Top Ten Movies of All Time

Listed below in order of greatness are the top ten movies of all time as chronicled by...me. It is a work in progress (hey, I've still got a few years left on this earth).

1. Shakespeare in Love (1998), directed by John Madden
2. The Godfather (1972), directed by Francis Ford Coppola
3. Casablanca (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz
4. The Godfather: Part II (1974), directed by Francis Ford Coppola
5. Doctor Zhivago (1965), directed by David Lean
6. Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron
7. Jaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg
8.  Schindler's List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg
9. Patton (1970), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), directed by Milos Forman

Honorable mention in no particular order:

• Saving Private Ryan
• The King's Speech
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Finding Nemo
• High Noon
• Raising Arizona
• Fargo
• The Terminator
• The Exorcist
• The Lion in Winter
• Network
• The Secret Garden
• Heidi
• Wizard of Oz
• Lord of the Rings
• Star Wars
• Jurassic Park
• Shrek
• The Lion King
• Men in Black
• Gone with the Wind
• Top Gun
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Chicago
• Ghost Busters
• Jerry Maguire
• The Green Mile

Movies that are completely overrated and will never make my list:

• Forrest Gump
• Ghost
• Gladiator
• Ocean's Eleven
• Dances with Wolves
• Rain Man
• There's Something About Mary
• Fatal Attraction
• American Beauty
• Apollo 13
• The Perfect Storm
• Speed
• The Blair Witch Project
• Out of Africa
• The English Patient
• Pulp Fiction
• JFK
• Philadelphia

Certain of the movies in the last category I wanted to list twice, they were so disappointing, including The English Patient, The Perfect Storm, Out of Africa, Rain Man, and The Blair Witch Project.

I notice, by the way, that five of my top ten picks are from the 70's. That probably means something but I'm not sure what.

What Labor Day Means to Me

Today is Labor Day. What does it signify? Apparently it is a day set aside for America's labor force to honor itself by... sitting on their butts and doing nothing. I know I'm not the first person who has ever brought this up but shouldn't America's unions try to showcase the contribution made by their membership in some fashion other than taking the day off, participating in meaningless parades, and going to the park to drink to excess?

As for me, I intend to celebrate the day by...doing what I do EVERY OTHER DAY - working.