Lights, Camera, Action!

So, even though the house hasn't sold, I am packing up the house and moving to Lakewood, Colorado!  While packing isn't always the most fun, I am having a fun time going through things, reminiscing, and marveling at some of the fun things Rob and I have collected through the years. 

Today I packed up my movies, and I started thinking about my all-time favorites, and I separated them into categories.  This may explain some of my quirks to some of you:

Movies that make me pee my pants:

1. Heavyweights (“Anyone who brings candy into this camp is not your friend.  He is a destroyer!”)
2. Superbad (“It’s you!  McMuffin!”)
3. Coming to America (“Sexual Chocolate!”)
4. Dumb and Dumber (“Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?”)
5. Monsters, Inc. (“I’m watching you, Wazowski…always watching you.”)

Movies that make me crap my pants:

1. The Descent (Tight spaces in underground caves + creepy humanoid creatures = no thank you)
2. Saw (Ok, it freaked me out when I saw it in the theaters.  They ruined it by making it into a franchise, but the first time I saw it – totally needed diapers)
3. Signs (Tried to watch this alone on my computer with headphones so I wouldn’t disturb anyone one night when I couldn’t sleep – big mistake)
4. Poltergeist (Watched this when I had a friend over for a sleepover, and my parents secretly stacked the kitchen chairs on the table upstairs to “surprise” us.  Did you know this is only rated PG?!)
5. The Strangers (My worst nightmare realized.  Period.)

Movies I can watch anytime to make me feel good:

1. Grease (Know it word for word, note for note.  Love love love.  Judge me all you want)
2. Heavyweights (Again in my top movie list, but it’s seriously the greatest)
3. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!  Julie Newmar (John Leguizamo, Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes as drag queens traveling by car across the US?  Yes please!)
4. Bowfinger (Happy Premise #3: Even though I feel like I might ignite, I probably won’t)
5. The Karate Kid (The original, of course.  “Put him in a body bag, Johnny!”)

Movies that blow my mind:

1. Being John Malkovich (Malcovich Malcovich? Malcovich!  Malcovich Malcovich!)
2. Arlington Road (Rob was with me the first time we saw this.  Blew me away!)
3. The Departed (Twists and turns galore!)
4. Balada triste de trompeta (Clown love triangle en espagnol.  Seriously F-ed up.  Still trying to figure out if this was supposed to be funny or serious or scary.  And no, it’s not the language barrier)
5. Jurassic Park (Even though this movie is almost 20 years old, the computer animation is still great, and I’m on the edge of my seat the whole time!)

Movies that get me teary-eyed at just looking at the title:

1. Titanic (I’ll never let go!)
2. The Notebook (Um, the ending.  Yeah, that’s all I’ve got to say)
3. Dumbo (Seriously, writing this is making me misty – the mother rocking Dumbo on her trunk while she’s caged to that song “Baby of Mine”.  I challenge you not to sob)
4. Life is Beautiful (Wept the whole way through)
5. E.T. (Anytime there is a dying alien/child/animal, it’s hard to watch)

Movies that I know are horrible, yet I love anyway:

1. 3 Ninjas (“Slurpee?” “Radical!” “Slurpee?” “Dude!” “We’re outta here”)
2. Evil Dead (Wimpiest ‘hero’ ever)
3. It Takes Two (Mary-Kate and Ashley and Steve Freaking Guttenberg!)
4. The Willies (“Scary” story vignettes with many early 90’s tv stars)
5. Baby-Sitters Club video collection (Say  ‘hello’ to your friends)

Well, I suppose I will get back to packing.  Sigh.  Maybe i'll start thinking of some of my other favorites to put into list-form.  I do love lists.  (Nerd alert!).  I can't believe that summer is pretty much over...

Kate Suarez, movie buff, packer extraordinaire, COLORADO BOUND!