movies, Movies, MOVIES, Yeah!!!

With so much time on my hands, I have had the opportunity to watch more television than I really should. This got me thinking about my all-time favorite movies. You know the ones. The movies that when you turn on the TV and no matter how much of the movie you missed, you watch the rest until the end. The list below could be considered my stuck-on-a-desert-island must have Movies.

I know some of you may shrug your shoulders and exclaim, "Meh!", but for me I am captivated. Some of my all time favorites, not in any specific order:

Back to the Future Trilogy
Star Wars (all of them)
Star Trek (all of them, yes, even the reboots. They're really not that bad. They're not Shatner and Nimoy, but they'll do.)
Short Circuit (but not the sequel. It sucked.)
The Harry Potter series (all of them)
Any Clint Eastwood movie (even the Spaghetti Westerns)
48 hours (both of them)
Beverly Hills Cop (1 and 2, not 3. It wasn't that good and we may never see 4. It's on hold.)
Any James Bond movie starring Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore and Daniel Craig. Though I was never a fan of Timothy Dalton, I'd watch his two films if nothing else was available. I never saw the one and only 007 that starred Barry Nelson. Who??? I saw the David Niven "Casino Royale" and was not impressed. George Lazenby was probably theeeee WORSE and my least favorite Bond. They should remake that one with Craig or Brosnan.
Ghostbusters (both of them)
Trading Places
Beetlejuice
The Godfather Trilogy
Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, but not the other two. They were awful.

This list is far from complete. What are some of your favorites? I'd love to know your desert island movies.

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