07 September 2006
By Mike Young
In Mike Stuff
- Meet Joe Black: I can remember when Chelle and I first saw it. We were in the Porsche and watching it in the in-dash DVD. We went and got some philly cheesesteak sandwiches from Steven’s, which I really miss since they closed the one in Milpitas. …but that scene with Brad Pitt getting struck by the taxi still gets me to this day. Anyway, there we were, back home, in our garage, still watching the movie. I was an absolute mess. Between the Louisiana Hot Sauce and the absolute tear jerking drama, I must have had all sorts of snot running down my face. I know… real sexy, huh?
- For Love of the Game: This is another one of those movies I absolutely love. I really love the chemistry between Costner and Preston. But I cannot watch that movie without crying like a little girl. I’m a real sucker for a good romance story.
- Dodgeball: I hated this movie when it first came out. Hate’s a strong word, but I did it. I hated it. And I’m not talking about the very first time when Brendan puked all over… EVERYTHING in the theater. [mental note: when Brendan says, "My tummy hurts", don't just assume it's because he doesn't want to eat that theater hot dog.] But now, I love all the subtle humor in the movie. I think I watch it on average once every other day while I’m coding stuff. It’s one of my favorite coding movies these days
- Hunt for Red October: This is one of the very few movies I like Alec Baldwin in. But it brings back fond memories of my nuclear days. [Gordan, curious on your take since you went through the same stuff and at the same time.]
- Lord of the Rings (all of them): This is one of those movies that Chelle and I were like anxious little kids waiting for. After the first one, we were hooked.
- Miracle: Okay… for those who haven’t seen this movie, see it! An incredible feel good movie and it makes me realize I forgot to list Rudy. Oops!
- Angels in the Outfield: Hey, “It can happen”. Not much to say, except that I cry during this one too– especially when Roger finds out that Tony Danza’s character is going to die soon.
- Cinderalla Man: No crying in this one and Renee Zellweger gets on my nerves big time. But I love Russel Crowe’s part in this. And Paul Giamatti is fantastic. Again… I love feel good movies like this. I need them to keep me going in my little David vs. Goliath startups I do.
- Major League: Okay… bad acting, bad hair, bad everything. But I still love this movie and I always love it when they start playing “Wild Thing”.
- Armageddon: So, don’t shoot me when I say that I’m not exactly wild over Liv Tyler in this movie. Her voice has little inflection in it and fortifies my thought that she’s merely eye candy. But I love the comaraderie in it. That chemistry between Harry’s crew is the kind I try to build in my startups. You absolutely NEED it!
- The Right Stuff: Another feel good movie. I like the dude who plays Chuck Yeager. He’s just doing his “thing” in the background of all the hype. Guys… this is what heroes are made of and what I aspire to be. Just doing stuff in the background. I’ve had hype and so on. I prefer the quieter aspects of pulling off the impossible.
- Wedding Crashers: Um… Vince Vaghn’s character is hilarious in this. What else can I say?
- Field of Dreams: I must have watched this 20+ times in the past 2 months. Again, it’s in the background while I’m coding or doing business plan stuff. But that ending with he and his dad kills me every time. That is EXACTLY how I feel these days when I go riding motorcycles with my dad. We had our falling out years ago. But these days with him are simply cherished. And yes… I cry every time I see this. Gee, go figure.
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07/09/2006 at 7:14 am Permalink
Great list of movies. Those are some of my favorites too.
07/09/2006 at 8:40 am Permalink
You know, a list that is not inclusive of The Shawshank Redemption is…
07/09/2006 at 9:25 am Permalink
Great list. Some are my favorites too, but others I haven’t seen.
You should read Chuck Yeager’s autobiography. His role back then was quite different than as portrayed in The Right Stuff. Although it’s still one of my favorites too.
07/09/2006 at 9:34 am Permalink
Umm….well, I LOVED Meet Joe Black. Definately one of my favorites!
Dodge Ball is funny, there are some very funny and then some very just *wrong* scenes, lol.
Sheesh…you seem to have a thing for baseball movies, eh?
07/09/2006 at 12:46 pm Permalink
Field of Dreams is one of my favourites…I still get weepy when I watch it. And I can quote parts of it too.
Dude…I could hardly read the purple colour against the black. My eyes are throbbing. LMAO.
07/09/2006 at 1:04 pm Permalink
Hoop loves “Major League.” Me? I’m a “Wedding Crashers” kind of gal. Great list! I’d have to add the classics:
Goonies
Legend (Although I refuse to watch Tom Cruise anymore)
Dark Crystal
Princess Bride
Willow
07/09/2006 at 3:38 pm Permalink
- Chelle: Thanks Hon!
