#56, 57, 58 & 59

The first few days of August, I was so sick.  Sick enough to be off work for 3 days.

I'm such baby when I get sick.  All I want is for someone to sit with me, rub my back, play with my hair, and maybe make me some tea or get me some orange juice.  Of course I don't know anyone who wants to do that for me, besides my mom, and she just doesn't live close enough.

So instead, I decided to drown my sorrows in mindless TV viewing. I love to watch movies in order, and I like to stick with a series, even when they go crazy.  The Terminator movies (edited versions, of course!) are some of my family's favorites.

They have some serious action - Kyle Reese: "Come with me if you want to live."

They also have some great pick up lines - Kyle Reese: "I came across time for you, Sarah. I love you. I always have."

Hands down I think the second movie is the scariest, and the last movie has the most heart pounding action.

#55

This is one of my favorite Tim Burton movies.

"Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept."  He really gets things messed up, but the good thing is that he has friends to help him get things fixed.

The music is brilliant and the boogie man is my favorite character.

Happy Halloween (in July)!

#54

I just love this movie!  The music, the dancing, the sass - all good.

Every time I listen to the music or watch the movie, I can't help but sing along. 

I was a little worried about the re-make being as good as the old one with Ricki Lake, but it was great.  Two Thumbs Up!

#52 & 53

 

Still in July, watching too many movies, I enjoyed both of these 80 style flicks.

Seriously, they are both weird, but I like them.

Thoughts?

#51

I love this movie. I love the idea of finding a secret passageway to another world and to be able to share the adventure with those closest to you.

My favorite quote is from Mr. Beaver -

[Mrs. Beaver is packing food before they flee from the wolves]
Peter Pevensie: What's she doing?
Mrs. Beaver: Oh, you'll be thanking me later. It's a long journey, and Beaver gets pretty cranky when he's hungry.
Mr. Beaver: I'm cranky now!

#50

One word - Aliens!

Favorite quotes -

[Hiller opens the spaceship, the alien screams, Hiller smacks him in the head]
Captain Steven Hiller: [beat] Welcome to earth.

Captain Steven Hiller: I ain't heard no fat lady!
David Levinson: Forget the fat lady. You're obsessed with fat lady. Just get us out of here!

Julius Levinson: It's the White House for crying out loud, you can't just go up and ring the doorbell.

David Levinson: A toast, to the end of the world.

#47, 48 & 49

   

July was a good month for movies.  I was borrowing my Mom's small TV/DVD player and I watched a lot of movies in bed, when I should have been sleeping.

I love pirate movies - they are full of action / crazy creatures / hot men.  Do you sense a theme in the movies I enjoy?  I've heard many people say that they only like the first one, but I love all three.

#45 & 46

 

I watched the first four movies last year for my birthday weekend.  The next two sometime in July.  It's fun watching the kids grow up and even though Harry has such an attitude, I still want him to win :)

Maybe I'll watch the last two this year for my birthday.

#44

The end of June was a good time.  I'm a fan of all movies X-Men.

Great action!  Victor scares me quite a bit, but I'm sure that is what the writers intended. 

This movie breaks my heart and makes me cry, every time. 

But how cool is Wolverine??  Is he your favorite of the X-Men??

#43

I watched this one toward the end of June.  This is the last movie I ever watched with my cat, Tory.  Every time I miss him, I break it out and reminisce.

I'm a pretty big fan of end-of-the-world kinda movies.  This one gets me every time they draw the line across the U.S. map.  All I think is that, all of my family is above that line.  We would all die!!!!

Good thing it is just a movie.  Love it!!

#42

We also watched this fun one in Chicago.

Lots of girly moments, clothes - makeup - boys - romance.

Funny quotes include -

Jenna: Wait, listen to me. I'm 13!
Lucy: Jenna, if you're gonna start lying about your age, I'd go with 27.

Young Jenna Rink: I don't want to be beautiful in my own way. I want to look like these people.
Beverly Rink: Oh those aren't people honey, those are models.

Lucy: OK, you can wipe the doe-eyed-Bambi-watching-her-mother-get-shot-and-strapped-to-the-back-of-a-van look from your face.

#39, 40 & 41

    

When I was in Chicago, I had a lazy day and I stayed in my pajamas the whole day.  I watched these three awesome action flicks while Deana and her sister went to an amusement park.

