Kerry’s top 10 movies

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 @ 3:26PM

I can pick only 10?

Because SOMEBODY asked...my top 10 movies.
I based my choice on what Jeff Vice said...movies I could watch over and over.

10: SPIDER-MAN 2.  All my life I imagined how cool it would be to see Spidey in all out action.  As I read the comic books, I thought how cool it would be.  I got that wit Spidey 2.  Spidey 1 was fine...but the Green Goblin looked like a Power Ranger.  Lost it for me.
9: RAISING ARIZONA.  Bill and I agree on this one.  Damn funny, and dialogue you keep repeating.
8: PINNOCHIO.  I tear up everytime I hear Jimminy sing . ‘when you wish upon a star’.  It also taught me that if you smoke...you’ll turn into a donkey. 
7: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.  I have to say the whole Indiana Jones trilogy, really.  I always thought Indy was the coolest NOT because of the adventure....but because he was smart.  He knew his lore.  If only he spoke Hovitos…
6: SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.  Hannibal Lector. What more do I need to say.  Also, more quotable dialogue.  This film actually made me want to try liver with farver beans and a nice Chianti.  (Slurp noise)
5: PULP FICTION: A great story. Great characters. Great violence, and a briefcase full of soul.
4: THE GODFATHER 1 & 2.  They are one movie to me.  SO much to be learned about lifes lessons in these films.  The most important lesson?  Never go against the family, Fredo.
3: JAWS: This movie gave me my first real scare, and my first long term nightmares...and I lived in Utah County...hundreds of miles from the ocean.  Quint’s USS Minneapolis speech alone is worth the price of admission. 
2: STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: I have never felt a shiver like the feeling I had watching that Imperial Star Destroyer...the biggest thing I’d ever seen...pass over the top of the screen.  Rumbling so loud, it was going to smash the entire theatre.  This movie really changed my life, seriously.  I can quote the entire film from memory, I’ve seen it over 100 times.  Empire and Jedi should be included here.
1: CITIZEN KANE: I know, I know.  But there is a REASON this movie is on most peoples top 10 lists!  If you think about the time it was made, and the skill involved.  The story, the acting, every meticulous shot!  Amazing!  Another great speech...the ‘girl on the ferry’ speech.  Amazing.

I left out Apocalypse Now, the original Planet of The Apes, Beetlejuice, Alien, Free Enterprise, Animal House and MANY others...because...well..it’s a top 10 list.