actually, seen/heard/overheard since we often put on a well-known movie as
background noise and did not sit and watch it...
also, a couple of these are due to my growing up in something of an in-home
daycare, being surrounded by a half dozen kids at all times and sometimes as
many as a full dozen, and everyone's name went on a list and, when their name
came up, they got to select what will be on the tv next (not that they usually
spent much time sitting quietly in front of it)...

i know i am still missing a few off this list, maybe quite a few, but, this is
something i was mentioning to someone the other day and wanted to put this
list up, even if it is not totally compete...
i still know most of these movies by heart, could probably quote most of them
beginning to end, and the images and sounds are an indelible part of my
subconscious to this day... (darth vader is still in my nightmares to this
day!)

growing up in a house of hardcore movie interest is an interesting
experience... in our house, movie quotes were almost non-stop, life was
constantly compared to movies... in fact, the staff noticed this when i was
at the hospital with my parents... mom said to one nurse something to the
effect of "we are a movie family. we use them to teach lessons of life." by
which she means, for instance, i was talking about how magnolia inspired me,
both phil parma and the change t.j. mackey made in his attitude toward his
father were things going through my mind non-stop in the hospital... they
were the inspiration that helped me to keep a better frame of mind through it
all... so, if i want to explain to my mom how i saw my responsibility in that
situation, she would have to watch magnolia...
in fact, my mom's online handle, for as long as i can remember, is "Ripley",
the heroine of Alien... and i am sure she would relate ripley as the
embodiment of a strong woman...

my childhood heros were not historical figures or otherwise "real" people,
they were movie characters...


but now, i am straying way off the topic of this post...
back to the list...


btw, very important...
THIS IS *NOT* A LIST OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES...
more than a few of them are movies i cannot stand today...
these are also in no order, except maybe the order in which i thought of
them...
i would also add that it is best to take most of what i said above as not
relating much to the list... most of the "background movies" around the house
were not the deep ones, those demanded too much attention...


and now, a partial list of movies i saw/heard/overheard COUNTLESS times
growing up...

close encounters of the third kind (special edition)

btw, ce3k reigns supreme TO THIS DAY as the one i have seen/heard/overheard
more than any other...

better off dead
ghostbusters
star trek 1-4
star wars
caddyshack
vacation
2010
aliens
raiders of the lost ark
murder by death
wargames
secret of nimh
spaceballs
time after time
the money pit
spaceship
pete's dragon
cloak and dagger
romancing the stone
fletch