The Lord of the Rings trilogy Three films, but one story so this counts as one and I watch one of these whenever I need an escape.
The Princess Bride This is always a guaranteed smile for me.
Goodfellas I work out a lot of aggression watching Henry and crew.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? This is my fave Johnny Depp movie it's cathartic to watch for me.
Aliens Ellen Ripley is my first badass bitch and I still get a kick out of watching her battle those acid bleeding face huggers.
Silkwood This is my fave Meryl Streep film and one I get sucked into each time I see it on.
The Howling I watch this one whenever I can. I love my werewolves and it's my favorite of all time.
The Quiet Man I'm a sucker for the Duke and this one gets me every time.
Joan of Paris I love a good war story and this one is tops. A young woman risks her life to save downed British airmen.
The Mummy I can't help it. Brendan Fraser rocks this movie and it makes me laugh every time.
So these are my movies, go on and check out the other incredible participants here.
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SPOILERS AHOY
Oh. My. God. I can't believe I just did a 180 on Andrea, but man was I rooting for her, hoping she would outwit Governor Psycho Pants. Loved when she opened the door and let the walkers have at him. Too bad he survived. And now, NOW she's at his ghoulish mercies in that Dungeon of Torture. Yikes!
And Milton!! He's stepping up and taking a a stand. I sadly misjudged him as a twitchy weirdo with nefarious purposes. Speaking of twitchy weirdos, we have Alan, Tyrese's one-time companion. Man, what a little bitch. Tyrese apparently saved Alan's wife once upon a time and he can't handle that. He couldn't be The Man. Well boo hoo, asshole. Too bad so sad you lost your balls somewhere and couldn't man up. Dude's been getting on my last nerve since he first appeared. Someone should shoot him in the knee in front of an oncoming horde of walkers.
It is going down real soon and I can't wait for the big battle. Team Prison all the way.
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This weekend was pretty awesome. I went to the Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade with my sister and nephew. We saw a whole host of strange and wonderful sights including six foot leprechauns, green tutus on men, shamrock glasses and green hair. We get wild here in Chitown on St. Paddy's Day. Even me... ;D
Love Brendan Fraser in The Mummy. I also love him in George of the Jungle, but not so much for the storyline ;-)
ReplyDeleteBrendan's awesome, isn't he? I agree, he did look good in George. ;)
DeleteGilbert Grape... Depp is such a talent, period. I love me some crazy clowns... Lon Chaney was awesome.
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Depp is one of my favorite actors of all time and I do love Lon Chaney. Clowns, yeah, no. LOL
DeleteThe Mummy was one of my all time favourites when I first started buying DVDs ... then the crappy sequels came around and kind of spoiled the franchise for me :(
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Those Mummy sequels were crappy. In fact on third one, my roommate and I left in the middle and snuck into a showing of The Dark Knight. It was just that bad. LOL
DeleteGreat list, Mel! I'm surprised 300 didn't make the cut though. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, hon! 300 would have been on there had the list been longer.
DeleteThe Princess Bride makes my top twenty!
ReplyDeleteLOTR is my favorite as well.
And Aliens just rocked - Cameron turned the franchise on its head.
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Hey Alex, this was a great fest. So many wonderful movies and its great to know that my faves are the faves of so many other people. It was so hard to cut to just ten though. LOL Aliens is my favorite Cameron movie aside from Titanic.
DeleteI loved LOTR. I think The Quiet Man was one of my mom's favorites. She loved anything with John Wayne.
ReplyDeleteJohn Wayne was one of my faves of all time. The Quiet Man and McClintock are my all time faves of his, with a close one being Man who Shot Liberty Valance.
DeleteI counted LOTR as one too. And hey, I saw The Quiet Man on cable yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWalking Dead was great last night... I didn't quite do a 180, but I too loved the moment when she opened the door and let the walkers have at him. Only two episodes left this season and I have no idea where they're going to end up. Love it!
LOTR is jut one story divided into three parts. :) I, too watched The Quiet Man on cable. What a great movie.
DeleteI really do not know where this season will finish, but wow, it just keeps getting more and more exciting. Poor Andrea! And I never thought I would say that.
