Marya: A Life in Movies
1995 – While You Were Sleeping
Oh, I love this movie. I remember seeing it in theaters and just falling in love with Bill Pullman. Every time I wear a big sweater I think about Sandy in this film. One of the best Rom-Coms to come out of the 90s.
1996 – The English Patient
This is my favorite movies of all time. Yes, yes it is. I could go on about it forever and ever. And maybe ever. Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas have sizzling hot chemistry and every supporting performance in this film is just dynamite. If I had to choose one film to take with me on a desert island, it would be this film.
1997 – As Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson is my favorite actor of all time and his performance as Melvyn Udall is my favorite of all his performances. There was a time when I had watched this movie so many times I knew all the nuances and all the lines of every character. I might still.
1998 – The Thin Red Line
This is the film that made me fall in love with the power of film. I had always been a fan of movies as entertainment, but this is the movie that made me realize that film could be so much more than just entertainment. Terrence Malick is truly a poet and this is poetry come to life.
1999 – October Sky
This is one of those “great American dream” type movies, based on a true story of perseverance and determination and it makes me sob like a little girl every time.
oh hoh… interesting picks.
What do you think of that news story saying that in the original Pretty in Pink script, Duckie ended up getting the girl?
Also, you might be interested in checking out the Japanese remake version of Ghost, you know… just for kicks. LOL
And I loveee love Frequency too!
I think this series is great to see what kind of people we really are. xD
@amy, I read that and they filmed it that way and then the test audience hated it because how they edited the film, it’s clear that Andie doesn’t feel the same way about Duckie as he does for her and in ending it that way it rings false.
@amy, I liked frequency a lot more the first time I saw it. I revisited it last year and it didn’t really hold up that well. Still its a decent thriller.
Blaine was a giant douche bag.
Very interesting choices you made there. I’ll admit I had Ghost, While You Were Sleeping and Amélie as my options when creating the list. :)