Daily writing prompt

What are your top ten favorite movies?

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I love these daily prompts for the most part. Some of them require some deep thinking and this one of those topics…my top 10 favorite movies.

There are a lot of movies that I would call my favorite. The problem is ranking them because…they are my favorites. Anyway I digress. So here we go with my favorites.

10. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
This is where Jim Carrey became a movie star. I love this movie and could recite the entire movie word for word much to my wife’s “enjoyment”. That’s sarcasm. The movie is hilarious from the start if you’re a Jim Carrey fan and his schtick.

9. Dumb and Dumber
Another Jim Carrey film that is simply dumb but funny. He and Jeff Daniels are idiots and they’re little road trip makes it for a fun ride. Laughed a lot with this one from the start.

8. The Mask
I promise this is the last Jim Carrey film to make the list. Another good film with a stronger plot than the other 2 I ranked.

7. Big Trouble in Little China
This movie is hard to explain but it is a fun ride of a film. My kids and wife think it’s stupid but I love this one. Kurt Russell is a truck drive fighting bad guys in old Chinatown mixed in with black magic stuff. It was made in 1986 but it still holds up to this day.

6. What About Bob?
My mom absolutely hates this movie because of Bill Murray. While my son and I love it. Go figure. I can see why it would be annoying but it’s also funny watching Richard Dreyfus go crazy when Bob (Murray) keeps showing up.

5. Batman (1989)
While I enjoy Adam West’s goofy, hippie version, Tim Burton introduces a darker version of the character who kicks ass and takes names. We also get a cool version of the Joker played by Jack Nicholson. Michael Keaton is in the top 2 of favorite Batman’s next to Christian Bale. The music along with the action really made this movie fun.

4, 3, 2. Dark Knight Trilogy
Without listing the 3 movies separately, the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy is the best 3 movies of Batman played by Christian Bale. They are masterpieces and done really well. Heath Ledger was an awesome Joker in The Dark Knight. I loved all 3 movies.

1. Heat / Oceans Eleven
Yes, there is a tie for first. My blog, my rules. Heat starring Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro is simply a masterpiece. It’s a bit long but the cat and mouse game is so good with a incredible, realistic shootout sandwiched in the middle of the movie. If you haven’t seen it, I definitely recommend it.

Oceans Eleven starring George Clooney is also another masterpiece. I could watch Heat and this movie over and over. Oceans Eleven is a cool, fun ride. Steven Soderbergh put together the biggest names in Hollywood in this movie and it was really well done. The whole series was good but this movie was the best of the 3.