The Movie Meme

Stolen from Poppy and Joke; nothing left to do today, except wash the returned princesses clothes and watch the John Adams HBO miniseries.

The idea is to bold the ones you saw and italicize the ones you've seen partially. Comments are optional.

(I've seen a whole lot more movies - just where are they?)

1. The Godfather (1972) That horse head scared the crap out of my young self. (And I liked Marlon Brando, even with cotton in his mouth.)
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Not so bad. Tim Robbins -- I tend to like him.
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994) Only the scenes with le Big Mac and John Travolta dancing. That's it.
6. Schindler’s List (1993) I usually do the Nazi movies, but this is an exception.
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) On a date.
8.The Empire Strikes Back (1980) I believe I am a Jedi Knight. (and a freak).
9. Casablanca (1942) I believe this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
10. Seven Samurai (1954) I think it was a college class requirement - can you tell it made an impression?
11. Star Wars (1977) See #8
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) uh - no.
13. 12 Angry Men (1957)
14. Rear Window (1954) Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly being naughty.
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Cidade de Deus (2002)
17. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Harrison Ford with a whip and a hat? Uh - yes!
18. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) uh - no to the second.
19. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
20. The Usual Suspects (1995)
21. Psycho (1960) Managed to scare me spitless.
22. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
23. Fight Club (1999) No, thanks.
24. Citizen Kane (1941) Required for journalism.
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) As I get older, the real world scares me enough.
26. North by Northwest (1959) I'd watch Cary Grant floss.
27. Memento (2000)
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Uh - no for the third time.
29. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
30. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Every year.
31. The Matrix (1999) I still don't understand it. And I have had people try to explain it to me.
32. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) I'm easily bored by those long sandy scenes.
33. There Will Be Blood (2007)
34. Se7en (1995)
35. Apocalypse Now (1979) Just the helicopter scenes with the Cry of the Valkyries playing. Really.
36.Taxi Driver (1976)
37. American Beauty (1999)
38. Léon (1994)
39. Vertigo (1958) I have vertigo; I don't need to see a movie about it.
40. Amelie (2001)
41. American History X (1998)
42. No Country for Old Men (2007)
43. The Departed (2006)
44. Paths of Glory (1957)
45. M (1931)
46. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Absolutely.
47. Chinatown (1974)
48. The Third Man (1949)
49. Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
50. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
51. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
52. Alien (1979)
53. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
54. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006)
55. The Shining (1980)
56. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
57. The Pianist (2002)
58. Double Indemnity (1944)
59. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) And then there was Spamalot.
60. Forrest Gump (1994)
61. Saving Private Ryan (1998) I need to go to Normandy to see for myself.
62. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
64. Boot, Das (1981) Didn't do that Nazi movie
65. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
66. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
67. Untergang, Der (2004)
68. Aliens (1986)
69. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
70. Raging Bull (1980)
71. Metropolis (1927)
72. Rashômon (1950)
73. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
74. Modern Times (1936)
75. Hotel Rwanda (2004) Real world scary isn't entertainment.
76. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
77. Sin City (2005)
78. Rebecca (1940)
79. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Really, HAL, we're turning you off. Now.
80. Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
81. All About Eve (1950) One of the greatest movies I've ever seen
82. Some Like It Hot (1959)
83. City Lights (1931)
84. Amadeus (1984)
85. Vita è bella, La (1997)
86. On the Waterfront (1954) Senior HS English requirement
87. The Great Escape (1963) Nazis
88. Touch of Evil (1958)
89. The Prestige (2006)
90. The Elephant Man (1980)
91. Jaws (1975) One summer - all summer - at the beach. It took three times before I had seen the entire movie; my eyes were closed most of the time.
92. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
93. The Sting (1973)
94. Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
95. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
96. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
97. The Apartment (1960)
98. Braveheart (1995) When the king threw that guy out the window...
99. Blade Runner (1982)
100. The Great Dictator (1940)
101. Strangers on a Train (1951)
102. Batman Begins (2005)
103. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
104. Ladri di biciclette (1948) Bicycle Thieves
105. Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) Wages of Fear
106. High Noon (1952)
107. Ran (1985)
108. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) See #8.
109. The Big Sleep (1946)
110. The Wizard of Oz (1939) Hasn't everyone seen this movie?
111. Notorious (1946)
112. Back to the Future (1985)
113. Fargo (1996) I know people from Fargo; they don't like it, either.
114. Oldboy (2003)
115. Unforgiven (1992)
116. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Harrison Ford with whip and a hat again.
117. Donnie Darko (2001)
