In honor of this being my 40th year of existence, I am going to randomly choose 40 things and write about them. Today's 40 things: my favorite movies. No particular order, just out there for your enjoyment and/or bewilderment:
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- Stand By Me - my all-time favorite movie. Period.
- Arthur - used to be all-time favorite until "Stand By Me" came out.
- Major League - baseball, Indians, what else do you need?
- Pretty Woman - First movie Shan and I ever saw together.
- Grease - Yes, I like it. I'm a guy. Get over it.
- Saw movies - All of them. They're great fun, in a sick sorta way.
- A Pure Formality - one of the best independent films I've seen. I know a lot of people hated it, but I loved it. I'm weird like that.
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- Candleshoe - I was very young when this came out and it gave me an instant crush on Jodie Foster. What can I say?
- Embryo - The scariest movie I saw as a 4th grader on HBO or something. I watched it every time it came on, and it freaked the crap out of me. I loved it.
- Field of Dreams - hands-down one of the best baseball movies ever.
- The Jackal - I am a huge Bruce Willis fan.
- Die Hard series - see note above
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- Hudson Hawk - see note above the note above
- The Sixth Sense - one of the first DVD's I ever owned.
- Risky Business - probably the first "R" movie i remember - I stayed up late to watch it without my parents knowing. It was worth it.
- The Matrix - Amazing story and incredible action!
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- Toy Story - the best animated film in history as far as I'm concerned.
- Cars - tied for the best animated film in history
- Heavy Metal - the strangest animated movie I have ever seen, but was young enough that it gave my libido fits.
- Armageddon - I shouldn't admit this, but the end gets me every time I watch it, and I know exactly what's going to happen.
- Con Air - Lots of my favorite actors all on one crazy ride!
- 1408 - I love Stephen King and John Cusak - this movie brings them together wonderfully.
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- The Great Gatsby - I loved the book and thought the movie was well done.
- Funny Games - the original 1997 version. Man, a couple kids kidnap a family in their own house - talk about nutjobs! Great movie.
- Airplane - classic slapstick humor. Great!
- Princess Bride - I almost forgot about this one! DUH! One of the best comedies EVER!
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- Spaceballs - Nothing like a movie that pokes fun of sci-fi!
- Star Wars series - okay, I don't know why this did not pop into my head until way down here, but DUH - it's friggin STAR WARS!! Personally, I think "The Empire Strikes Back" is the best of the whole series.
- Smokey and the Bandit - It was either this movie or "Close Encounters" that I specifically remember seeing first in a theater with my Uncle Bill.
- Close Encounters - potato mountain. What else is there to say?
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- A League of Their Own - women playing baseball. And based on real life. That's what I'm talking about!
- Saving Private Ryan - The greatest World War II movie of my generation.
- Big - Zoltar, Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Montgomery, and toys. Yeah, buddy!
- The Breakfast Club - High school angst at its peak!
- Ghostbusters - one-liner after one-liner
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- Strange Brew - My brother and I must have watched that goofy movie hundreds of times, and I could pop it in right now and laugh my rear end off, you hoser!
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off - The way I wish I could have skipped school!
- Dream a Little Dream - Corey Feldman's Michael Jackson routine - priceless
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- Moonwalker - I was a massive MiJac fan when this came out and I have (or had) the VHS tape to watch over and over - Smooth Criminal was great!
- Save the Last Dance - Julia Stiles, DUH!
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