Today I’m taking the family, along with a bunch of other great people to see the War Horse. I am so pumped. Expectations are high because it’s Spielberg, and because I’ve read so many great reviews..etc. Anyway, it’s gotten me to thinking about the answer to this question…”What’s the greatest movie of all time?”
It is an entirely unfair question, on par with…”which of your children do you like best?” Movies come in all shapes and sizes, comedies, action films, historical dramas, so it’s an almost impossible question to get to the bottom of. However, it’s also a question that involves opinion, and I’m loaded with opinion. So, for your reading pleasure, I have compiled my list of the top ten movies of all times. I’m cheating in one respect since they will appear in random order. The best I can do is the ten best, picking one of these as the best of all time would cause me severe intestinal distress. Feel free to rip my picks and think that I am a total idiot for leaving out one of your favorites. And yes, a list of one’s favorite movies does reflect well on one’s intellectual and personality bearings, so feel free to judge me.
Again, in no particular order…
Casablanca 1942 Humphrey Bogart
12 Angry Men 1957 Henry Fonda
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 Paul Newman, Robert Redford
The Godfather 1972 Marlon Brando
Rear Window 1954 James Stewart, Grace Kelly
Saving Private Ryan 1998 Tom Hanks
The Searchers 1956 John Wayne
Vertigo 1958 James Stewart
Patton 1970 George C. Scott
The Godfather Part II 1974 Al Pacino
Honorable mention: Sleepless in Seattle, The Sound of Music, 3:10 to Yuma, Schindlers List, The Shawshank Redemption, and A Beautiful Mind
Lord of the Rings?
ReplyDeleteWhat about "Ernest Goes to Camp"???
ReplyDeletewithout any question the Ernest Goes To Camp suggestion HAS to be from my father in law!
ReplyDeleteYou forgot "You've Got Mail" and "Toy Story."
ReplyDeleteYou've Got Mail isn't good enough to be in even a top 100 list, however, Toy Story was a great film and should have atleast appeared in the honorable mention catagory. An oversight on my part.
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