I started putting this list together as a way to think of movies that I wanted to be able to share/enjoy with my kids. That idea grew into creating my 100 favorite movies. So far I've been able to share about 35 of them with my children. As their minds mature and attentions spans grow, I hope to introduce a few of these to them year after year.
Finalizing this list got me pondering about the idea of curation and my personal history that I'm recording. Each one of these movies either says something about me or has some significance in my life or else it wouldn't have made the cut. The collection of movies doesn't have any value in and of itself, but the personal experience that I have tied to these flicks is golden to me. I'll be sure to write an extended explanation full of fun details for my own personal indulgence. Memories this list will bring to the forefront of my mind should be fun to review. Just a quick glance at these small thumbnail images gets my mind going:
Support your local Sheriff is what I would call our family movie (the family I grew up in). My mom introduced us to it, and it's full of laughs every time I watch it.
The first Mission Impossible is the best that franchise has to offer. I saw it in the movie theatre with my friend Michelle Higgs and quite honestly I didn't really follow it all that well and was confused when it ended. I pretended that wasn't the case back then, and thankfully, I get it now.
My mom took me to see Dances with Wolves in the Trolley Square movie theater. She insisted that I see it on the big screen. I've how to quote some of the Sioux lines from the show. I remember seeing the previews for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves before the show.
Spellbound is a great documentary. I got it from the library back when my wife believed that I didn't know that the library was primarily for books and not movies.
Big is a special show for me. I had a 'big' friend growing up; a friend of the family named Jared. He was a kid even though he was grown up, but not because of a wish on the Zoltar machine.
I remember seeing Clue for the first time for a New Year's eve party. I still loving watching that show on that holiday.
Into the Woods became a special show for me after performing in it with my wife. We learned so much about ourselves and the meaning of the show as we rehearsed and performed our parts. The music is absolutely incredible!
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is one of my favorite 'root for the bad guy' films. It's also one of the only movies that I've heard my dad say that he enjoys.
Return to Me was the first movie that I saw with my wife in a movie theater. We never went to movies while we dated before our wedding. It's a great mixture of laughs and cries...
I could go on and on and on, but I'll save that for another time. In some ways making this kind of a list just underscores how valuable these accompanying details of our lives are since they can quickly link our minds to forgotten memories that have made us who we are. That there is worth the price of admission.
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