118. Ratatouille (2007) Don't laugh, but I got lost. I think I was bored.
119. Mononoke-hime (1997)
120. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
121. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
122. Yojimbo (1961)
123. Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)
124. The Green Mile (1999)
125. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
126. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
127. Notti di Cabiria, Le (1957)
128. Gladiator (2000)
129. Battaglia di Algeri, La (1966) The Battle of Algiers.
130. Annie Hall (1977)
131. Die Hard (1988)
132. Into the Wild (2007) The book was bad enough.
133. Ben-Hur (1959)
134. The Deer Hunter (1978)
135. The Sixth Sense (1999) "I see dead people. " And I did all night long.
136. It Happened One Night (1934)
137. The General (1927)
138. Platoon (1986)
139. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
140. Life of Brian (1979) Always look on the bright side of life..
141. The Killing (1956)
142. Smultronstället (1957)
143. Amores perros (2000)
144. Finding Nemo (2003)
145. Diaboliques, Les (1955)
146. The Incredibles (2004) "If we're going to make this work, you're going to have to be more than Mr. Incredible." Words for every relationship.
147. V for Vendetta (2005)
148. The Wild Bunch (1969) I don't need a movie for my family life.
149. Heat (1995)
150. Children of Men (2006)
151. Brief Encounter (1945)
152. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) What's not to love about Paul Newman and Robert Redford?
153. Juno (2007)
154. The Princess Bride (1987)
155. 8½ (1963)
156. The Graduate (1967)
157. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Spencer Tracy gets to punish Nazis and Captain Kirk has a bit part.
158. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) I thought I could just listen to it as I graded papers and caught up on my reading: until I realized they were all speaking in Japanese.
159. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
160. The Big Lebowski (1998)
161. Crash (2004/I)
162. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
163. Stand by Me (1986)
164. Gandhi (1982)
165. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
166. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
167. Snatch. (2000)
168. Harvey (1950)
169. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
170. The African Queen (1951) I had nightmares about the leeches.
171. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
172. The Thing (1982)
173. Trainspotting (1996) No drug addicts.
174. Gone with the Wind (1939) Now, I love me some GWTW. But consider where I am from and who I am married to and his fraternal organization and where we went to college and how many hoop skirts I have worn... I can quote this movie as I drift off to sleep.
175. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) This movie (and novel) is amazing.
176. Wo hu cang long (2000)
177. Belle et la bête, La (1946)
178. The Gold Rush (1925)
179. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) I laughed out loud. Really.
180. Groundhog Day (1993) Bill Murray knocks me out.
181. The Conversation (1974)
182. American Gangster (2007)
183. Scarface (1983)
184. Patton (1970) What's not to love about this movie? Yeah, war is hell, but we do beat the Nazis.
185. Duck Soup (1933)
186. Toy Story (1995)
187. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
188. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
189. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
190. The Terminator (1984)
191. Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)
192. Sleuth (1972)
193. The Hustler (1961)
194. Umberto D. (1952)
195. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
196. Stalker (1979)
197. Glory (1989)
198. Ed Wood (1994) 199. King Kong (1933)
200. Grindhouse (2007)
201. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
202. The Exorcist (1973)
203. The Lion King (1994)
204. Hotaru no haka (1988)
205. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
206. Spartacus (1960)
207. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
208. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
209. The Lost Weekend (1945)
210. Stalag 17 (1953)
211. Magnolia (1999)
212. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
213. Lola rennt (1998) Run Lola Run
214. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
215. The Philadelphia Story (1940) Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn: what's not to love?
216. Frankenstein (1931)
217. Out of the Past (1947)
218. Big Fish (2003)
219. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
220. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
221. Casino (1995)
222. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
223. Toy Story 2 (1999)
224. Mystic River (2003)
225. Du rififi chez les hommes (1955)
226. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
227. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
228. Hot Fuzz (2007)
229. A Christmas Story (1983) Once might be enough.
230. Ikiru (1952)
231. Mou gaan dou (2002)
232. Manhattan (1979)
233. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
234. Young Frankenstein (1974) Three different dates with three different guys; I just wanted to see the movie again and again and again.
235. Dial M for Murder (1954)
236. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)2
37. Rope (1948)
238. Once (2006)
239. Roman Holiday (1953)
240. Quatre cents coups, Les (1959) The 400 Blows
241. The Searchers (1956)
242. In Cold Blood (1967) Required reading Senior year; that scared the shit out of me. Didn't need to see a movie about it, too.
243. Ying xiong (2002)
244. His Girl Friday (1940)
245. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
246. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
247. Samouraï, Le (1967)
248. Strada, La (1954)
249. Harold and Maude (1971)
250. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) Aguire, The Wrath of God