Melissa this a great list. There are a few I still haven't seen like Gilbert Grape, but its impossible to watch The Princess Bride withpout smiling.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maurice! You will love Gilbert, it's a very compelling story with some terrific performances. And yes, Princess BRide is a source of many smiles. "He's only mostly dead." "Inconceivable!" ;)
DeleteI heart Princess Bride (mostly dead is still slightly alive!). And the ending of The Howling WIGGED ME OUT!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat whole cat and mouse thing with Andrea and the Gov. wigged me out, too. But, see, she left him without the assurance of his being dead. As I learned from Zombieland, never forget to doubletap!!! :-)
Love Max! Howling did have a really creepy ending. Werewolves among us. LOL
DeleteYou are absolutely right. Andrea should know that the monster is always still alive. Double tap the Gov for sure next time. She should have waited to see that he got devoured.
you know I adore THE MUMMY too! Would love to have been Imhotep's Anc Su NaMun :))
ReplyDeleteWill watch the zombies tonight! I read an interview with Milton recently and he says the end of the season will be extremely surprising and that nobody has guessed it so far around the net.
I know would love to have been Imhotep's slave. ;P
DeleteI cannot wait to see where Walking Dead goes this season. It is had me on the edge of my seat almost all year.
Great movie list. I love, Love, LOVE 'The Quiet Man', so much that even thought I originally forgot it, I had to go back and add it to my list in the comment box.
ReplyDeleteThe Quiet Man is definitely one of my most beloved. I remember watching it as a kid with my parents on Family Classics here in Chicago. "It's just a good stretch of thelegs."
DeleteThe Quiet Man was another great film I didn't include in my list...just so many to choose from :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your list, as well.
Thank you, Mark! I had a really hard time narrowing my list down to just ten. There are so many great films I adore.
DeleteLove What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Such a great movie. Really should have been on my list. *Hangs head in shame*
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No need to hang your head. :) There are so many great films out there it is hard to pick just ten. There are a lot I forgot to add to mine. Like Jaws or Ever After.
DeleteI love Gilbert Grape. What a great show. The poor mother really makes me want to control my weight.
ReplyDeleteGilbert Grape is a truly amazing film. My heart breaks for that whole family and I love how they just burned down the house.
DeleteNot surprised so many mention Lord of the Rings. The Mummy made me laugh too and still does.
ReplyDeleteLOTR is an amazing experience. I never get enough of watching those movies. ;) the Mummy always makes me laugh. Especially the fight scene in the temple with the army of mummies.
DeleteGoodfellas is one of my favorites too, not to mention Princess Bride :).
ReplyDeleteGoodfellas really is awesome. I can never get enough of those three. The things they do and say are just outrageous. Princess Bride always makes me smile and laugh. it's my feel good movie when I'm having a really bad day.
DeleteI love the Mummy series, too! Didn't have space to put it on my list, but it's definitely one of my faves.
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The Mummy rocks! Such great characters and fun action. Reminded me of Raiders when I first saw it in the theater.
DeleteThe Mummy is one of my guilty pleasures. And I'm glad I've found a fellow Walking Dead fan. :)
ReplyDeleteThe Mummy is definitely a total pleasure. I can watch it any time any place really. :) And high fives to my fellow Dead fan.
DeleteWhats eating Gilbert Grape IS a good movie.
ReplyDeleteIt is! Definitely my favorite Johnny Depp movie, though Chocolat comes close. :)
DeleteI couldn't choose 10 movies if I had a gun pointed to my head, it's just too hard for me!
ReplyDeleteWD was fairly tense throughout even if it felt a bit like a filler episode, a very well done one mind you.
LOL I know what you mean, Daniel. It was very difficult culling out ten movies. In the end I just went with ten that I have seen over and over for various reasons.
DeleteWD was awesome. It did not feel like filler to me so much as last week's ep did. I can't wait to see how this all ends.
Part of my participation in this blogfest is the result of your promotion of it, Melissa. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI have to say you've assembled quite an impressive list. Yes, these are not, as you intimated to me before, cerebral, profound artistic choices. But film is not an exclusively artistic medium. Fun, escapist fare is every bit as meaningful as the work of Ingrid Bergman or Stanley Kubrick. I applaud you for your picks. I especially appreciated your selections of The Quiet Man, Goodfellas, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Aliens, LOTR Trilogy, and The Princess Bride. I haven't seen Silkwood or Joan of Paris, so I'll have to correct that soon.
Great job :)
Aww.. Thanks, Matt. That means a lot coming from you.
DeleteI'm happy to hear that you approve my list. They are some great films if not the most elevated ones. I went with plain old visceral enjoyment. What can I say? :) You should totally see Silkwood and Joan of Paris. They are terrific stories and I think Silkwood is one of the finest performances of Streep's career. I believe you will enjoy them and I am very happy to be able to give you some recommendations after all the wonderful ones you have given to me.