These 3 movies are full of exciting action, beautiful men and amazing far off places.  It may seem silly to you, but these movies inspired me to have the courage to go to Egypt.  I remember thinking that someday I would see these places with my own eyes. I thought that I would be an old lady when I finally got the chance to go, but fate intervened and I went in 2010.  Now I want to go everywhere:)

#38

Holly, Amber and I watched this movie close to the end of April.  If you haven't spent much time with this sister duo, you should.  They are some of the sweetest, kindest girls that I know.

Mo is a "Silvertongue".  When he reads aloud, his voice brings the characters out of the book and into our world.   The downside is that he doesn't know which characters will come out and he finds that as they enter our world, someone must enter the story.

I really like the idea behind this story, but I didn't like the execution.  The movie seems very dark and choppy.  I'm hoping that when I watch it again in a few years, I will like it more.

Till then, maybe I'll try reading the books.

#37

This is the third movie that Lalana and I watched in April.  Such a crazy girl movie...

The girls in that family are so different.  One is crazy for love - "Marianne does not approve of hiding her emotions. In fact, her romantic prejudices have the unfortunate tendency to set propriety at naught."  The other one is so reserved that she is blown away when it actually happens to her - "I am by no means assured of his regard and even were he to feel such a preference I think we should both be very foolish to assume that there would not be many obstacles to his marrying a woman of no rank who cannot afford to buy sugar."

I feel like I totally identify with the youngest, especially when she says "Please don't say anything important 'til I come back."

Overall it is a period piece where women acted much different than they do now.  I find it both romantic and frustrating.  But I always cry at the end when Elinor gets her man.

#36

This Cinderella like story is full of funny / sassy moments.  Poor Ella is givien the gift of obedience from her crazy fairy godmother as a little baby.  Through her independence and strength she finds, not only her true love, but also the strength to break free of the "gift".

I like the fact that she doesn't sit around waiting for someone to save her.  She goes off on a quest to break the spell, so she can make her own choices in life without being compelled to listen to others.  But I also like that in the end she finds her happy fairy tale ending.

My favorite part is when she is with the giants and they tell her to Sing!  Half way through one says, "Give it a little more soul!"

Chick flick #2 with Lalana in April :)

#35

I have the edited version of this romantic comedy.  It is a laugh out loud / cry a little bit / great love movie.  My two favorite story lines include the writer and the Prime Minister.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at the airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.  If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion... love actually is all around."

This is the first of three chick flicks that I watched with Lalana while she was here in April.

#32, #33 & #34

Last Saturday my roommate Holly ran a half marathon. She is such a rock star!! I wanted to help her "carb load" the night before, so I made a big spaghetti dinner.

The sauce turned out great. 3 jars Classico Tomato & Basil then I added sautéed onions & mushrooms and some browned sweet Italian sausage and hamburger. We also had linguine noodles because I like them better than regular spaghetti noodles. To finish it off we had some amazing homemade garlic bread.

Great food and even better dinner party people. There ended up being 10 of us and everyone helped get the dinner ready and clean up. It was a lot of fun.

After dinner we moved the party downstairs and watched X-Men and X2 and I stayed up later that night than I had in years. I don't feel like I should see 3 am again anytime soon.

Fast forward a few days later and we watched X-Men: The Last Stand. I love all of these movies! They all have some great action and as the movies progress there is some seriously good character development. They make me laugh, hold my breath, and even cry.

Bet you can't guess my favorite X Man...

#31

I also watched this movie the evening of my sick day last week. I love the idea of developing super powers. I like to think about which one I would want, lately I always would pick teleportation. How cool would it be to be able to travel in a blink of an eye?

I really like the brother / sister dynamic between Johnny & Susan. You can feel the love but the surface shows lots of frustration and annoyance.

I also like Doctor Victor Von Doom. He plays an excellent villain.

So which power would you want?

#29, #30 & a sick day

Last Tuesday I woke up with a horrible stomach ache. I napped as long as possible and then I decided a movie would be a great distraction.

I started out with Daredevil - it is corny and mostly ridiculous but the shining spot is Elektra.


And the natural next movie to watch was Elektra. So much better!

If you haven't seen either one...please skip Daredevil. But keep in mind I'm loyal, even when the acting is bad.

#28

This past Saturday, my friend Cali & her 3 year old daughter came over to help me with my movie goal.

What a fun time!! We had popcorn, brownies and Limeade for the treats. I got Piper a new purple dress and she wore it for the whole movie.

I love the muppets. They are very funny, especially the older movies. I love how they incorporate so much music and dancing.

My favorite quote comes from Miss Piggy - to Nicky (Charles Grodin)

"You! It was you! Kermit was right! You're a phony. You're a phony! Yes, you are! And you know what, you can't even sing! Your voice was dubbed!"