Thursday, March 13, 2014

OmegaManwicH's favorite movies

Greetings Programs!

People ask me all the time what my favorite movie is and I always feel like a parent who was just asked to pick their favorite child!  Movies are the biggest hobby that I have, along with board/card/geeky games.  I mean, I own like 500+ DVDs and 200+ Blu Rays, so asking me for my favorite movie is a bit like opening Pandora's box...

Only part of the collection

I used to list out my top five, but it had so many ties in it that it had 15+ movies. Now I just list my favorites by genre like below. This list is not definitive, nor is it all of the genres that are out there, and will most likely change by the end of the month... it is always in flux, and as you will see, I still can't avoid ties...  

You can click on each picture to see the corresponding theatrical trailer.  Enjoy!


Drama:
Amazing Grace
www.a.com

 Action/Drama:
The Last Samurai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdS6FgmO4j8

Drama/Romance:
The Lucky One
Saw this in the theater... alone... impressed?

Romance/Comedy:
Tie between The American President and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyGibtCfMLM
Honestly, The American President is both a drama and a comedy
The Princess Bride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CIXEAjcc8

Comedy:
Tie between We're the Millers and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7NHfAzg7Yg
Red band trailer - NSFW

Blazing Saddles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKayG1TrfuE
The trailer doesn't do this movie any justice, unfortunately...

Science Fiction:
Tie between The Empire Strikes Back and...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRIC6MLe1JI

Pacific Rim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guMumPFBag

Fantasy:
Tie between The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5X-hFf6Bwo

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_kDb-pRCds

Action:
Three way tie between Showdown in Little Tokyo...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUoN1Nl1eHI

Olympus Has Fallen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwx1f0kyNwI

and Hard Target
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckl8Zb5tOTI

Action/Comedy:
Tie between Tango and Cash and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF8EUqsq0bw

the Bad Boys movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURhd5TCG6U

Adventure:
Tie between E.T. and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZNInG8kSiA

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGpq-LDV6jU

Animated:
How to Train Your Dragon
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKiYuIsPxYk
Superhero:
Man of Steel, recently unseating...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6DJcgm3wNY

Marvel's The Avengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiH-VWZyjoU

Musical Drama:
Moulin Rouge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtEgAx80NC4

Musical Comedy:
Pitch Perfect, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F03N-ApQdmw

Rock of Ages is up there with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oMA2u_OPzY

Horror:
Tie between Halloween (1978) and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ke9IPTIJQ

Dawn of the Dead (1978)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt-EipwlWQ0

Apparently 1978 was a good year for horror movies!


Horror/Comedy:
Tie between Shaun of the Dead and...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-lmF5DAssU

Tremors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65b70nPU7k


Horror/Sci-Fi:
Alien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGAHtWV7Ua8

Guilty pleasures: 
(Movies that I know completely suck out loud... but still enjoy watching)

Xanadu...

Over the Top...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB5iDUnx0iY

Rhinestone and...
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1671364889/

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ov8yLJkknY


Favorite movie of all time (right now): 
... and if a gun was held to my head making me name one:

The Cabin in the Woods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsIilFNNmkY
Pacific Rim almost beat The Cabin in the Woods this last year

 
There are definitely more genres and genre combinations I can come up with favorites for, but that should give you the general idea of what my favorites are.  So what do you all think?  Am I insane?  What would you choose for your favorites?  Let me know in the comments section below. </shameless fishing for comments>  


Until next time... are you not entertained?
-OmegaManwicH

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