- David: Sorry about that
I just never really got into that movie enough. Don’t get me wrong. I like it, but it’s not one that wish to watch over and over again.
- John: I hadn’t read it, but am now tempted. I do not read fiction, but I do love biographies. I might just get a hold of it.
- EE: Nerd! I don’t have a thing for baseball movies. LOL! I just to like these ones. There are others I forgot to mention too.
- mamaT: I changed the font just for you
I hope it’s easier to read now. Really, I do. If not, let me know.
- Tink: Goonies was pretty great. I never got into Legend. Didn’t see Dark Crystal. Chelle can’t believe I’ve never seen Princess Bride. And Willow was good, though I don’t remember anything about it.
I think Goonies is that only one we own. I’m not sure why I don’t watch it more often, though I will watch it when it’s on TV.
07/09/2006 at 4:34 pm Permalink
Mike, I remember that night too. Oh, those happy memories, huh?
07/09/2006 at 8:03 pm Permalink
Goonies ROCKED. I loved that movie. I made my daughter watch that movie just a bit ago. Good freaking movie
07/09/2006 at 8:53 pm Permalink
WHY is it that just about every man I know loves the Red October movie!? That and Platoon… I just dont’ get it. Then again, I’m not into war movies… or Westerns… or Sci-Fi… Yes I realize I’m getting off topic here!
07/09/2006 at 9:58 pm Permalink
Mike, I liked Red October, but was a bit of a letdown in relation to the book (I know everyone says that to make themselves sound smart, like, “Look how much I read!” but it’s really true here.) Actually for submarine movies, I really like “Crimson Tide” with two of my favorite actors, Gene Hackman and Mr. Washington. I cry in that one, by the way, when he has to shut off the bilge bay during the flooding.
BTW, I count “Braveheart” as a feel good movie. I also really like “The Incredibles”…
07/09/2006 at 10:07 pm Permalink
Sarah, I know you asked your question of Mike, but I’d like a shot at it.
We (men) like those kinds of movies because (almost) all of us have been made with a couple of very strong, built-in urges.
One of those, I won’t discuss in a public forum, but you can guess…
But the other one is to be a HERO. I know that sounds goofy and silly, but it’s true. So when a movie comes along that affirms that it’s okay to think that it might actually be a good thing to annihilate the bad guys, that appeals to us. And when you can do that and still be a really decent, honorable guy, like the hero in Cinderella Man, for instance, well we’re suckers for that stuff.
I could just as well ask why women go so ga-ga over stuff like “The Notebook,” but I realize the answer is the same, only directed at different, built-in desires.
07/09/2006 at 10:09 pm Permalink
- Chelle: Those were nice memories, huh?
- EE: It’s a cute movie and there’s a bunch of those that I missed on my list. Hmm…
- Sarah: I didn’t like Platoon and I don’t like most war movies. The one exception is We Were Soldiers. That one made me cry. But I don’t like the whole “soldiers are rapist scum” nonsense.
- Gordan: You’re right about the book, in this case
And I did like Crimson Tide as well, except I thought Denzel was a terrible XO.
And how could you find Braveheart a feel good movie. Look how he got killed in the end. Sheesh!
And you like the Incredibles bc…
08/09/2006 at 5:14 am Permalink
Ahhh…Sarah is a chickie after my own heart
08/09/2006 at 5:27 am Permalink
- EE: Stop hitting on chicks on my site!!!
Totally kidding!
08/09/2006 at 5:30 am Permalink
Where else am I going to find them!?!?!
Sheesh!
08/09/2006 at 5:36 am Permalink
eHarmony.com
08/09/2006 at 5:43 am Permalink
Eh…I heard Blogger was a better place to meet chicks.
PIMP!
08/09/2006 at 5:50 am Permalink
Okay… you got me stumped
I have very few places to run with that one, without getting me into serious hot water. You win.
08/09/2006 at 5:52 am Permalink
Sah-weet!
Score one for ME! Snort!
08/09/2006 at 5:56 am Permalink
08/09/2006 at 9:39 am Permalink
Oh, brother!
How did you get off the movie thing? Ha!
08/09/2006 at 11:22 am Permalink
I have no idea. It’s pretty funny, though. But ask her about your post
08/09/2006 at 8:22 pm Permalink
eHarmony sucks, although I have a friend of a friend who met someone there and actually got married.. Match.com isn’t bad if you’re in a big area… But EE, I know where to find you!
