What Are Your Big 3?

Movie talk... is there ever an end to it? Especially now, in the summer, with BlockbusterManiaPalooza season upon us. The news this morning is that that guy who plays the prince in Snow White and the Huntsman is going to play Finnick in the ongoing Hunger Games Movie Trilogy??

(*RaleyBlueNote: no, no, no, NO F***ity NOOOOOOOOO... it's supposed to be Chad Michael Murray!! Because he's sexy as hell and I wanna see him in his underpants in the elevator doorway saying, "Do you find this distracting?".... but I digress...)

Ok, so Gale is Huntsman/Thor's Real Life brother (oh so pretty, both of them...sighhhh...swooooon...) and now the prince from SNATH is going to play Finnick...can you say Tic-Tac-Hollywood-Incestuous-Squares? Now there's a game that could last a whole car ride from the Adirondacks to the Redwood Forests. Kinda like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. (a game I L<3VE btw. And I'm sure that doesn't surprise you.)

But on the subject of movie related games, here's one my kids like to play. It's called What Are Your Big 3? Now technically it can be played with all manner of subject/genre serving as the big three, but today we are going to play it with MOVIES.

So here's the set-up: You are stuck on a desert island (yes, desert, not deserted, I don't know why, it's just how the game is played...now shhhhhh ... ) and you can only have three movies. There's a VCR that plays VHS, DVD, Blu ray, and Super8, whatever you need. Now. What are your BIG 3 and Why? Also for ten extra points (just kidding, there are no points in this game), your favorite line?

These are mine, Young Lovers:

No.1 TOP GUN

Favorite line: "I'll have what he's having. Hemlock is it?" ~Charlie

REASON: Um... jet planes!!!!!!! And a really hot, hot, HOT but not lascivious, show it alllllllll, lovemaking scene. Not to mention its ass kicking sound track that I STILL use today when cleaning house or driving long distances and need to keep my blood flowing. Except for that Heaven In Your Eyes song which is barely even in the movie... snore.... but seriously you know you love Danger Zone and of course the anthem of lovers EVERYWHERE... Berlin's Take My Breath Away http://youtu.be/9U9yYTeWsYM

*quick RaleyBlueNote: I hit the You Tube link for this to get it for up there, and as the first few notes sounded, BabyBoyBlue squealed with delight. Hee hee, do you think I play this song too much? ;) Nah.

I came of age to this movie. I think it added to the already swoonalicious need I had to write romance. I love the story. I love Kelly Mc Gillis. I love Val Kilmer. I used to love Tom Cruise...but will say he is still a phenomenally talented actor. And I'm sorry, but Tom Skerrit as Viper...
"...Now I'm not gonna stand here and blow sunshine up your ass..."

Yesssssssssssssssssssss.


No.2 SHEENA

Favorite line: "Alright then. I'll ask..." ~Vic Casey

REASON: Hello, Lake of Birds kissing scene!!!!!!!!! Best movie kiss, EVAR!!!!!!!! 
You can watch it here: http://youtu.be/TaUrZ3nM_wE

                plus

She rides a freakin' zebra!!!!!!

*RaleyBlueNote: There is a lot of psychology out there about little girls and horse phases. Especially little Aspie girls and horsies. Some of it is sexual (f***ing Freud... of course he did) but mostly it's about identifying with beauty and power and our desire in our development to grow up to be free and wild and strong and pretty.... (lots to google)

Who doesn't want to be the heroine that pulls the handsome dude up the tree using only her calf muscle? I mean, helloooooo. Plus she's a princess/queen!!  And prittah...  > ^. .^ <

Isn't it refreshing to see a power balance of male and female in an action movie? This one was ahead of its time if you ask me.

Let me guess, your asking, "Raley, did you see this movie when you were like 9?

Yes, yes, I did. (in the theatre... ;) )

*Super Important RaleyBlueNote: I do not identify as racist. I know some feel this film is racist. I view it as a fantasy. Unfortunately the 80's and even more so, the 30's, when Sheena, Queen of the Jungle was a comic book, were a much more bigoted and less culturally sensitive time. I can't apologize for being born when I was and loving what I love. But I can and do apologize if my loving this movie offends you. My love for it comes from a place of personal princess/horseylove/little girl fantasy. That is all.

No. 3 ARMAGEDDON

Favorite line: "We got way better rockets than the Coyote." ~Truman

REASON: Like.. AEROSMITH!!!!!!!!!!!! Need I say more... http://youtu.be/Vo_0UXRY_rY
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing...

But there is more. I had the biggest crush on Liv Tyler. Full on love. I adored her. Dreamed of her. Wanted to be her. I even had a little black floral print dress like hers. I wore it until the threads fell apart.

And of course there are my daddy issues. Harry Stamper and my dad are the same person, I'm pretty sure.

And I love A.J.'s itty bitty engagement ring...Now as a teenage bride, I can tell you, that's keepin' it real. And I'm pretty sure Grace wouldn't have it any other way. Me neither. <3

So what are YOUR big 3?


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