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My favorite movies.... (Because 1. I had writer's block, and couldn't think of anything else. 2. I almost finish this post, then forgot to save before closing the browser.)

Top Gun
Although it's probably no longer numero uno, it is the first movie I think of when people ask the fav. flick question. I believe I saw it something like 7 times at the cinema. I could at any given time, recite any bits of the dialogue, and would do so, just because I could. I'll admit I snuck in to the theaters several of those times. It woulda been worth getting caught too. Highlights: aerial cinematography and Cruise on the Ninja. It's partly why I ride.

Braveheart
My generation of the Epic Film. When you think about it, it's probably the ultimate date flick. Romance, tears, and chopped-off limbs. It's a his-and-hers movie, really. Highlights: when the wife's throat was slit, I was so shocked it almost made me cry. Ditto when the little girl tore away from her mother's hand, and gave the flower to young William. Hey, I'm a man through and through, but a guy can only take so much.... ~sniff.

Die Hard
Although the francise as a whole stank, the 1st movie is the most classic hide-and-seak action flick of all time. Highlights, action sequences rival the best of Jacky Chan / Indiana Jones. Just when you think it couldn't any worse for our protagonist....

Aliens
The second one, okay?? If that movie didn't make you wanna pee like a toddler in diapers after a full bottle of juice, I dunno what would! It is by far the definitive action sci-fi movie for me. Highlights: Watching the motion-sensor machine guns rapidly deplete in ammo count as the (unseen) aliens advanced in the tunnels. S U S P E N S E.

Leaving Las Vegas
Lookit, I don't cry for anything. Nudda. But that movie almost did it. We're talking quivering lips, butt clenching near-tears and everything. This movie represents true romance from a guy's standpoint. Oddly enough, most women don't understand it. I'll explain it sometime, over hard liquor. But to say that true love equates absolute acceptance, well that sums it up nicely. Highlights: Watching Cage's character self destruct, and just being pulled along, with nary a way to stop it.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Every adolescent's perfect fantasy. Oh to skip school and just enjoy it.... Calling in sick to the boss just ain't the same. Highlights: Pretty much the whole movie.

The Breakfast Club
Brat Pack at its finest, it just doesn't get any better for Gen Y(uppies). If there was one movie that can span the generation gaps, this would be my vote. I mean, until the old folks see the movie, they couldn't have remembered what it's like to be an uncool kid, trying to survive high school. Highlights: the "Crazy artist" chick using dandruff as snow. That screams tortured soul like "I'm cutting off my ear!"

Crimson Tide
Denzel and Hackman, two of my favorite actors who's full names need not be spoken; sharing screen time. Trapped in a submarine, poised to start WWIII. They've each had better individual performances, but combining the two really made the movie stellar. Plot wasn't shabby either. Highlights: Realizing that Denzel went to the Al Pachino School of Acting. Down trodden self-reflection, mixed with manic screaming. Fellow graduate: Bruce Willis, although he's added the cynical chuckle into his reportoire.

Carlito's Way
Most would argue that Scarface is the Pachino flick, but Carlito's Way was his re-emergence into the movie-going public's consciousness. No body acts desperate bravado like Pachino can. Highlights: "You think you big time? Well, you're gonna die, big time."

Lord of the Rings
Forget about paying homage to the book, or to the story itself. The technical skill involved in shooting and acting is cause for an Oscar. When you realize that almost every scene onscreen is using CG of one form or another, you appreciate just how much love was given to massaging this movie to be much more than what Star Wars Episode 1 could ever become, even with a reshoot. Highlights: Liv Tyler's lips. If there was one person I wanted to kiss at the time.... I'd give up quite a bit for that chance. Just seeing my childhood reads come to life is a close second.

I'm sure there are more, if I took time to think about it. But I promised myself I'd stop as soon as I had to do that. Anyway, I hope it shows I'm not just a one dimensional person.

....Thinking kills brain cells. posted by losir at 9:55 PM