Movie Monday {movies from my childhood}

Yes, I'm aware that it's a Tuesday and not in fact Monday, but I had yesterday off so I'm considering today my Monday. Thanks for playing along.

I grew up going to the movies with my family. We frequented the drive in during the summer and visited the local movie rental place at least once a week. While we were there, more often than not, we had a tendency to rent our favorite movies--movies we had seen over and over and pretty much had memorized but for some strange reason we didn't own. To this day, I still love these movies. They hold a magic place in my memory; some movies just have that affect on you.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis

"You ever hear Dad introduce us to people? "This is our daughter Dottie, and this is our other daughter, Dottie's sister." Should've just had you and bought a dog!"
" May our feet be swift; may our bats be mighty; may our balls... be plentiful."
"Who's Lou?"
"And how about Marla Hooch? What a hitter."
and of course the classic, "There's no crying in baseball!"
I first watched this movie at the babysitter's house and I loved it. I already loved baseball, and girls playing baseball was even better. I quote this movie all the time even though hardly anyone knows what I'm talking about.

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, & Keith Coogan

"Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues."
"My only shot at ever being in a gang fight and all I get is one stitch? Chris is gonna think I'm a total failure!"
"Now boys, if either of you give me any grief I swear to God I'll kill you. Dead, murdered, stabbed."
"Brad, no chocolate! Your acne! Sara. It is time for your cough syrup. Daryl, fasten the seat belt!"
"Ya think?"
"Take it back Brad, take back what you said about Thor."
My mom rented this movie for us because she saw it awhile before and liked it. Don't mind that they say the f-word in it a few times; I'm pretty sure the whole family's eyes were huge when that part came on ;0) Still, it is so funny and entertaining and full of lots of good one liners.

BIG starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, and Robert Loggia

"It's a glow-in-the-dark compass ring. So you don't get lost."
"Got it, got it, need it, got it..."
"She spent the last three months writing down her married name. "Mrs. Judy Hicks", "Mrs. Donald Hicks"; "Mrs. Judy Mitchellson Hicks", sometimes with a hyphen, sometimes without a hyphen. Sometimes, she spells the hyphen."
"Three dimes, a hundred dollar bill and 87 ones."
"Memories, in the corner of my mind; misty water colored memories of the way we were. Scattered pictures..."
If you haven't seen or don't like this movie, then I'm not sure if we can be friends. It's one of my favorites, whenever it comes on tv I can't help but watch it. I think his friend Billy deserves more credit than he gets, he's a great part of the show.

THE PRINCESS BRIDE starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, & Robin Wright


"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
"Inigo: Fezzik, are theyre rocks ahead?
Fezzik: If there are, we'll all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
"All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead."
"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife."
"As you wish."
This is another movie I first saw at the babysitter's. It has action, romance, good vs evil, humor, and an awesome cast of characters. Ah, I love this movie.

HOOK starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, & Julia Roberts

"You know that place between sleep and awake? That place where you still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you... Peter Pan. That's where I'll be waiting."
"Peter Pan's my... dad?"
"What would the world be like without Captain Hook?"
"Goodmorning Neverland!"
"Run home Jack! Run home Jack!"
"Hook's gone!"
"Oh, there you are, Peter!"
"Bangarang Rufio!"
I've got to say, I have always loved the story of Peter Pan, and to see this movie as a different perspective works well and does the story justice in my opinion. Peter and Tink wouldn't be my original casting choices, but they do a good job and I believe them as their characters. When I was little I had a crush on Rufio and Jack, and just recently I discovered that Captain Hook is Dustin Hoffman. I honestly had no idea!