Your topic this week is to talk about some of the best movies you have ever seen. What did you like about them? Are there any coming out soon that you are looking forward to seeing?
My English 10 classes had Mr. Miller in class last week to speak about his Classic Film Studies class. His discussion was the inspiration for this blog. I am an avid film lover. If a movie is worth watching, I have probably seen it. In fact, my English 10 classes are being introduced to a classic 80s film (Wargames) this week for our Science Fiction and Fantasy Unit. Anyone familiar with 80s films would recognize the two headliners from this film: Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.
Since I have seen so many movies and have such eclectic tastes, I think the easiest way to mention some of the greatest movies I have ever seen would to be by genre.
Disclaimer: Many of these movies are rated R, and I am not suggesting you go see these films. I am merely pointing out my personal preference. These are not necessarily my picks as the greatest films in each of these genres either. They are just the first films that came to mind.
Action: Die Hard.
Adventure: Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Comedy: Happy Gilmore
Crime: The Town
Drama: A Time to Kill
Epics: Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Fantasy: See above...but I'll throw in The Neverending Story as a personal favorite from my childhood.
Horror: The Shining
Musical: The Sound of Music
Science Fiction: Donnie Darko
War: Enemy at the Gates
Western: Tombstone
Ya I love lord of the rings too. But I have only seen the first one cause my dad has this rule that we have to read the book before we can see the movie. I just got to the battle of helms deep in the second book, and I will probably finish it over spring break when I can sit out on the deck and read for like three hours qt a time. I think my all time favorites are lion king, pride and prejudice (the 2 disc special edition with collin firth), eclipse from the twilight saga, and last bu certainly not least, the Harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1. But that is just right now. Ask me again next week and it might be totally different.
ReplyDeletei love movies tooo, there are great and i kinda wanna take that classic film studies. my mom says i should be a film critic when i grow up because im always watching movies and i love them so muchh.
ReplyDeletemoronic movies are the best like superbad,zak and miri make a porno, the hangover and the due date. those where all moronic movies but they still had a very good moral or lessons learned. there's more movies out there, like the social network and the green hornet that are what i'd call, stupid or dumb, but its only because they are extremely funny.
ReplyDeleteWell, i like movies that are realistic not the fake actions, the real stuff. The best movie i ever saw? Its hard to decide but i prefer action movies.. or comedy. But i enjoy action better.
ReplyDeleteo i wish i would have read this before i put my blog out this would have made it alot easier i love movies
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