Seven Random Facts

Mrs. Bluebird tagged me for the seven random facts meme a while ago and Christmas caught me off guard. So, here's your seven facts, in no particular order.

• I serve sweet iced tea for dinner every single night. Regardless of weather. (Last night, it was about 25 degrees here, but we served up some iced tea.) I live in the South; I was drinking iced tea for dinner when I was tiny and don't see myself stopping in the near future.
• Chick-Fil-A is my favorite fast food restaurant. I sometimes stop for the sweet iced tea. See above. (However, in Denver one time, they just looked at me like I was some kind of freak and told me where I could locate the sugar. WTH? It was a Chick-Fil-A. Chicken sandwich, waffle fries and a sweet tea.)
• I once lost my slip in the Rayburn Building of the House of Representatives. I was delivering some document during college break - I had a fantastic job with the Environmental Protection Agency- and the stupid thing just fell right off. On the floor, in the hallway. I kicked it aside and kept on walking. Don't know who found it and I don't care.
• Having younger daughters has definitely kept me younger. I am thinking about lying about how old I am and seeing if I can get away with it.
• After teaching high school for a year, I taught in a funeral service school - English Literature, English Composition and U.S. History- in their Associate Degree Program. If that won't get you back in the "real" world, nothing will.
• I collect snowmen for Christmas. Especially snowmen salt and pepper shakers. Now I am afraid that I have become the great aunt who collected salt and pepper shakers and filled up her china cupboard with them.
• I'm thinking about trying to get into graduate school - but I can think of a billion reasons why it isn't the right time to do it. First and foremost, I've got to take Prep on some college trips next year - how much fun is that going to be?- but every time I look at graduate catalogs, I can't decide which department and I wonder where am I going to get the tuition for all three of us to go to school and ..... well, you get the picture. But, I think I really want to teach high school or maybe even college, because these elementary preps are killing me. So, we'll see.

That's it. All the oddness teachergirl could muster. I'm supposed to tag some others, but if you're reading and you're up to it, you should do it. And let me know.

Eight Random Facts

The Tour Marm tagged me a while ago and I need to post my eight random facts. (I am procrastinating instead of packing. What do I need to pack, anyway?)

1. I am a voracious reader. I will read pretty much anything. As I have gotten older, though, I have realized that I don't necessarily have to finish something that is retched. I can put it aside and give it away.

2. As much as I complain about teaching, I really love it. I always thought I wanted to be a lawyer, but I can't imagine doing that for a living. Really. Summer is a blast.

3. If I am wearing a dress or a skirt, I usually wear pantyhose. I can't stand to wear dress shoes barefoot. (Although I did on my anniversary. That is the influence of teenage daughters.)

4. I was waitlisted at the College of William and Mary and that was one of my biggest disappointments. I think everything works out for the best - but it still bothers me.

5. Having daughters "late" has made me younger. I can't explain it, but when you have an eleven year old trailing you, people automatically think you are just younger than you are. I don't mind, but I am older than you think.

6. I am a pretty good tennis player. I hate golf, but I have a pretty good drive.

7. I usually can spot a grammatical error just by looking at the copy. The teachers on my team usually hand me the rough drafts of whatever they are working on and I just polish it up, right there on the spot.

8. I have gotten more outspoken as I have gotten older. You have a right to your opinion and sometimes, you have a right to say what you think. I believe that individuals and groups who try to silence you or tell you that you are wrong are the ones who are wrong. And I have become bold enough to let you know.

And here's an extra - I am fairly shy, so I am not a tagger. If you haven't been tagged for this (and everyone I have been reading looks like they have been) raise you hand and I will pick you for this meme.

Wish me luck on the packing!!