephenie Meyer
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