Day Two - Your Favorite Movie

This will never change.  My all-time favorite movie is The Lion King.  I vividly remember waiting for it to come out and going to the theatre to see it.  I remember crying when Mufasa died and laughing at Timon and Pumba teach Simba the finer things in life.  I was 13 when the movie came out.  My original obsession with the movie pre-release began because I had a massive crush on Teenbeat heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Thomas who provided the voice for Simba.  My bedroom walls were lined with his pin-ups.  I had The Lion King bed sheets, pillows, blankets, school folders...


My love for the movie has never faded.  I still hang on to many items from days past.  I have The Lion King posters adorning my walls.  They're a bit more refined now...they're framed!  I'm still kicking myself for not paying $500 for a signed movie poster on my first trip to Walt Disney World.  We'll be rolling up on it's 20th anniversary soon and I really hope they release it in theaters again.  Wishful thinking.  It was the highest grossing film in history when it was released so I'm hoping that's a motivator for Disney.


Anywho, so that's my favorite movie.  But I have two have an honorable mention for my close second choice.  Runaway Bride with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts is probably my most watched movie of all time.  It's the minor details that make this movie hilarious and heartwarming.  And the soundtrack is perfect!!



It's one of those feel good movies that gets better each time I watch it. It has some of the best lines and the chemistry between Gere and Roberts is so much fun to watch. All of the characters are hilarious. It's like the Stars Hollow of the big screen. Living in an oddball small town like Hail, Maryland would be so much fun. There would be guaranteed smiles everyday knowing that you could listen to "Wake up with Flem" on the radio and visit Curl Up & Dye for your daily fix of quirkiness!


Just the whole idea of "getting your ducks in a row" and not turning in your running shoes until you find the one person that causes you to suddenly forget how to climb a fence is pretty heart warming.


Good movies.  I have the urge to watch them both now.