Topic: Movies
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Tue 03/03/20 07:36 AM
List your top 5 must watch movies.

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Tue 03/03/20 10:03 AM
1. The Father's Day movie of my kids trying to pull me in the wagon to the shut-ins at Johnson Shut-Ins state park one year. Makes me laugh out loud everytime I watch it.

2. The Christmas movie where we let the kids do Christmas morning.

3. The Pine Cone Races while we were on vacation in Upstate New York.

4. The "Widdle" - My youngest son found a cool rock while in the stream at Johnson's Shut-Ins. Actually, he found a whole bunch of widdle rocks that he had dad carry to the picnic table for him. As I took each 'widdle' from my pocket he told a story about it for the camera. That's whem my X laughed so hard she fell off the picnic table which cause all of us to laugh.

5. That Halloween movie where the kids designed their own costumes.
My oldest boy went as a TV set with rabbit ears.
My youngest boy went as a big Christmas present.
My daughter went as a big bag of jelly beans (clear trashbag filled with balloons).
My middle boy dressed as 'dad'. LOL, he nailed me to a tee.

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Mon 05/25/20 06:43 PM
1) Blazing Saddles (1974)...Mel Brooks' finest work. The first unofficial partnership with Richard Pryor (writer) and Gene Wilder and had the first ever fart scene in a movie. Offended everyone, this has to be seen.

2) Die Hard (1988)...The greatest non-Christmas Christmas movie ever filmed. One of the greatest everyman movies ever conceived. Possibly one of the first movies to actually show the "hero" suffering unbelievable damage and still having enough left in the tank to save the day; albeit bloody, beaten and exhausted.

3) The Princess Bride (1987)...It has everything: fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles. It would be Inconceivable for you to miss this.

4) The Godfather parts 1 (1972) and 2 (1974)...The greatest Drama ever filmed, bar none. Should be required viewing by every young boy as they transition into manhood.

5) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)...there is no finer action adventure fantasy story ever filmed. A credit to Tolkien and his groundbreaking trilogy in every possible aspect. There has been no finer translation of a written work to the silver screen. Make sure to watch the extended versions for the full effect.