My Favorite Movies

I was watching something on television yesterday with Steven Spielberg talking about his movies and what he liked and disliked about them, and it got me thinking about what I would consider the top ten best movies that I have ever seen and how many of those would be his. So I sat down and really thought about it and was surprised to find that he only has two spots in my personal top 10. Now as this is my personal top 10 a few of my choices may be unknown to some of you but these movies are all near and dear to my heart. So without further ado I would like to share with you my personal top 10 list of the best movies I have ever seen.

#10

Now this may be one of those movies that a good many of you may not have seen. If you haven't I suggest you go out and rent it as soon as you can. It is a beautiful movie about what it means to be an adult and more specifically what it means to be a man.

This movie is best summed up in one line.

"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things that a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good. That honor courage and virtue mean everything, that money and power, power and money mean nothing. That good always triumphs over evil, and that love...true love never dies. Remember that. It doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see a man needs to believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in." - Hub Mccan played by Robert Duvall

#9

I have my brother to thank for putting me on to this movie. Every time I watch it it makes me wonder why Connery couldn't let this be his last movie before retirement instead of doing the terrible League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This movie is a wonderful mentor tale and it is close to my heart for its wonderful insight into the world of writing.

In a movie like this there are many great lines and moments but I would have to say that the one line that best sums this movie up is a very simple one.

"That's not exactly a soup question is it." - William Forrester and Jamal Wallace played by Sean Connery and Rob Brown.

#8

This movie gave me my introduction to William Shakespeare's masterpiece of literature Hamlet. It works on the very basic principal that if you can understand Hamlet you can understand anything. It has a wonderful cast strong characters and even though it fudges on certain facts about the military it is a wonderful movie that any self respecting movie lover should see.

This movies sum up line...

"The choices we make dictate the life we lead."- Bill Rago played by Danny Devito

#7

I am sure that most of you have seen this movie as it is a classic with my friends. But that aside it is, I think one of the best movies ever made not just one of the best ones that I have ever seen. I mean Mel Gibson in a kilt how can you top that. Plus every time I watch it I talk in a Scottish accent for the next week, so that's all good.

And is there any better sum up line than...

"Every man dies, not every man really lives."- William Wallace played by Mel Gibson.

#6

Another movie that is definitely one of the best ever made. 'Nough Said

Sum up Line

"I don't know I'm making this up as I go along." Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford

Well I was going to do all 10 here but a combination of blogspot not giving me access the add image function and the fact that I have to clean the kitchen make that impossible so I leave you with these five and I will reveal the last five tommorow.

'Til we meet again

Paul