Top Ten Movie List
Thanks to Rich for tagging me on this one. Here goes:
The rules of this particular meme are: 1. List your top ten favorite films (in no particular order). 2. If you are tagged, you have to post and tag 3-5 people. 3. Link back to the one who tagged you. 4. Tip the hat to Dan.
In no particular order, here are my top ten movies of all time:
- The Shawshank Redemption–Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins at their best.
- Dances With Wolves–The stunning scenery was second only to the spot-on cultural portrayals in this one.
- The Matrix–The technology is starting to look a little dated, and this thing still gets parodied quite a bit, but man this is a mind-boggling flick.
- Akeelah and the Bee–This should be on every educator’s top ten list.
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy–You really can’t mention one here without mentioning all three. I’ve wondered sometimes what it would be like to sit and watch all nine hours of this thing in one setting.
- The Apostle–Not too proud to admit it: I probably wouldn’t have put this movie on here unless I’d seen it first on Rich’s list. Robert Duvall nails the part of the beleaguered, pushed-over-the-edge southern preacher man. Both justice and redemption in the end.
- The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe/Prince Caspian–I read this book series probably 20 times or more when I was growing up. And a few more times as an adult, too. Can’t wait for Dawn Treader in 2010. I believe that comparisons to the LOTR trilogy are unfair, despite the kinship of their respective authors.
- This Is Spinal Tap–There’s an obnoxious, immature 16 year old boy in me that has to see this movie once ever couple of years or so. Completely irreverent and totally off the wall. Just make sure yours is turned all the way to 11.
- A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version)–Gotta see this one at least a couple of times every Christmas. And maybe once in the in-between season, too.
- Dead Man Walking–Redemption seems to be a theme on this list. Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon in this one.
Ok, now who to tag? How about John, Bryan, Stephen, Joshua, and Marissa.
