Top Ten Movie Countdown Blogfest

The awe inspiring author and blogger extraordinaire, Alex J. Cavanaugh is hosting this pretty nifty blogfest. I decided to join in by sharing my top ten favorite movies. My twist to this blogfest: I'm sharing my favorite quote from the films.

 

Here they are (counting down to my absolute favorite):

 

10. The Prestige: This movie was mind blowing. I left the theater speechless, still mulling over the film.

      Quote:

      Cutter: "Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking for it. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled."
 

9. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - This is a laugh every second from the very beginning movie until the end.

      Quote:

      Ford: "If you want to survive out here, you've got to know where your towel is."
 

8. Despicable Me - Can I say hilarious? Well, I just did or rather typed it.

      Quote:

      Agnes: "It's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!"
 

7. Powder - Just a superb masterpiece of a movie that twists my heart every time I see it.

      Quote:
      "Lindsey: Your father. Your father hurt you a long time ago. You're so sad, he made you so sad. He thought you were ugly, and he kept saying that you weren't... I'm sorry.
       Powder: Do you? Do you?
       Lindsey: Do I what?
       Powder: Do you think I'm ugly?
       Lindsey: I don't know what I think when I look at you. But sometimes I think, I think you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
 

6. Sherlock Holmes - Wow, talk about amazing and the music by Hans Zimmer rocked my world.

      Quote:
      "Mrs. Hudson: Oh, he's killed the dog. Again.
      Watson: What have you done to Gladstone now?
      Sherlock: I was simply testing a new anesthetic. He doesn't mind."
 

5. The King's Speech - Amazing!

      Quote: (Pardon it's vulgarity)
      "Lionel Logue: Do you know the 'f' word?
      King George VI: Ffff... fornication?"
 

4. Madagascar - I chuckle every time I see this one, and I've seen it many, many times.

      Quote:

      "Mort: King Julian! What are they? What are they?

       Julian: They are... aliens! Savage aliens! From the savage world!

       Maurice: They've come to kill us! And take our women! And our precious metals!

       Mort: [begins weeping]

       Julian: Get up Mort! Do not be near the King's feet, okay!"
 

3. The 'Burbs - This is definitely a King Family favorite. I still chuckle every time I watch Tom Hanks eating the sardine and then he blows his nose in the newspaper and it sounds like an elephant.

      Quote:

      "Ricky Butler: Mr. Officer, wait! I mean, there's these people and they're in my parents' house and they're eating all their food."
 

2. Waking Ned Devine - The scene at the end dealing with the old woman and the phone booth gets me laughing to tears every single time.

      Quote:
      "Annie O'Shea: Have we won?
      Jackie O'Shea: No, but it got my apple tart brought in now didn't it."
 

1. The Italian Job - What can I say other than THIS MOVIE ROCKS. Music rocks too! My favorite line in the movie is brought to you by Mos Def and Mark Wahlberg.
      Quote: (pardon it's French):

      "Left Ear: This dude got dogs. I don't do dogs... I had a real bad experience, man.

       Charlie: What happened?

       Left Ear: I had. A bad. Experience. Damn it. I'm deaf!"

 

So there you have it, folks. My top 10 favorite movies. What are yours?

 

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