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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31 comments:
Nolan's Batman movies are a great choice - if I'd had the space I would have added them in myself :)
Jamie
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.
Outlaw Josey Wales was one of the great westerns and normally I don't get into westerns... I know so many great films.
Jeremy [Retro-Z]
Howlin' Wolf
I think I could've written this list. Megamind was hysterical.
Loved Last of the Mohicans. Daniel Day Lewis was not excellent but hot as hell.
LOTR and the Avengers are on my list. Last of the Mohicans just missed my top ten. Awesome Michael Mann film.
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Oh yeah. Last of the Mohicans and Sound of Music could have been on my list if it was just a bit longer.
I lumped all three Rings movies together.
The Count of Monte Cristo is another I didn't have room for, but really liked.
Great 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.
Sound of Music made my list too! And I loved Count of Monte Cristo as well:)
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
I'm surprised how much I'm seeing Megamind getting a mention in this fest, which is awesome! :)
So many good ones! I haven't seen the Avengers or Batman movies yet - really need to fix that!
Tony Snarky Stark - I love that!! He's one of my favorites too and I look forward to Ironman!!
I would have not guessed you a cowboy western fan!
Josie Wales - I haven't seen that one in a long, long while.
And 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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Love Megamind! Another CG movie that is fun to watch and heavy on character arc.
oh MegaMind...the soundtrack alone is animation perfection...lol
love 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.
oops...that was supposed to be me, that last comment, but I was signed in under my wife's name!
LOTR 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)
LOTR would probably make my top ten. Absolutely my top 20. :)
I 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.
The 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.
Good list, although I must be one of the few world citizens who simply was not bowled over by The Avengers.
I 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!
What a fun list. I love historically based movies. Last of the Mohicans was an interesting book.
Loved 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
I love animated films, and will check if NetFlix carries Megamind.
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