There's nothing like going to the movie show! The old drive-ins we went to with my parents, the large downtown movie theaters that even had balconies. the old Court Theater in Saginaw that on Saturday afternoons would show a double feature, cartoons, a serial chapter and more for no more than a quarter or two. Even the suburban megaplexes with their cushier chairs, stadium seating, deluxe sound systems and 3D. Of course, now, admission may take a trip to the small loan department!
So I could wax all day about my love affair with going to the movies. And that's just one of many ways people see great movies now. They might download them, watch them on TV, rent a DVD, or even see them on their phone.
For my new Ripping Good Yarn award, I would like to start a Hall of Fame for movies. We will start with a general category, for movies all types. these movies are a mix of my selections and movies nominated by Rippers. They included only movies made before 2000..
Please look at the following and vote for one of the following to be our first Hall of Fame entry. There are no rules of judgement regarding selection. It can be a personal favorite, or you can have well reasoned logic based on critical review or even box office. It's all up to you! you can vote for more than one if you like, but then I will fraction your vote accordingly. Feel free to vote or comment here or on Facebook.
Here are the ten nominees to pick from:
Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
It's A Wonderful Life
Casablanca
Star Wars
The Princess Bride
E.T.
The Breakfast Club
Psycho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
I wait your input, Rippers! The final selection is yours!
I'm just gonna come out early and vote for Star Wars. No movie changed my conception more of what movies could be, and to see my science fiction fantasies come to life.
ReplyDeleteStar Wars set the bar for what the "modern" movie could be. I took my mom to it at the drive-in when I was a teenager. All my friends were there, wondering why I was at the movie with my mother. The two of us had a ball and it's a memory I wouldn't trade for anything. I'm going to split the vote with that one and The Wizard of Oz because I'm a Kansas girl by birth for forever will be as I lived there for a large portion of my life and because I remember watching it as a little girl stretched out on our living room floor, scared to death of that witch and her little monkeys. I could never pick my most favorite movie of all time. Maybe Jaws should be on the list.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Psycho. It was the first time a movie really, really scared me! I was stuck on scary movies from then on. :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Star Wars!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Wizard of Oz, it's a forever movie!
ReplyDeleteStar Wars for me. It was a game changer!
ReplyDeleteWow - tough choices. Stuck between Gone with the Wind and Star Wars. I guess I will have to vote for both.
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