Top Six Contest Day Two: Movies
Welcome to Day Two of our continuing “Middle of Nowhere” fiesta, celebrating all places impossibly remote and the ways you survive living there.
What is our item for Day Two? Movies, of course. Now, if you’re like me and Donna, living in the middle of nowhere makes renting movies a bit of a drag. First you have to drive to the video rental place. Then you have to rent movies and bring them home. Then you forget to watch them, incur late fees, drive all the way back to return them, and wonder why you didn’t just pay Amazon to own them because it would have been cheaper than the gas.
Of course, that’s why the world invented: Netflix. Oh Netflix, you are beautiful with your endless movies in our mailboxes, your streaming video and your utter lack of late fees. So we both get lots of chances to watch movies.
Favorite movies can tell you a lot about a person. Or a character. So for our second day of fun, about about a peek at the movie queues of all the characters in Red Rock Pass?
Samantha: Scent of a Woman
Gavin: “Whatever Sam makes me watch.”
Keith: The Matrix
Abby: Casablanca
Joe: The Untouchables
Brynn: Shallow Grave
Dylan: Resident Evil
Sasha: Roman Holiday
Cindy: Speed
Adam: “…they’ve got sound and color now, huh?”
…okay, so the guys born in the late 19th century aren’t quite as down with the movies. In Adam’s defense, he has been living in a cabin without much electricity since the 40s. Gavin, however, is just a crotchety old bugger.
Today, in honor of all things paranormal, we’re going to give away a $25 gift certificate to Amazon so you can buy your own movie without spending gas or late fees on it. All you have to do is answer the question: what is your favorite movie?
Donna and I tried to come up with our favorite movies, or a list of our top five favorite movies, but it turns out we like too many. So here are a few of our favorites. Feel free to list as many as you want, too. 
Donna: The Cutting Edge, Gone with the Wind, Dirty Dancing, Godfather, Sense & Sensibility
Bree: X-Men, Ten Things I Hate About You, Star Wars, The Matchmaker, Resident Evil 2
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Picking only one movie is hard! A favorite that I can watch anytime is Pride and Prejudice (the 2006 version). I just love that movie!
I have favorites for different moods I’m in!
If I need a happy ‘feel-good’ movie, then It’s
Sarah Marshall, House Bunny, Dirty Dancing and 10 things I Hate
Otherwise it’s
Speed, Constantine, Queen of the Damned, Matrix trilogy, Bourne trilogy and my favorite movie EVER — Gone with the Wind!
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District 9, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek XI
The Replacements, Men in Black, Independence day, American Outlaw, LOTR trilogy, Xmen that is some of my favorite movies. I can watch them over and over again.
Can’t pick just one! Michael (with John Travolta), Oh Brother Where Art Thou, The Commitments, and (blushing) My Fair Lady.
Favorite movie of all time: “V for Vendetta”. Hands down, no competition.
After that, hmm…LOTR trilogy, Berserk (anime), Hero, Labyrinth, and Hellboy (I & II). Wow, that’s harder than I thought it would be!
Lagaan…it was the movie that got me hooked on Indian actor Aamir Khan. Then I later found out it is #14 on the BBC’s list of 50 Movies you must see before you die, which tickles me no end. Of course, if I don’t have the time to sit down for nearly 4 hours to watch it but need a Bollywood fix, I will grab Dostana, Bluffmaster or Bunty Aur Babli to brighten my day.
This is another hard question! Some of my fav movies are oddly enough almost all based on Jane Austen now that I think about it….. They are You’ve Got Mail (love this one), The Bridget Jones Diary series (love these with Colin Firth), which also reminds me that I love Love Actually, oh and can’t forget Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson version), and any Pride and Prejudice movie (although the one with Colin Firth remains my absolute fav!
Whenever I find these on TV or need a comfort movie (like a comfort read) these are the ones I always go for
gwtw it’s a classic
My favorite movie is Almost Famous. I also love Dazed and Confused and I really like Across the Universe.
I don’t tend to watch too many movies, but ones we’ve watched and rewatched include The Princess Bride, the Star Wars trilogy (the ones now numbered 4, 5, and 6), and a bunch of kid ones–Toy Story and Toy Story 2, Cars, and a few others
My favorite is Armaggedon. It’s got it all, romance, suspense, and comedy.
Oh man. This is hard
Sweet Home Alabama
The Matrix
Return of the King – LOTR
Star Trek (2009)
Transformers
Yeah…that should do it for now…. lol
One of my favorite movies is Sydney White. I think Amanda Bynes is just funny.
let’s see.
