this is all julie's fault

so julie has officially given me my first 'tag' that i must fulfill...interestingly, it is for my top 12 favorite movies of all time and, given the sheer amount of boredom that i have been suffering at work for the last two hours, i feel as though i must oblige her request.

behold, the top 12:

1. dirty dancing
mmmmmmmm...patrick swayze circa 1987...*drooling*...now i may have been 6 or so when this movie came out, but any man who would stick up to my father and tell him that, "nobody puts baby in the corner" is welcome in my bed (sorry mike)

2. hearts & souls
an all star cast: robert downey jr. pre cocaine habit (well, at least before he was arrested for it)...charles grodin, alfre woodard, kyria sedgwick, tom sizemore, david paymer, elisabeth shue...really, a must see...

3. a league of their own
i may not have seen madonna's 'truth or dare' (nor do i think i really want to), but i was a big fan of her and rosie posie in this flick...add in tom hanks' "there's no crying in baseball" and, "did anyone ever tell you you look like a penis with a hat on" and you have a winner.

4. indiana jones
all of 'em...nuf' said

5. mean girls
i may poke fun at ms. lohan and her uncanny ability to snort coke while taking shots well before her 21st birthday, but i thought she was FABULOUS and perfectly cast in this movie. and really - i didn't have to wait until high school to deal with some of the crap the plastics pulled in this one...apparently my middle school was well ahead of the curve...

6. rudy
the first time i saw this movie, i turned to mike 30 minutes into it with tears in my eyes and said, "why does anyone like this movie??? this is quite possibly the MOST depressing thing i have EVER seen?!?!?!". i gave it another 86 minutes and felt like i wanted to go run a marathon after i ran into a burning building to save 17 people, 6 dogs, and 3 cats...

7. the little mermaid
yes, a disney movie is in the top 12. i can sing all of the songs, recite the entire script, and even know a bunch of the sound effects (ask mike...he suffered through watching it with me one day)

8. clue
kudos for this one julie...an all time fav for me too (and i love playing the board game!!!)

9. the brat pack...pack
not necessarily a movie, but a series of goldmines from the 80's - sixteen candles, the breakfast club, st. elmo's fire, and pretty in pink to be specific. loved them all and i think i can say that i have seen them at least a dozen times...

10. school ties
filmed in my hometown...the drama, politics, and emotions of this movie still get to me...plus i may have had a minor crush on matt damon, chris o'donnell, and brendan fraser

11. crash
riveting...words can't describe how i felt after seeing this one...

12. the princess bride
we had to read this book my senior year in h.s. (yeah, they helped us transition right into senior slide...). i had seen the movie many times before reading the book, but found myself loving the book as much as the movie (a rarity for me).

so...julie...i have done 'as you wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiished'...