Great list and very diversified. I loved Goodfella's and it made my top fifteen, but I had to narrow it. It was hard narrowing it to only ten.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yeah narrowing this down to just ten was so hard. I love, love so many different films that I felt like I was cutting my heart out just picking ten.
DeleteI loved the Mummy. I actually met Brendan Fraser once - awesome down to earth guy!
ReplyDeleteYou met Brendan?!! How awesome is that? It's great to know he's the genuine type as I always love his characters in films. Especially The Mummy. :)
DeleteI'm so mean. I told my hubs (hasn't seen The Walking Dead from last night yet) that Andrea dies. He hooted he was so ecstatic! I can't wait to see his reaction in just a bit as we're getting ready to watch it=)
ReplyDeleteGreat list of movies, too!
OMG!! That is hilarious. He's going to be mad when he finds out she hasn't died, just been waylaid into a torture chamber.
DeleteGlad you liked my list.
You're not late to the party. I am. (Sorry.) You included some greats that I didn't even think about, Melly. And I'm glad you had fun on St. Patty's Day. Sounds like Chitown does it right.
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xoRobyn
Hey there Robyn! Yeah, we do a great job on St. Pat's here in Chitown. And boy have I got some stories for you on drunken pick up lines. LOL
DeleteYou had some movies I didn't think of either, it's hard coming up with just ten. You always leave off something.
And who cares if we are late? We make this party, right? :)
I wish my list could have been longer, I would have added LOTR as well. And Aliens is the only horror type movie that I really enjoyed watching. And you know, I've never seen What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I should really watch it one of these days.
ReplyDeleteElise, Gilbert is an astounding film. I really think that you would enjoy it. It was so hard trying to pare down to just ten titles, I felt like I was ripping my hair out. LOL
DeleteHey - Gilbert Grape was on my list but he got bumped for something else. Great movie though. And hey, we'll always have Goodfellas. ;)
ReplyDeleteHigh fives on Goodfellas! What an amazing movie. I love the dialogue and the crap they got away with. It boggles my mind that those were real people. ;)
DeleteI was bumping really good movies, too. Making a list is so hard.
Hi Melissa! We love many of the same movies ... and at least I have seen most of the ones on your list. I love Gilbert Grape and The Princess Bride too, I've watched them over and and over. As you wish ... and can you believe that they set the house on fire?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by to see me!
Kathy M.
Hi Kathy!! We have great taste in films, I guess. :) I can quote both movies by heart. LOL I love when they fire the house, giving their mother her dignity.
DeleteThank you for stopping by. I need to get by your place more often :)
We all can be badass bitches, Ella. :)
ReplyDeletethat is one scary Chamber of Torture. I felt so bad when Andrea ended up there. Governor Psycho Pants is off the sanity chain and I hope both Andrea and Michonne take him down.
Go Milton! I think he's going to surprise us even more.
So many people have mentioned Princess Bride. I must go re-watch it and jog my memory. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't jog it too hard. ;) I cannot get enough of that movie. It always makes me smile.
DeleteThe Princess Bride would have made my top 20, but alas, did not make the final cut! :(
ReplyDeleteGreat selections here!
Thank you! I had such a hard time paring my list down, D.L. I love so many movies. :)
DeleteLove the Princess Bride foreva and eva. :) Ohhh, Gilbert Grape - I forgot that one. LOVE it. Aliens of course rocks.
ReplyDeleteHigh five! Princess Bride rules. :) I'd forgotten to add a few too. I had such a hard time containing myself to ten. I love way too many films, but I guess they are like books. you can never have enough.
DeleteWHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE!!! how my you just brought out some major major memories....leo, the obese mom, johnny...yes!
ReplyDeleteI hope they are all good memories. This is such a poignant and wonderful film. I think I just may have to watch it again this weekend.
DeleteThank you! I hope you get to enjoy these movies if you haven't seen them yet.
ReplyDeleteLove your choice of movies!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rachna! It was so hard for me to name just ten. :)
DeleteGREAT list Mel! You rock movie choices front, back, and center!
ReplyDeleteAww.. that means a lot coming from you, my friend. You definitely are one of my premier movie guys. :)
DeleteI'm betting Milton and the Guv turn out to be serial killer buddies in the life before Walkers. Milton just has that perverted look to him, and we see how twisted Phillip is.
ReplyDeleteYour movie list is awesome. I haven't seen Joan of Paris though.
Kyra and Angela are cool; I have visited either in a while. Thanks for the reminder.
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I had to watch "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" for a cinematic study in high school. I can acknowledge it's a great movie but it kind of took the charm out of it when I had to analyze it. Enjoyed reading your list! :3
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