My Favorite Movies

This is a list of some of movies that I love.

I like all kinds of movies.  

2001: A space Odyssey  My favorite movie, period.  I have seen this movie upwards of a hundred times.  It still holds its own.  It has the look overall of being more recent than the thirty years ago it was filmed.

Blade Runner Wonderful movie.  I particularly like the directors cut which does not have narrative in it.  Harrison Ford is wonderful in this movie.  It was my first exposure to Rutger Haur.  He was fabulous.  Look him up in Soldier of Orange.  

Kikujiro  This is a recent Japanese movie.  It is lovely.  The soundtrack is beautiful.  A boy, who lives with his grandmother, sets out on a trip to find his mother.  He is escorted by a "slacker" and they have adventures along the way with many colorful people.  It is very beautiful and should be interesting enough for older children.

Lady Hawke This is a wonderful movie.  This movie is placed in the days of castles, knights and magic.  The hero is a wolf at night his love is a Hawk during the day.  They are doomed to not be together as people until the possibility arises with the arrival of a third party.

Picture Bride This is a Japanese movie set in Hawaii.  It is about a man who sends away for his "picture bride" from Japan.  She is very young and the only catch is that he uses his photo from when he was around 20 (he is in his forties).  Very beautiful scenery and romantic.

Princess Bride This is great movie for both adults and children.  It is adventurous and funny at the same time.  It is set up as a fairy tale being told to a grandson.

The Man From Snowy River One of my all time favorites.  An incredible tale of a boy coming of age.  The horse riding scenes are spectacular and it should be noted that there is a scene were the hero jumps his horse off the side of a mountain.  There were no tricks used in the photography and the actor had not ridden horses much prior to the making of the movie.

Wallace and Gromit  Incredible clay animation.  There are three movies, "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave".  There is another tape called "Creature Comforts" which has several shorts in it.  The one I like the most is an interview with Zoo animals.  A must see for both adults and children.  My students in China were in love with these tapes.

The Sound of Music The very first movie I ever saw.  I was four when it came out.  I remember the theater and the wedding scene.  My parents said that I cried in that scene.  This movie is up there with 2001 as far as favorite movies go for me.

Diva A romantic thriller involving action, arias and assasins. An 18 year old postal worker secretly tapes more than the concert of a super star diva, and suddenly finds himself chased through the streets of Paris by hit-men, blackmailers and the police.

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