For the past month, I’ve followed a coupe friends’ lead by taking part in the 30 Day Movie Challenge. This involved responding each day to 30 categories about movie favorites. Now that the “challenge” is over, here’s a collection of my responses — many of which I’ve reconsidered, but I’ll leave it.
Favorite Movie: Breaking Away
Last Movie I Watched: Mad Dog with Soul
Favorite Action-Adventure Movie: Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Favorite Horror Movie: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Favorite Drama Movie: Before Sunrise trilogy
Favorite Comedy: Dazed and Confused
A Movie That Makes Me Happy: Slap Shot
A Movie That Makes Me Sad: A River Runs Through It
A Movie I Practically Know the Entire Script: The ‘Burbs
Favorite Director: David Cronenberg
Favorite Movie From My Childhood: Commando
Favorite Animated Movie: Mickey and the Beanstalk
Movie I Used to Love But Now I Hate: Chasing Amy
Favorite Movie Quote: “My team’s on the floor.” – Hoosiers
First Movie I Saw in Theaters: The Goonies
Last Movie I Saw in Theaters: You’re Killing Me Susana
Best Movie I Saw I’ve Seen in the Last Year: 13th
Movie That Disappointed Me the Most: We Are Marshall
My Favorite (Active) Actor: Michael Shannon
My Favorite (Active) Actress: Robin Wright
Most Overrated Movie: Comic book movies
Most Underrated Movie: Rumble Fish
Favorite Movie Character: Rumsfield (The ‘Burbs)
Favorite Documentary: Harlan County, USA
Movie No One Would Expect Me To Love: The Way We Were
“Guilty” Pleasure Movie: Airborne
Favorite Classic Movie: The Rules of the Game
Favorite Movie Soundtrack: Purple Rain
Movie That Changed My Mind About Something: Matewan
Least Favorite Movie: Scarface
Movie I Love That Cannot Be Categorized on This List: Repo Man
I was happy to see that Hoosiers made you list or I would have been disappointed. And I agree,
I love “A River Runs Through It”, but it is a downer. I remember you did like “The Burbs” and
“The Goonies”, but I see “Breaking Away” topped the list. I see you managed to get a Paul Newman
movie in there to keep your mom happy. That was interesting and allowed me to see another
side of my son and see his inner interests and things he liked and disliked. Thanks for sharing that.
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