Top Ten Movies, Take 2!

Back in 2004, I made top 10 lists of my favorite movies. Clearly, I have seen quite a few movies in the past five years, so I thought I’d update the lists to see how everything has moved around.

Live action comedies: 1. The Princess Bride 2. Office Space 3. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Napoleon Dynamite 7. Mallrats 8. Dumb and Dumber 9. Beetlejuice 10. Empire Records

Live action non-comedies: 1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2. Almost Famous 3. Garden State 4. Roman Holiday 5. American Beauty 6. Requiem for a Dream 7. Moulin Rouge 8. Across the Universe 9. What Dreams May Come 10. Lord of the Rings

Animated: 1. The Little Mermaid 2. WALL-E* 3. Lilo & Stitch 4. Sleeping Beauty 5. Aladdin 6. The Lion King 7. Finding Nemo 8. Cinderella 9. Toy Story 10. Monsters, Inc.

Movies I might put on the list, but I’ve only seen them one time: Juno, Once, Beauty and the Beast, Gone with the Wind, The Notebook, and Interstella 5555. (Hint: This means I wouldn’t mind having them on DVD.)

You can see that comedies and animated films didn’t change alot, but the dramas did. Probably because I watch way more of them.

*Clearly, this has disrupted my car naming, since Ariel was my first car and Lilo was my second. I guess I’m going to have to name my next one EVE instead of Aurora.

I’ve been trying to come up with numbered top ten lists of my favorite movies.

This is not easy. It changes almost daily. Plus, you just can’t compare some movies to others.

Anyway, this is what I have so far:

Live action comedies: 1. Office Space 2. The Princess Bride 3. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. When Harry Met Sally 6. Mallrats 7. Pirates of the Caribbean 8. Pretty Woman 9. Dumb and Dumber 10. Empire Records

Live action non-comedies: 1. Moulin Rouge 2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 3. Lord of the Rings 4. American Beauty 5. Vanilla Sky 6. Fight Club 7. Pleasantville 8. Almost Famous 9. Requiem for a Dream 10. Kill Bill

Animated: 1. The Little Mermaid 2. Lilo & Stitch 3. Sleeping Beauty 4. Aladdin 5. The Lion King 6. Finding Nemo 7. Cinderella 8. Toy Story 9. Shrek 10. Monsters, Inc.

And really, Pleasantville is technically a comedy, but I don’t want to put it on that list.

In addition, I can go to about 19 on my live action non-comedies list, but it’s really sketchy. Basically, I don’t know what I’m forgetting (and I’m sure I’m forgetting some), and I haven’t seen some movies in forever, so I really don’t know where they go on the scale. However, 11 through 19 on that list includes: Forrest Gump, American History X, Titanic, Chicago, Girl Interrupted, Gattaca, Minority Report, The Family Man, and Catch Me If You Can.

This will all change tomorrow.

I need sleep.

It’s been a busy (but fun) last few days, and it seems that trend will continue throughout the week.

I’m going to mail Tera off after I get off work today. Frustrating, but necessary since she won’t even turn on anymore.

I saw Eternal Sunshine again last Friday. May be going to see it again soon. Such a great movie!

Jewel concert is on Wednesday! Yay! I will be taking my stealth cam to practice for the APC concert. I will be in the tenth row at this concert, so hopefully I can get some decent shots.

Going to Clarksville for the weekend.

Brina is coming to visit the weekend of the 23rd. Going to have another board game party, hopefully.

I’ve got a paper and a java program due on the 22nd. I need to find some time to work on those.

:-D

I’m in an extraordinarily good mood today. As was I yesterday. And most of the weekend. Hopefully this will continue.

The Jewel concert is a week from tomorrow! I didn’t realize how close it was! That means that TMV/APC are only two and a half weeks away. I should probably make sure that I can get people to cover for me at work.

I can’t remember if I mentioned it, but I got tickets to APC in Atlanta on May 15. They went on sale last Friday, so I picked up a couple floor tickets. I’ll probably drive to Atlanta straight from Clarksville, since I will be there for Sabrina’s graduation on the 14th (lucky!!!).

I’ve got to remember to get some quarters tomorrow so I can do laundry. It’s all sorted, but I’ve only got enough quarters for one load. And I have six loads. I also have two checks I need to cash. So I will try to get to the bank before work tomorrow.

Hopefully I will be seeing Eternal Sunshine again this weekend.

Okay, now that I’m awake..

Eternal Sunshine was an excellent movie. Far better than anything I have seen in a long time, and perhaps destined to become a favorite. I want to go see it again. It was just so different from anything else I have ever seen. And it reminded me why Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are both two of my favorite actors. Okay, I’m really not going to gush too much. You just need to go see it. It is worth that $8.

Something that was kind of cool was that I got recognized last night by someone that works at the theatre. He said to me, “You work in the CS department, right?” I don’t know if that makes me feel good or stalked. Good, I think.

I’m at work right now. I am covering for someone today plus my regular shift, so I will be sitting here for a nice seven hours, munching on Famous Amos cookies and some hot chocolate cause it’s freezing in here. I don’t know what I’m doing tonight.

Also, I would like to wish a happy birthday to Steve. He is 23 today.

I just got back from seeing Eternal Sunshine.

Go see it.

Now.

I’m tired.

It’s been a busy last few days. I’m working all this weekend, plus I’ve been hanging around with some new people and doing stuff. Tonight I’m going to go see Eternal Sunshine. Yay!! I’m really excited about that.

I went and did a little shopping yesterday with some gift cards and gift certificates that I had. I ended up getting three shirts, a pair of black capris, and a DVD, as well as two more CDs at McKay’s.

I’m loving this weather. I’m so happy that it isn’t cold anymore.

Plans, plans, plans….

Okay, first of all, I seriously doubt I am going to San Francisco. Really, that’s just money I can use when I move to Seattle. Plus then I can go to Sabrina’s graduation on the 14th and the APC concert in Atlanta on the 15th, which will be just as fun and much cheaper. And I don’t feel like I’m betraying my best friend for a vacation. I can always go to Nextfest another year. I just really need the money right now.

Second, The Darkness concert is already sold out. So that’s a no go.

Tickets go on sale to the Atlanta APC show on Friday. So I have a few days to decide.

I really, really, really want to go see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Really, really bad. I need a date.