When I think of a blog as an online diary I think of the most famous diary I have read (or heard someone read), and that is of course the Diary of Karl Pilkington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pilkington). And then I figure, whatever I write won't be too boring.
Sarah and I are about to have a baby. A little Wuj. Sarah is due May 29th, and time is moving much faster now. I mention this because when babies do things, like hold your hand or say your name, it will (I imagine) give the dad goose-bumps. Which brings me to the next top five:
Top Five scenes in a movie that give me goose-bumps.
1. The end of Hoosiers, when they do the little montage, and you hear Coach Norman Dale say, "I love you guys." Good lord, I got shivers just typing that!
2. A very, very close second oddly enough also involves Gene Hackman. Near the end of Royal Tenenbaums, when Chas and Royal have a heart to heart...
Chas: I've had a rough year, Dad.
Royal: I know you have, Chassie.
Then the end, with the ride in the ambulance. What a great movie.
3. The end of Good Will Hunting when Will heads out for California.
4. This is a tie. There are two scenes in Almost Famous that get me, mostly because of the music. When Russell gets electrocuted and they leave the gig early, crashing through the gate. After they turn the corner, "That's the Way" starts playing. And the scene is then driving towards a sunset (sunrise?). Awesome. Also, at the end when Penny comes to the steakhouse and Russell ignores her, and William goes after her. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" is playing, and it gets me every time.
5. The funny thing about top 5 lists, the hardest is always #5. With the others, there are always more you will be able to come up with, but with #5 you are not so much picking one, and cutting all the others. Anyway, near the end of the movie Breaking Away, after they win the bike race. "Go you Cutters!" You're not a cutter. I'm a cutter.
Honorable mention: Garden State, Rushmore, Return of the King, Scent of a Woman, Stand by Me, Little Big Man, Glory, and Good Will Hunting.
4 comments:
I just checked out Breaking Away from the library!
"You never give up!"
"Well, I never felt like this before."
Seriously? The "Almost Famous" moment isn't:
"I have to go home."
"You are home."
I know it's a little cliched at this point, but that's because it's REALLY GOOD.
Totally concur on numbers one and two. Jeesh, that "I've had a rough year, dad" is absolutely brutal.
Cooley, comments like that make me wish you would have come to Seattle to teach. Not Korea.
Honestly, I haven't decided on a semi-permanent base of operations, but Seattle is in the running.
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