My, How I've Grown...Or Not

I was thinking about movies I really dig. I dug up a project I did in college that basically was a book about me. In it, I made a list of my favorite movies. In 1996, they were:

• Beauty and the Beast
• The Sound of Music
• The Wizard of Oz
• Ghost
• Malcolm X
• Dances with Wolves
• The Lion King
• Forrest Gump
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder
• Terminator 2

Goodness gracious, woulja like some froth on that latte? Other than the Malcolm X choice (which I may watch again in honor of MLK Day Monday) and Dances with Wolves, pretty fluffy list.

OK, now I'm a grown woman. I'm 31 years old. I own a home and am a college graduate. I'm married and have been working full-time for almost nine years. I'm seriously contemplating starting a family. And we're not filthy rich, but I'm more well-off than the starving college student that wrote the lines above.

So what are my favorite movies now?

• Beauty and the Beast
• The Sound of Music
• The Wizard of Oz
• Funny Girl
• Citizen Kane
• A Christmas Story
• Ghost
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Green Mile
• Cast Away

Honorable mentions:

• In & Out (if only for the fucking fabulous dialogue)
• Young Frankenstein (hysterical)
• Blazing Saddles (another Mel Brooks classic)
• This Is Spinal Tap (more great quotes)

Yeah, I saw more movies, but the classics remain among my favorites. The other day I went to Circuit Shitty and bought a whole bunch o' DVDs: Eddie Murphy Raw, The Godfather (never seen it) and Trading Places (even more great quotes).

I think I've grown up a lot. But some things are just classics and are forever loved.