A Josh top 10 (movies)

recently I've had a few people ask me for my top 10 favorite movies. let me stress this is my list, so it only represents my personal top 10, not the top 10 movies of all time or in general. therefore, it can't be right, wrong or cowrong. why should you care what my top 10 would be? you shouldn't, it doesn't matter. so here they are:

10. DAY OF THE DEAD
The third installment in George A. Romero's socially poignant "Living Dead" quadrilogy is the most gruesome and bleak of the lot. Highlights include Captain Rhodes final act of nastiness: screaming "Choke on 'em!" to the ghouls eating his entrails. And of course, every moment with "Bub" on screen.






9. THE FLY (1986)
Davis Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 film somehow likens a scientists slow transformation from human to... gross, drippy, bug thing... to the experience of watching a loved one wither in the hands of cancer or HIV. Terrifying and more than a bit emotionally draining.





8. JURASSIC PARK
I saw this movie 5 times in the theater when i was a kid. To this day it is a scary and exciting thrill ride... with dinosaurs!







7. CHILDREN OF MEN
A story of a dystopian world full of infertile women. This movie leaves you floored in almost every way possible.








6. LABYRINTH
Jim Henson blends the amazing fantasy of his epic The Dark Crystal with the humor of The Muppet Show. That is all that need be said.








5. THE DARK KNIGHT
yeah. raw.








4. RAIN MAN
Charlie Babbitt travels across the county with his autistic brother Raymond and in doing so learns to understand the handicap of his own pride. Or something like that.







3. FORREST GUMP
An incredibly epic life story that takes you through decades and all over the world, seen through the eyes of a humble, mentally handicapped man.









2. WALL-E
This love story mixes a dystopian earth with elements of awesome science fiction and comedy. With hardly any dialogue throughout, you get one of the most magical movies ever put on screen.






1. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
A very special movie that blends elements of black comedy with some kind of fantasy, child like quality. Very rare to get something so unusual, and so good. Sometimes good movies are made to look stupid in the media, just look at the "got milk?"" adds for The Dark Knight.




and there you have it folks. i suppose this list only reflects a "current" top 10, there will always be new (and hopefully great) movies coming out... not to mention the Captain America movie doesn't come out until 2011. It was kind of hard to make, even up to the number one movie i had the hardest time choosing. Other movies that probably should be in there somewhere or maybe start at number 11 would be: Evil Dead 2, The Thing, Aliens, American Psycho, The Prestige, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Lilo and Stitch, Edward Scissorhands, The Dark Crystal and Batman Begins...
But you know... you can't fit everything and my opinion isn't worth much anyway... just a lot of money spent on movie tickets and DVD's i guess.

Top 10 lists coming soon: Best graphic novels and greatest horror movies of all time!

oh, and of course, this list is not an encouragement to see any of these movies... some of them are rated R and/or will upset someone in some way, so you know, to each his or her own.

-Josh

i dare the other jerks in the band to challenge my list.