Top Movies #5-1
In doing this, I have been reminded that there are a lot of movies that I really, really enjoy and it was very hard to narrow it down to just 20 (thus the honorable mentions here).
There are many movies I love but they wouldn’t be on this list because, while I have seen them numerous times, they don’t necessarily spring to mind instantly the moment I decide I might want to devote a couple of hours to a movie. Some of these would be:
Springtime in the Rockies - Betty Grable
The Changeling - George C. Scott, very intense!
Spinal Tap - hilarious.
It’s A Wonderful Life - although, I watch this at least once every December.
My Fair Lady - Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Yankee Doodle Dandy - James Cagney playing George M. Cohan.
The Bishop’s Wife - Cary Grant.
People Will Talk - Cary Grant
Once Upon A Honeymoon - Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers
And, there is one honorable mention I forgot, Jaws, I LOVE this movie. I’ve watched it probably 100+ times and it just never really gets old.
There are many, many more as well. But now it’s time to get to the final 5 and, of course, #1
#5 - White Christmas
This movie is one of my all-time favorites. I’ve been known to watch it in July. I love everything from the dance scene with Danny Kaye and Vera Ellen “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing” to the end scene when it begins to snow and the cast sings “White Christmas.” This was supposed to be a sort of sequel to “Holiday Inn” starring Bing and Fred Astaire. Still, Rosemary Clooney is gorgeous and her voice is amazing, Vera Ellen is cute and the chemistry with Danny Kaye is adorable. And, who could forget the song, “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep.” There is nothing that gets me into the holiday mood more than this movie.
#4 - As Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear are just freakin’ awesome in this movie. It never fails if this one is on and I run across it, I end up watching it. There are so many funny and heartwarming moments.
#3 - The Philadelphia Story
This is the first Katherine Hepburn movie I saw. She was brilliant in this film and I always love she and Cary Grant playing off of each other (Bringing Up Baby is another favorite!). “Hello Dexter… Hello George” - one of my favorite scenes. And, I can’t forget James Stewart who was awesome! Or Virginia Weidler who played the obnoxious and very funny, younger sister to Kate Hepburn’s character, Dinah Lord. After watching this movie I decided right then and there that if I ever had a little girl I would name her Katherine.
#2 - Sleepy Hollow
I love this movie. I cannot say enough about it. Now, of course, I am starting to notice that I have a lot of the same people in the movies I’ve chosen. Johnny Depp was in Pirates, of course, but Michael Gambon who played Baltus Van Tassle was also the bad guy in Open Range. I remember catching the trailer for this movie months before it came out. I was beyond excited about it. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is probably my all-time favorite ghost story and while there have been other movie adaptations, none are as great (in my opinion) as the Disney animated version or this one by Tim Burton. In fact, just writing about it is really making me want to run in and pop it into the DVD player.
Which brings us to #1, #1 holds a very special place for me. Not only did my beloved Harry Connick Jr. do the entire soundtrack (which I wore out numerous cassettes of) but this movie got me through some really tough times. I can remember one night when I watched it over and over again end to end until the sun came up.
#1 - When Harry Met Sally This is one of the few movies that I know nearly every line of. Carrie Fisher is brilliant, “Everyone thinks they have good taste and sense of humor but we all can’t have good taste and a sense of humor.” Aside from the faking the orgasm scene, which seems to be at the forefront of most people’s memory of this film, there are so many wonderful scenes between Harry and Sally that are just great.
Harry Burns: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sally Albright: Why not?
Harry Burns: What I’m saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sally Albright: That’s not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry Burns: No you don’t.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: No you don’t.
Sally Albright: Yes I do.
Harry Burns: You only think you do.
Sally Albright: You say I’m having sex with these men without my knowledge?
And, that’s it, my Top 20 favorite movies. Like them or not, I’m ok with either because I love them all.
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September 28th, 2007
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Happy Birthday, Baby!


