An Indepth Look Into A Geek's Soul

So I'm half stealing this from Joel, who origianally posted this kind of thing on his MySpace blog, and which I was going to on livejournal.  However, I've decided to put it on over here.  It's something that I'll try to do about once a week, on Monday hopefully, but you know how I am, so that could easily not happen.  So without further ado, here it is, my top 10 favorite movies (as of right now.)

Number 10:  Star Trek Generations

This is my favorite of the Star Trek movies.  It's really the movie that got me into Star Trek big time.  Maybe it's because you get a little bit of the old with a lot of the new, or maybe I just like the story, it just is a great, all around movie.  Yeah, the main villian is kind of weird to be honest, but his purpose is at least somewhat noble, if a bit greedy.  I think the best thing about this movie that you don't get in the other movies is a less of a focus on Data.  Though, he is hilarious in this movie, and he does swear.  All that adds up to one hell of a good movie.

Number Nine:  The Emperor's New Groove

At first I was a little unsure about this movie.  I didn't really like it when I first saw previews for it, then I sw it on VHS one day, and I fell in love with it.  It's so funny and utterly stupid that I couldn't help but like it.  Plus Kronk is so freaking funny.  He's just utterly clueless and a wonderful offset to the villian.  It has just enough humor in it without over doing it, while still offering up tons of laughs.  As Kronk once said, "IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY?"

Number Eight:  Spaceballs

I don't even know where to start with this movie.  This was my first introduction to Mel Brooks, and Joel actually introduced me to this classic which I think came out in the same year that I was born.  The references to the all the classic science fiction movies, from Alien to Star Wars (even Dune I think), this movie doesn't miss a beat.  Plus, Lone Star drives a Winnabago (which I'm fairly certain is spelled totally differently) and that in itself is just awesome.  In fact, this is the only movie on the list that I actually have two copies of, and one of them is still in it's orignal shrink wrapped seal.  For any lover of comedies or parodies, this is a must have.

Number Seven:  Jurassic Park

I remember being a little kid watching this movie and being scared absolutely shitless by the raptor attack at the very beginning of the movie.  This movie really does stand the test of time though.  Even today it still looks fairly real, even if is starting to show it's age a little bit.  The story is absolutely amazing, and stays fairly true to the book.  This one movie caused my entire obession with dinosaurs and made me start reading way above my reading level just so I could read this book.  I always considered this a science fiction movie, but I guess it's one of the top ranking horror movies of all time.  Everyone who hasn't see this should, as it's an amazingly good movie.

Number Six: The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers

This is my favorite movie out of the trilogy for one single reason: Ents.  Freaking Ents.  Treebeard is just awesome, and even though this strays a bit from the book, it makes up for it in contenet.  The long running time is a bit for me, especially in the extended edition, but it's well worth it.  I'm glad that the characters all get a fair portion of screen time, and the final battle scenes at the end are just glorious.  Seriously, when the Ents are attacking, it is just pure glory.  It inspired me to write all kinds of terrible fan fiction and is a major reason I've read the books and am playing the Third Age.

Number Five:  The Matrix

I missed this one in the movie theaters.  That still rates as one of my top 10 mistakes of all time (that's for another list though.)  I remember seeing Trinity kicking the police officer in the opening shots and I just fel in love.  It helps that the girl is gorgeous to look at.  The movie was pulled of with a style that most movies lack, and I couldn't be happier with it.  It's nice because it wraps up the majority of the problems, and for a second there, you really do think that Neo dies.  The backstabbing in the movie now seems a little obvious, but at first it's hard to swallow.  Side note:  this movie was also the first oen that introduced me to any kind of club scene.

Number Four:  Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back

Oh Star Wars.  I think you all know why one of these movies have made it on the list.  Mostly, it's because it's an amazing series of movies, no matter what anyone says about them.  Why do I like this one the best?  Probably because it's the most GBAMF one out of all of them.  You meet Yoda in it,  it has a nice sleek look to it, and it doesn't rehash a single idea.  Plus, you find out that Luke is related to Vader.  And Han delivers the best line ever uttered in the history of movies.  This movie combines all that is awesome about Star Wars with a perfect execution.  Even those who hate science fiction movies I think would love this movie.

Number Three:

This takes the top spot for an animated movie on my list, as well as the highest rated Disney movie.  I've always have been in love with this movie.  I think I may have even seen this move in the movie theaters.  Even now I"m still in love with all the songs in this movie.  I really don't think Disney has come close to releasing anything of this calibur since this movie, but it's a hard one to top.  I still get wrapped up in the movie and actually have the sound track on my computer.  Everyone needs to own a copy of this movie.

Number 2:  Grease

Grease Lightning!  No musical will ever ever ever ever come close to reaching the majesty this movie has.  I love almost all the songs, the only one I really don't like is the one Rizo does about halfway through the movie.  Even still, I'll randomly break into those songs all the time just walking down the street or at work or something.  I've gotten plenty of strange looks.  Yeah, the story is highschoolish, and yeah, the actors can't see too well, and the dances are terrible, but hey, that's why we all love this movie.  I don't care what the lot of you say, this is the best musical of all time, and no one will ever take it's place.  I'd say without this movie, there wouldn't be such a tremendous love for musicals today.

Number One:  Forrest Gump

This may have come to a shocker to a good chunk of you.  I don't think that most of you know realize how much I really love this movie.  I can't even begin to tell you how much this movie means to me.  Everytime this movie is on, I'll watch it.  It could be the third time it's on that day, and you will have bet I've watched as much as I could in that one day.  This movie is so great, that I'm afraid to read the book because I know that it can't be nearly as good as the movie.  People are amazed that I can quote so much of the movie considering it's length.  I've based so much of my life on this movie in little ways.  I'm always looking or my Jenny, and even though that may not happen to me anytime soon, it gives me hope that if Forrest can get the girl, even I can.  Life is like a box of chocolates my friends, and maybe that's why I don't always get along well with it.

So there you have it.  There are some notable exceptions to the list include the Harry Potter Films, Toy Story, and Transformers, but hey, there is only so many spots here.  Feel free to leave some comments and bash my chocies, and I could care less.  I love these movies, so you all can just deal with it.

Peace Out.