2. La Bamba
You should have known better on this one. Because your friend knows history, at least to the extent that its explored on VH1. See this plane nightmare at the beginning? your self-absorbed friend submitted as he paused the movie, using a laser pointer to call attention to it, Ritchie Valens was killed in a plane crash in real life. Watch. I bet planes are going to be really important to the movie. See? Planes. You had clearly guessed that already, but your friend didnt care and went on to discuss the meanings and signs of omens and forebodings in literature even further than he did during Pay It Forward, citing uses of crows, dark clouds, or pilots having plans in life in jet movies. Every scene became a frame-by-frame analysis of details in the movie that evoke Ritchie Valenss ultimate fate. Stars falling out of the sky, the coin tossyou name it, nothing slipped past your friends historical radar. I should be on Jeopardy, he laughed to everyone. He actually seemed to laud La Bamba for how accurate it seems and pointed out why, even proceeding to lock the doors of his house so you couldnt leave as he put on the movies DVD commentary, jumping around the entire movie out of sequence to confirm his theories and knowledge with you. Soyou actuallylike this movie? you asked, breath bated. Of course not! he scoffed instantly, expecting the question. Forget the way the drama between the characters is presented, this is a completely stereotypical biopic! The only reason this movie gets a star from me is that it doesnt start out with the character at the end of his life flashing back to the beginning.