The best thing about movies is that they transport you and your imagination to a place you never thought you could go, but the funny thing is, maybe Spielberg or Lucas always thought you could. Films can help you forget the stressful, drab or uneventful life that you live, without having to change who you are. But sometimes you are changed because the movies teach you something or tap into an interest you didn't know you had or develop a playful crush with a person you didn't know existed. All I am saying is that movies have the ability to transform and transport you. As I watch "Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time" hosted by ABC News and People Magazine, I countdown along with Tom Bergeron and Cynthia McFadden the best in comedy, animation, action, musicals, science-fiction, kisses, characters, thrillers and lines. I've seen a number of the movies listed and honestly agree with most of the movies mentioned. If you missed the special, lucky for you...I've copied the list below and the titles in red are the movies that I've seen:
Comedies
5. Tootsie
4. Young Frankenstein
3. Some Like it Hot
2. Monty Python
1. Airplane
(Two drag movies which just proves that people, or just celebrities, think that cross-dressing is funny.)
Sci-Fi
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Originally created by Spielberg at 16 years-old)
4. The Matrix
3. Avatar (Will have two sequels in the near future.)
2. ET (Influenced the future of product placement with Reese’s Pieces.)
1. Star Wars (All six Star Wars movies will be released on Blu-Ray this summer and it should break all kinds of records.)
Musicals
5. West Side Story
4. Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly was amazing and had a 103 degree fever during the famous rain scene.)
3. The Wizard of Oz (This was my favorite movie as a small child.)
2. Grease (This replaced the former as my favorite movie as I grew older.)
1. The Sound of Music (Real family that boarded a train to escape the Nazis and didn’t actually climb the Alps. Also, they own a resort and brewery in Vermont.)
Kisses
5. Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman)
4. An Officer and a Gentleman (Richard Gere & Debra Winger)
3. Lady and the Tramp (I love that cartoon dogs made the list.)
2. From Here to Eternity (Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr)
1. Gone with the Wind (Clark Gable & Vivian Leigh)
Lines
5. “Here’s looking at you kid.” – Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca
4. “I’ll have what she’s having.” – Rob Reiner’s Mom, When Harry Met Sally
3. “I’m gonna make him an offer that he can’t refuse.” – Marlon Brando, The Godfather
2. “Go ahead, make my day.” – Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry
1. “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” – Clark Gable, Gone with the Wind
Action
5. Gladiator
4. Die Hard
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Went 11 for 11 at the Oscars.)
2. The Dark Knight
1. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Thriller/Suspense
5. Pulp Fiction (For some reason, I hate this movie.)
4. The Shining
3. Psycho
2. Jaws (I wouldn't swim in my above ground pool after seeing this movie. How would a shark get there?)
1. Silence of the Lambs
Animated
5. Fantasia (People think this movie is boring, but to an artist or a movie lover, it is amazing.)
4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Started the princess fantasy.)
3. Beauty and the Beast (Reinvented the princess fantasy.)
2. Toy Story
1. The Lion King
(Are you surprised that I have seen all these? All Disney!)
Characters
5. Indiana Jones
4. Hannibal Lecter
3. Scarlett O’Hara
2. James Bond (Unfortunately, I haven't seen them all.)
1. Forrest Gump (Hanks is a genius.)
BEST EVER
5. ET (I thought it was pretty cool when ET said my name on the ride at Universal Studios.)
4. Casablanca
3. The Godfather (My mom looks like Talia Shire.)
2. The Wizard of Oz
1. Gone with the Wind (Largest set ever built and burned.)That's the televised list and as you can see, there are a number of amazing films that I have missed over the years. Maybe it is because I have never had a long recovery from a surgery or the flu or been bed-ridden. If I had, I would have seen all of these movies and tons more, but there's always the Red Box and Amazon.com.
So I ask, do you agree with the movies they have listed?
*To find more categories and see clips of the movies, visit: http://www.abcnews.com/bestinfilm.
