Picking Favorites
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Everyone loves a good favorites list-- especially me.
I can name my favorite pretty much anything--except my favorite movie! I end up loving so many movies for a million different reasons: It made me laugh so hard, I felt like I could totally relate, I wish I could be like that, I learned so much, It made me feel alive. To determine my favorite movies, I will be thinking of movies that I've seen that I would watch again, recommend to others, and that, for some reason, strike me as special among all the movies I've seen.
At this point I can look at movies I own because I just had to see them again, and while there seem to be a million that I love or would love to see again, I have painstakingly broken it down to the final 12 favorites.
Star Wars (The originals: notably V, The Empire Strikes Back), The Bourne Identity/Spy Game, The Constant Gardener, Big Fish/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Holiday/The Devil Wears Prada/ In Her Shoes,Garden State, Ever After/ Moulin Rouge
I know, it's crazy... that's just how it happened in my brain, all messy and connected like that.
So now let me try to order them using some kind of reasonable standard... hmmm...
Star Wars and Ever After both have classic story lines and are movies I loved when I was quite young.
The Bourne Identity and Spy Game are both action packed adventures that I could watch over and over.
The Constant Gardener always felt important, I love the acting, I love the Africa.
Garden State changed my life, I think.
Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory both appeal to my love of imagination, journeys, and fate.
Ever After and Moulin Rouge are both aesthetically delightful in different ways, and make me believe crazy things about romantic love.
The "Chick Flicks" feel good, include things about womanhood that a typical romantic comedy ignores, and are always good for a Girls Night.
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Alright, these things considered, these are my 12 favorite movies in order:
I can name my favorite pretty much anything--except my favorite movie! I end up loving so many movies for a million different reasons: It made me laugh so hard, I felt like I could totally relate, I wish I could be like that, I learned so much, It made me feel alive. To determine my favorite movies, I will be thinking of movies that I've seen that I would watch again, recommend to others, and that, for some reason, strike me as special among all the movies I've seen.
At this point I can look at movies I own because I just had to see them again, and while there seem to be a million that I love or would love to see again, I have painstakingly broken it down to the final 12 favorites.
Star Wars (The originals: notably V, The Empire Strikes Back), The Bourne Identity/Spy Game, The Constant Gardener, Big Fish/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Holiday/The Devil Wears Prada/ In Her Shoes,Garden State, Ever After/ Moulin Rouge
I know, it's crazy... that's just how it happened in my brain, all messy and connected like that.
So now let me try to order them using some kind of reasonable standard... hmmm...
Star Wars and Ever After both have classic story lines and are movies I loved when I was quite young.
The Bourne Identity and Spy Game are both action packed adventures that I could watch over and over.
The Constant Gardener always felt important, I love the acting, I love the Africa.
Garden State changed my life, I think.
Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory both appeal to my love of imagination, journeys, and fate.
Ever After and Moulin Rouge are both aesthetically delightful in different ways, and make me believe crazy things about romantic love.
The "Chick Flicks" feel good, include things about womanhood that a typical romantic comedy ignores, and are always good for a Girls Night.
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Alright, these things considered, these are my 12 favorite movies in order:
1. Moulin Rouge
2. The Constant Gardener
3. Ever After
4. Big Fish
5. Garden State
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7. Spy Game
8. The Bourne Identity
9. The Holiday
10. The Devil Wears Prada
11. In Her Shoes
12. Star Wars-Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
So, now I guess we both know a little more about me. Now tell me some of your favorites...
--Courtney
