movie things and other stuffs.

My halloween was awesome. first time in years I didn't dress up too. went to my nephews and helped him take his little ones trick or treating they are 2 and 1. it was a blast. exactly what I needed to lift me out of my doldrums as I had been feeling soemwhat depressed and angry for a few days at the time.


I'm compiling a list of some of my favorite scenes/lines from various movies as they pop into my head. They are numbered but not neccessarily in any particular order

1. (Star Wars ep. 4 )- the scene where luke breaks into leia's cell on the death star and says "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you". something about this scene, I don't know what.

2. (Planes,Trains,and Automobiles) 2 scenes where steve martin and john candy are driving down the highway - "you're going the wrong way" & then the scene with the deer coming alive and the car ends up in flames. This whole movie I could go on and on about. My favorite comedy of all time.

3. (Planet of the Apes - the original) - 2 scenes from this one as well. "get your stinking paws off me,you damn dirty ape" and, of course, the Statue of  Liberty scene at the end. Great stuff.

4. ( Star Trek - the 1st movie) - the scene where Spock finally rejoins the Enterprise. I'm somewhat of a nostalgic person and always liked this scene. Probably the only good one in a movie that otherwise sucked.

5. (Young Frankenstein ) - the scene where the camera pans across a shelf of various jars and heads,etc. and the you see Marty Feldman's bug-eyed face. funny stuff.

6. (Raiders of the Lost Ark) - Indiana Jones facing off with the big guy waving a sword around. Having had enough, he just pulls out his gun and shoots him. very funny.

7. (Rocky II) - at the end when Rocky has won and makes his speech,ending it with "yo adrian, I did it. has been parodies a lot over the years but at the time was a good scene, emotional, achieving something that nobody thought he could do.Don't we all like proving people wrong soemtimes?

8.(Blazing Saddles - back when Mell Brooks was still funny) - The chase between the sheriff and harvey korman ends up going into a theater showing Blazing Saddles- I found it hilarious at the time, still do.

9. (Superman - the 1978 version) - scene where Clark Kent is running down the road looking for a place to change into his superman suit and stops to glance over one of those half sized phone booths always gives me a chuckle.

10. (Star Wars ep6) - Anakin,having gone fully to the dark side and been defeated in battle by obi-wan, finally transforms into the darth vader we know and love and dons the black suit for the first time. tres cool.

11. (Tommy Boy) - Chris Farley trying to fix car door after backing into a pole and knocking it off it's hinges and then asking david spade "what did you do" when he tries to open the door and it falls off. Farley and Spade made a good comedy team, something movies today lack too many of.

12. (Friday the 13th pt 2) - before Jason put on the hockey mask (pt3) he had a pillow case hiding his features. In part two there is a scene where a girl finds his cabin and is looking around in horror and in the background through the window you can see Jason running up the path towards the cabin. eerie stuff.

13. (Steel Magnolias) 2 scenes - not sure who says it to her but one of the casts says to Shirley Maclaine (who is fantastic in this movie) "you are evil and should be destroyed" love it! and this movie. The other scene is after teh funeral and all th eladies are at gravesite and sally field is starting to cr and Olympia dukakis grabs shirley maclaine, turns her toward sally field and tries convincing her that everything will feel better if she just basically kicks the crap out of her. great (sad)-tension breaking moment. for a movie without aliens,things blowing up,or serial killers running amok,this movie is awesome.

14. (Babe the pig) - this scene always makes me cry. where the farmer tells Babe "that'll do pig, that'll do" watch this movie and don't cry at this part. I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!.

15. (Evil Dead 1)- scene where one of the possessed girls grabs a pencil and stabs another girl in the ankle with it and starts twisting it around. ugh. it gives me the heebie jeebies. i usually have to look away.

okay, that's all for now, almost out of time at the library. more next time.