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The Best Five Werner Herzog Quotes (That I Could Find Today)

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                                            The Best Five Werner Herzog Quotes                                          Consider this a bonus introductory quote. It's a cliché by now to call Werner Herzog a controversial film maker, or a renegade, or crazy, or cruel, or any number of other macho-sounding things.  Still, he seems to fit those roles at times.  Just as importantly, he's made some great movies. I personally haven't seen all of them -- including some of his most influential ones -- but I've seen a decent number of them that I enjoy. In any case, I want to present this list of 5 of the best Werner Herzog quotes (that I could find today).  Each one serves as a snapshot, not only into his life and way of thinking but, strangely, into a very broad and almost objective reality greater than his own understanding.  This is perhaps the most interesting thing about Werner:  He has opinions, but they're almost not the most important aspect of what he&

The Best Five Friday The 13th Moments

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DO NOT LOOK UP MOVIES ON THE INTERNET IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SPOILERS. GET IT?  GOT IT? GOOD! Do you like the Friday The 13th movies?  Think about that for a moment.....I'll wait....Okay, I'm glad you thought about it.  Now that the dumb introductory question's out of the way, let's get to the zaniness and carnage!  As you may have guessed, I offer a list of my favorite moments from the Friday the 13th movie series.  Now, these are my  favorite moments, meaning you might have different ones.  Hell, you may not even like what I'll say, but it's supposed to be a free country, so I'll say it anyway.  Here it goes: #5.                          Freddy Vs. Jason It didn't win an Oscar, but you know what?  The writers did about as good a job with it as anyone could reasonably expect.  I also respect how, despite how insistent Friday fans are of Jason's superiority against any prospective horror opponent, this movie reminded us that Freddy