Favorite Movies Tag

1: List favorite movies (in any format that you like and the movies do not have to be in order).

2: Post James’ video tribute (above) somewhere in your post.

(This video is very neat and a tribute to James’ favorite movies; I've seen most of these, but The Matrix and a few other clips were unfamiliar.

3: “Tag” other bloggers (optional).

So. Favorites. I don't know how to add pictures, so I'll just go with titles. In the order in which I think of them, they are:

1. LOTR trilogy. Because they were BRILLIANT. When they were first released, I was considered too young to handle them. (Probably a very accurate assessment, to be honest.) When I was finally allowed to watch them, my younger sister and I watched all of them about nine times in a row. ALL OF THEM. That's about nine hours, folks. We could quote whole scenes with the actors.

2. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and Prince Caspian, the new movies. (I wasn't crazy about Voyage of the Dawn Treader.) Prince Caspian especially, because Reepicheep was hilarious and Edmund was seriously cool. "You are a mouse!" "You people have no imagination!"

3. Gunga Din, starring Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. I watched that movie about twelve times, and I'd still watch it again. A dashing adventure story, riffing off Kipling's excellent poem, with funny moments and suspense and a really funny scene involving a punch bowl.

4. The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. This movie...oh this movie. Shirley Temple develops a crush on Grant's character, which results in a situation that doesn't look great for him. So her sister the judge (Loy) orders Grant to date Shirley until her crush wears off. Brilliant movie.

5. How to Steal a Million, Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. Okay, this one is a caper film, which means the bad guys get away. Which means I shouldn't like it. However, it's very very funny, and in its defense, Hepburn is trying to move her father away from crime, and technically, she's not committing a crime because....Go watch the movie.

6. Pride and Prejudice, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Pretty sure that's enough said.

7. The Avengers. I could watch this movie so so many times.

8. The Secret of Kells. This is an animated movie drawn in a style that evokes 12 century manuscripts, set in Ireland. Though the elements of Irish mysticism aren't cool, the movie is gorgeous, and the voice acting...Irish accents. I love Irish accents. The storyline isn't particularly complex, but it's well done.

9. Life is Beautiful. Italian movie set during WW2, about a Jewish man winning his wife, and then protecting his son through a concentration camp. I laughed, I cried...it moved me, Bob.

10. The Indiana Jones trilogy, especially The Last Crusade! Harrison Ford battling Nazis; what's not to like??

Honorable Mentions, because I'm supposed to limit myself to 10, but I like lots of movies: the Horatio Hornblower series, and Master and Commander, The Patriot (though I can only watch that about once per year, because blood is distressing), Cinderella Man...can I make that number 11? I loved that movie; I just can't handle it often because, again, blood. Anything Disney.

Okay, call it quits. Let's tag people.

1. Clara

2. Molly

3. Christie

4. Ken

5. Emma