Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Greatest sports movies

Like most guys I love a good sports movie.  They will bring you to tears, give you chills, and inspire you for hours.  There have been many great ones over the years but here are my top 5:

Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans (Widescreen Edition)

Rudy
Rudy (Special Edition)

Hoosiers
Hoosiers

Miracle
Miracle (Full Screen Edition)

Chariots of Fire
Chariots of Fire

I didn't include comedies ... if so, Major League, Talladega Nights, and Happy Gilmore would have made the list ;)

Baseball fans might be ticked that Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and The Natural did not make the list (what can I say, baseball is not my favorite).  Invictus, The Blind Side, and We Are Marshall are all solid choices.  I also didn't consider the Rocky series because they may have dominated my list.  What are your all-time top sports movies?

Friday, November 5, 2010

Top 5 action movie tough guys

Lots of potential candidates for this top list so I decided to focus on tough guy characters that appeared in more than one movie.  My apologies to James Bond crazies but I have never been much of a fan (although Daniel Craig has a good chance of changing my mind).  Here's my list:

Frank Martin (Jason Statham) - Transporter
 - He is so awesome he single handedly inspired me to shave my head
The Transporter Collection

John McClain (Bruce Willis) - Die Hard
- Just reinforces my argument that bald guys are super awesome
Die Hard - The Ultimate Collection (Die Hard / Die Hard 2 / Die Hard with a Vengeance / Live Free or Die Hard Two-Disc Special Editions)

John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) - Rambo
-Rambo is so tough that he can sport a mullet and get away with it
Rambo Trilogy (Ultimate Edition DVD Collection) (3-Disc Collector Set) - (First Blood/Rambo: First Blood Part II/Rambo III)

Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) - Bourne Trilogy
- Even though I was a grown man when the movies came out, I literally wanted to be Jason Bourne for quite some time
The Bourne Trilogy (The Bourne Identity / The Bourne Supremacy / The Bourne Ultimatum) (Slim Packaging) [Blu-ray]

Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) - Lethal Weapon
- one of my favorites from high school
Lethal Weapon: 4 Film Favorites

Here is one that should definitely be on the list (I'll call it a tie for 5th):


Han Solo (Harrison Ford) - Star Wars
Star Wars Trilogy


And although he is confined to TV, he is SO TOUGH he deserves a nod:

Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) - 24
24: Complete Series

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Top 10 Movies: Comedy

Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this ... and totally redeem yourself!  - Harry (Dumb and Dumber).

Dumb and Dumber is pure comedy gold to me.  There are certain movies that I can watch over and over again and laugh every time - a good comedy can put me in a better mood in an instant.  What are you favorites?  Here's my list:

1) Dumb and Dumber
Dumb and Dumber

2) Dr Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)

3) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)

4) Monty Python and the Holy 
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)

5) Office Space
Office Space - Special Edition with Flair (Widescreen Edition)

6) Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

7) Ace Ventura
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
8) Best In Show
Best in Show
9) Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

10) The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride (Special Edition)

I know a lot of classics were left off the list.  Let me know what I am missing.  Here's a few of my notable mentions: Happy Gilmore, SuperTroopers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, What About Bob.