Top Ten Tuesday
This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see that a dear friend was online, and we spent a few minutes instant messaging. We reminisced about some random moments from our younger years, including the first time we saw A River Runs Through It; I remember sitting through the entire movie with my jaw in my lap. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you probably need to rent it. And pause it at the part where the old fashioned car is stopped, with the sun setting behind it. Simply beautiful.
Top Ten: Random Movies that Bring Back Random Memories
(in random order)
(in random order)
- Raiders of The Lost Ark. The first movie I remember seeing in a theater. Very vaguely.
- Home Alone. I attended this movie on a "pretend date." That's when a cute guy asks you out, but since you aren't old enough to date yet you have to drag a girlfriend along. It also involves "pretend handholding"--a tricky process where the guy and girl each fold their arms and let their hands touch each other.
- Dances with Wolves. This is when I realized I actually kind of like long, slow movies. It's also when I realized that Kevin Costner's voice is pretty annoying.
- Dumb and Dumber. I went to this movie by myself in the theater. I highly recommend seeing a movie in the theater by yourself. Just not one where you'll be tempted to laugh out loud.
- Power of One. I saw this at our dinky little campus theater my first year of college. I can still hear the music in my head, and feel the chills run down my spine.
- Newsies. I remember reenacting this entire movie--songs and dancing--in our dorm-room kitchen. I'm pretty sure I was the one up on the table, shouting "Look at me--I'm the King of New York!" I'm pretty sure you all find that so hard to believe.
- Water Boy. The first movie I saw with Chris. And then we kissed.
- Star Wars Episode I. The first movie Chris and I saw in the theater. More kissing.
- City of Angels. I watched this movie the night I came home from the hospital with my first baby. Within the first few minutes there was a scene that forced me to think about what it would be like to lose a child. I will never forget how different I suddenly felt about life that night.
- Finding Nemo. The first movie we took our first son to--of which he was actually aware. The end of one era; the beginning of another.
What movies do you remember and why?
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