Following the unexpected popularity of the Desert Island DVDs blogathon I organized last year I am inviting fellow bloggers to tell us what their favourite* movies are from each year of their life so far. You can put as much or as little effort into you list as you wish. It could just be a list of movies, you may with to add a sentence or two about the movies or what they mean to you, you can brighten it up with images, posters or trailers. The choice is yours.Well, hells bells, that sounds fun. Fun enough for me to take some time out from blatant self promotion and join in!
So, I was born in 1980, and haven't seen a single movie that came out in 2011 so far. So, that establishes our range. So...lets start:
| Year | Title | Comments | |
| Welcome to the 80's! | |||
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Like I would put something ELSE in here! | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Tough one. I love Clash of the Titans and History of the World, Part 1...but I love Raiders just a little bit more! | |
| 1982 | Blade Runner | Another tough one because The Thing was great, but Blade Runner has just had too big an impact on me. | |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Jedi. Done. | |
| 1984 | Temple of Doom | Real tough one here. This is the first year where I start remembering seeing a lot of different movies. I'm giving the nod to Indy because it's one I still love to watch. | |
| 1985 | Return of the Living Dead | Re-Animator is a close 2nd. | |
| 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it! | |
| 1987 | Evil Dead II | Jaws 4 is, and I'm not kidding, a very close 2nd. | |
| 1988 | Young Guns | Did you see the size of that chicken? | |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | It's my favorite of the three in fact. | |
| Onward to the 90's! | |||
| 1990 | Back to the Future: Part III | I might be the only person you know who says that this is their favorite of the 3. | |
| 1991 | T2 | Of course. | |
| 1992 | Encino Man | It's Pauly Shore's best work and you know it. | |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | I don't even know what else came out this year. | |
| 1994 | Clerks | Just for the sheer impact it had on me. | |
| 1995 | Johnny Mnemonic | What? We all know I love this movie. And while some amazing movies came out this year, if you put all of them on DVD in front of me, I would end up watching Johnny Mnemonic. I know I would! | |
| 1996 | Star Trek: First Contact/Trainspotting | It's a tie. One is my favorite Star Trek movie, the other my favorite Danny Boyle movie. |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe Blank | This just as easily could have been Event Horizon or The Fifth Element or Cube or The Game. In fact, if I swapped GPB out for any of those others, I would be just as comfortable/conflicted with my choice. | |
| 1998 | Zero Effect | I really had to fight not to say Armageddon, as bad as it is, I really do like it. | |
| 1999 | Godzilla 2000 | This was the Godzilla movie that really got me into the series. For that reason, it barely beats out The Matrix. | |
| Into a new century | |||
| 2000 | Snatch | Though Battle Royale would have been just as acceptable. | |
| 2001 | Session 9 | While it could have (and probably SHOULD have) been something else, I really do love this movie. | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | This is one of my favorite movies of ANY year. | |
| 2003 | Oldboy | This would have been my first exposure to Korean movies | |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | I hate not having Kung Fu Hustle here, but I can't | |
| 2005 | Serenity | It was almost Land of the Dead | |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth | I really REALLY wanted to put Slither here. | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Nothing else even comes close. | |
| 2008 | Let the Right One In | Hellboy 2 was here until I remembered that this one came out in 08 and I saw it in SLC. | |
| 2009 | The Brothers Bloom | Once again, it's just a movie that I love, regardless of year. Nothing else from 09 was going to come close. | |
| The twenty...teens? | |||
| 2010 | True Grit | I really didn't see many movies in 2010. I did see this, and enjoy it. Centurion would have been another good choice. | |
| 2011 | Dead Woods | Ok, so it's the movie I was in. I know I said I'd get away from self promotion for the day...I lied. Oh well. http://www.deadwoodsmovie.com |
* I was about to correct the spelling of favorite, but then it occurred to me that it must be a British site, and I will respect that particular cultural difference.