Labyrinth, Princess Bride, Serenity, X-Men, Blade Trinity (which I really need a copy of, hi Ryan Reynolds), 10 Things I Hate About You, Alice in Wonderland, Prey for Rock and Roll, M*A*S*H*, A Knights Tale, King Arthur, Simply Irresistible, god I could keep going, but you know I’d just be talking for the next hundred years.
I have always enjoyed The Philadelphia Story with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
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Hmm…favourite movies…ok here goes..
-Romeo Must Die
-XXX
-Constantine
-Cradle 2 the Grave
-Chronicles of Riddick
-The Fugitive
-Queen of the Damned
-I-Robot
-Resident Evil
-Bridget Jones Diary
-Hellboy
-Blade trilogy
-Wolverine
-X-Men trilogy
-The Bourne Identity
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Picking favorite movies are a little bit easier than picking favorite books since I don’t watch a lot of them.
The Green Mile
Lord of the Rings (all of them)
Eragon
Dirty Dancing
Up! (yes, a kids movie, but it was good!)
Horton Hears a Who? (see above!)
Days of Thunder
Ummmm, ok, so maybe it is harder than I thought, and maybe I have watched more movies than I thought.
I will stop there, though.
Melissa
Man, I have so many..
Girls just want to have fun
Monster in law
Anything Sandra Bullock
Dracula 2000
Skinwalkers {were wolf}
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I absolutely love Pride and Prejudice – the very long A&E version.
Some other favorites:
- Serendipity
- Simply Irresistible
- Princess Bride
- Italian Job
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Kiss Me, Kate
- State Fair
- Pillow Talk
My favorites are the classics. Some like it Hot, Bringing up Baby, White Heat, really anything from the 30′s or 40′s.
Out of Sight, Notorious, The Matrix, LOTR trilogy, Little Miss Sunshine, Finding Nemo, Children of Men
I can’t pick one, so I’ll go with a tie:
Captain Blood (Errol Flynn pirate movie)
Planet Terror
Still enjoy The Princess Bride and Wall-E was cute. I am waiting for Sherlock Holmes to come out at Christmas and Alice in Wonderland next year.
Wow, that is a tough one. Probably 50 First Dates with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. It has a romance and lots of humor. It makes me both laugh and cry.
Deidre
Die Hard series.
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Gone with the wind
Too many to count but here goes:
Gone With the Wind
Casablanca
African Queen
Dracula (with Frank Langella)
Resident Evil
Contantine
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars
I could go on Forever!LOL
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My favourite movies are:
Pretty in Pink
Sixteen Candles
I would say anything with Molly Ringwald.
Also the moves Party Monsters.
My favorite movie has been CRASH. This really made an impact and kept me thinking about it for weeks.
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One of my favorite movies is Love Actually… I love that it takes place during the holidays *bg*
Movies- I have some favorites I watch over and over
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (the extended versions)
The Priates of the Caribbean Trilogy (when I need to really laugh)
For pure romance and angst with a paranormal touch-LadyHawke
And when I want to relax and unwind, the Harry Potter movies (do NOT laugh at me-I bet there are a lot of closet HP fans)
Movies are like Lays. You can’t pick just one!
Prey for Rock and Roll
Practical Magic
The Breakfast Club
Who’s That Girl
Snatch
Saratoga Trunk
A Cinderella Story
Tank Girl
Sid and Nancy
Wizard of Oz
Sixteen Candles
Pretty In Pink
Cry Baby
Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest
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I have to say my fav movie is George of the Jungle. It is so light hearted and yet a cute loves story that always makes me laugh!
Lord of the Rings, Dirty Dancing and anything with Vin Diesel
I agree this is hard..but here goes
John Wayne Westerns – any of ‘em
Musicals : Doris Day, Barbara Strisand, Frank Sinatra etc
CATS
The Mummy and The Mummy Returns
Dirty Dancing
PS I Love You
Because I said So
We Were Soldiers
The Green Berets
The Sound of Music
My Fair Lady
I agree its hard to pick just one
Princess Bride
To pick one, I would have to say Tommy Boy. It always makes me laugh, and reminds me of all of my closest friends.
I love Hot Fuzz. LOVE IT. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are awesome!
Only one huh? That is hard. I’d have to say my favorite one is Pride & Prejudice, followed by Dirty Dancing, Sense & Sensibility & Ghost…lol.
i have a few favorites for a few reasons
Blade one and two because well they rock
halloween both new and old cause i love horror flicks
the note book I love the story behind the love
Death note : Japanese films rock my socks
really i have so many ppl shake their head at me when they ask me whats my fav movie
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