1) I'm going to list these in no particular order. Let me start with an older movie, The Outlaw Josie Wales. This movie is classic Clint Eastwood. I grew up on westerns but this one is more than that. It takes place in the aftermath of the Civil War and the lingering resentments that dogged the people of that time. The book was great too.
2) Going with my cowboy love, I have to add a John Wayne. Big Jake takes place at the turn of the century when the eastern part of the country was becoming civilized and the west was still wild.
3) The Count of Monte Cristo is on my watch once a month list. I love it even though it's nothing like the book.
4) Staying with historical, I also rewatch The Last of the Mohicans on a regular basis. So what if it veers from the book. I still love it.
5) Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl, is the best of that bunch. The others never quite lived up to it.
6) I'm going to lump all three movies from the Lord of the Rings into one selection. About nine hours of video to enjoy.
7) A more recent pick is The Avengers. Tony snarky Stark is too fun to skip. Can't wait for the next Iron Man.
8) Probably cheating again, but I'm putting all three Batman movies here though I liked the second and third better than the first.
9) My favorite musical is The Sound of Music. It has everything, action, adventure, love and great voices.
10) And to round out my list of ten, I'm adding Megamind as my favorite animated movie.
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Nolan's Batman movies are a great choice - if I'd had the space I would have added them in myself :)
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The Last of the Mohicans, I haven't seen that movie in ages, but I remember enjoying that film a lot. It was hard to narrow the list down to just ten.
ReplyDeleteOutlaw Josey Wales was one of the great westerns and normally I don't get into westerns... I know so many great films.
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I think I could've written this list. Megamind was hysterical.
ReplyDeleteLoved Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day Lewis was not excellent but hot as hell.
ReplyDeleteLOTR and the Avengers are on my list. Last of the Mohicans just missed my top ten. Awesome Michael Mann film.
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating in my blogfest!
Oh yeah. Last of the Mohicans and Sound of Music could have been on my list if it was just a bit longer.
ReplyDeleteI lumped all three Rings movies together.
ReplyDeleteThe Count of Monte Cristo is another I didn't have room for, but really liked.
ReplyDeleteGreat list, as well :)
The last of the Mohicans and the Pirates of the Caribbean are not in my list but they are in my heart.
ReplyDeleteSound of Music made my list too! And I loved Count of Monte Cristo as well:)
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I'm surprised how much I'm seeing Megamind getting a mention in this fest, which is awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteSo many good ones! I haven't seen the Avengers or Batman movies yet - really need to fix that!
ReplyDeleteTony Snarky Stark - I love that!! He's one of my favorites too and I look forward to Ironman!!
ReplyDeleteI would have not guessed you a cowboy western fan!
ReplyDeleteJosie Wales - I haven't seen that one in a long, long while.
ReplyDeleteAnd Sound of Music and Megamind - awesome picks!
I like westerns and yet I don't think I added one to my lists.
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ReplyDeleteLove Megamind! Another CG movie that is fun to watch and heavy on character arc.
ReplyDeleteoh MegaMind...the soundtrack alone is animation perfection...lol
ReplyDeletelove the list!
That's a very interesting list. I've wanted to see Monte Cristo for a while, but have to finish the book first, I've kind of stalled in the middle.
ReplyDeleteoops...that was supposed to be me, that last comment, but I was signed in under my wife's name!
ReplyDeleteLOTR and Pirates of the Caribbean are two on your list that I like a lot. (a lot of other posts lumped similar movies together, too)
ReplyDeleteLOTR would probably make my top ten. Absolutely my top 20. :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love Megamind, probably even more than my kids. The Outlaw Josie Wells is pretty cool, love the LOTR trilogy and Pirates of the Caribbean too.
ReplyDeleteThe ones I've seen are Mohicans, Pirates, LotR, The Avengers, the Batman movies & Sound of Music. The only one I was a bit iffy about of those was the Avengers. I know, I'm weird ;) I think it was just too hyped up and therefore a disappointment when I saw it.
ReplyDeleteGood list, although I must be one of the few world citizens who simply was not bowled over by The Avengers.
ReplyDeleteI think by last May, I was "comic-book movie"-ed out.
Leading off with Josey Wales got my attention!
Larry
i am right there with you on the last of the mohicans!!! yep yep, great movie!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun list. I love historically based movies. Last of the Mohicans was an interesting book.
ReplyDeleteLoved a lot of the same movies you listed though not all of them managed to make it to my top 10. Top 20 on the other hand... :3
ReplyDeleteI love animated films, and will check if NetFlix carries Megamind.
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