Hello friends! I've been crazy busy with the new job duties and am sorry to have neglected my blog. I mentioned in my inaugural post that I love movies. Hubby and I used to go to the movies every week for the first 2 years we dated, but we don't do that as frequently as we once did. However, Blockbuster Online and our personal DVD collection are enough to keep us entertained. I recently counted, and we have almost 300 DVDs in our collection. I guess you could say that books aren't the only thing that I like to buy.
I'd like to take this blog to share a few of my all-time favorite movies and what they mean to me:
American Beauty- Kevin Spacey exploded on the screen as a married father in the throws of a mid-life crisis. I remember going to see this one in the theater and wondering if I should really be laughing at poor Mr. Spacey's character and his life. This movie is a black comedy in every sense of the word. Excellent acting by Kevin Spacey, Annette Benning, and Thora Birch! We were also introduced to some classic movie lines (and I do LOVE a good movie line!). "That's my wife, Carolyn. See the way the handle on her pruning shears matches her gardening clogs? That's not an accident. "
The Goonies- My childhood would not have been complete without this movie. I remember getting it on VHS when I was a kid and being over the moon excited. I would watch it almost every day. I think it was the sense of adventure it provoked within kids that made it so great. I remember thinking the group of misfits on the screen were people that I'd have given anything to hang out with and have an amazing Goonie adventure. This movie allowed kids to dream and launched the career of some famous actors: Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Sean Astin and Martha Plimpton. I had heart palpitations when I recently read there will be an anniversary edition coming out on DVD in November. That DVD will so be in our ever-growing collection! "BABY RUTH!"
Coming to America- My absolute favorite Eddie Murphy movie EVER! How many crazy characters can Eddie play in one movie and make me LMAO?! A whole lot!!! "Give a hand to my band, Sexual Chocolate. They play so beautiful, don't you agree?"
Sixteen Candles- What child of the 80s doesn't adore a Molly Ringwald movie?! This one is classic. It was pretty much any teenager's nightmare to realize that your family forgot your birthday. That would be a nightmare for me now. And who can forget the cast of characters that Molly encounters in this one: The Geek, Long Duk Dong and the outrageous grandparents. "Dong. Where is my automobile?" "Oto-mo-biiile?"
Airplane- This is the movie that started the spoof genre in my humble opinion. Future spoofs disappoint compared to this one (with the possible exception of the Wayans' Brothers infamous spoof movies). Airplane is just plain hilarious without being gross or vulgar. It contains witty humor and non-stop laughs. It also provides me with MANY beloved movie quotes that I've been known to use religiously.
Reporter: What kind of plane is it?
Johnny: Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big Tylenol.
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking. (smoking, sniffing glue, amphetamines)"
Alas, I could go on and on, but I won't- maybe in another post. These are just a few movie classics that I'll always count among my favorites and would want with me if I were stranded on a deserted island with a DVD player & TV. Like that would ever happen!
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