08/09/2006 at 8:26 pm Permalink
Um… eMikey.com… Is that what I’ve become? Sheesh! Come here, hang around, find a date…
Girls… this is a family show
08/09/2006 at 8:30 pm Permalink
Girls? That’s like calling yourself a boy!
08/09/2006 at 8:32 pm Permalink
Um…
08/09/2006 at 8:38 pm Permalink
Exactly. You can’t win.
08/09/2006 at 8:40 pm Permalink
I suppose I can’t
But you can always let me
08/09/2006 at 8:42 pm Permalink
No, I dont’ let boys win! Sorry Charlie
08/09/2006 at 8:44 pm Permalink
Not even me?
08/09/2006 at 8:46 pm Permalink
Nope.
08/09/2006 at 8:47 pm Permalink
I’ll have to pull all the stops then
08/09/2006 at 8:47 pm Permalink
ok big talker!
08/09/2006 at 8:49 pm Permalink
I can back it up, Bucko!
08/09/2006 at 8:49 pm Permalink
Name your game, Missy
08/09/2006 at 8:50 pm Permalink
oh no, YOU were pulling out all the stops remember?!
08/09/2006 at 8:50 pm Permalink
Yeah…my husband is having pretty good luck on Matchmaker.com or whatever. LMAO!
And emikey.com????? OMFG….THAT is too freaking funny! LOLOLOLOL
08/09/2006 at 8:51 pm Permalink
And your point?
08/09/2006 at 8:52 pm Permalink
No, Sarah, it’s not Missy, it’s “Kittie!”
Let him explain that one!
08/09/2006 at 8:55 pm Permalink
He likes to be called Kitty?! Interesting!!!
08/09/2006 at 8:55 pm Permalink
Um…
That’s right and proud of it!
Touche’
08/09/2006 at 8:56 pm Permalink
That’s code for a Lion
08/09/2006 at 8:56 pm Permalink
OH…my…freaking…god…..
LMAO
08/09/2006 at 8:56 pm Permalink
You know? King of the jungle?
08/09/2006 at 8:56 pm Permalink
Oh crap!
08/09/2006 at 8:56 pm Permalink
It’s stripper EE!
08/09/2006 at 8:59 pm Permalink
Kitty… her kitty kitty kitty… Lion my aching ass!
08/09/2006 at 9:00 pm Permalink
At your presence
08/09/2006 at 9:00 pm Permalink
That’s too funny!
Why’s it aching? No… don’t say. This is a family show.
08/09/2006 at 9:01 pm Permalink
Hhahahhahahhahah! good one!
08/09/2006 at 9:01 pm Permalink
Um… this is an e4-some!
08/09/2006 at 9:01 pm Permalink
LOLOLOLOL…..Sarah..OMFG…you are KILLING me
Lord…….
08/09/2006 at 9:02 pm Permalink
yes..here we all are having an e4some on emike.com hook up site….right?
Nice.LOL
08/09/2006 at 9:03 pm Permalink
Tell your friends
08/09/2006 at 9:06 pm Permalink
I’ll run and do that….’for a good time visit emikey.com’
You’ll have all sorts of great hits…even more so than the ones that come from my stripping site! WOW!
Just think!
08/09/2006 at 9:06 pm Permalink
Well… I am all about the hit rate, huh?
08/09/2006 at 9:14 pm Permalink
Wow, you beat me, Mike! I am taking this computer off my legs now. It hurts!
08/09/2006 at 9:15 pm Permalink
Guys… I did not just beat my wife
08/09/2006 at 9:20 pm Permalink
LOL…the way Chelle worded that I was WONDERING!
08/09/2006 at 9:22 pm Permalink
Me too! LOL!
22/09/2006 at 8:55 am Permalink
Now THIS is one of the funniest exchanges I’ve ever seen, and it’s under a T13 MOVIE POST??? And I don’t even KNOW any of y’all!
“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” Cracked me up from the moment I saw the previews. Hated Wedding Crashers, though (hmmm, did it have anything to do with the fact I took my women’s accountability group to see it??? All those nekkid shots in the beginning, and I can’t believe I didn’t walk us outta there…”). Shawshank, agree w/David…but not easy to watch, esp. over & over. Guess you aren’t into romantic comedies? No “You’ve Got Mail” which somehow seems to fit this exchange above…
btw, I noticed the Linguist Quiz thingy NEVER adds up to 100% for anyone (lol)…
26/11/2006 at 1:10 pm Permalink
Wedding Crashers was one of my favorite flicks last year. Owen and Vaughn were hilarious!