Ten Favourite Movie/Song Remakes

While this week's 10 on Tuesday was to list either your 10 favourite movies or songs or a combination of both: totalling 10, I just could not trim it down enough. So, here are my 10 favourite movie remakes AND my 10 favourite song remakes. These are in no particular order; that would take too much consideration and I'm sure I could spend days coming up with more, but I wanna post this now

Movies:
1. The Departed; 2006 (Original: Internal Affairs; 2002) – Movie
2. Scarface; 1983 (Original: Scarface; 1932) - Movie
3. Ocean’s Eleven; 2001 (Original: Ocean’s Eleven 1960) - Movie
4. Heat; 1995 (Original: L.A. Takedown; 1989)
5. The Italian Job; 2003 (Original: The Italian Job; 1969)
6. The Thomas Crown Affair; 1999 (Original: The Thomas Crown Affair; 1968)
7. Little Shop of Horrors: 1986 (Original: The Little Shop of Horrors; 1960)
8. Cape Fear; 1991 (Original: Cape Fear; 1962)
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers; 1978 (Original: Invasion of the Body Snatchers; 1956)
10. Casino Royale; 2006 (Original: Casino Royale; 1967)

Songs:
1. Hurt – Johnny Cash (Original by NIN)
2. I Will Survive – Cake (Original by Gloria Gaynor)
3. The Mann Who Sold the World – Nirvana (David Bowie)
4. All Along the Watchtower – Jimmy Hendrix (Original by Bob Dylan)
5. Because the Night – 10,000 Maniacs (Original by Patti Smith)
6. Heroes – The Wallflowers (Original by David Bowie)
7. Love Hurts – Nazareth (Original by the Everly Brothers)
8. Mony Mony – Billy Idol (Original by Tommy James)
9. Nothing Compares 2 You – Sinead O’Connore (Original by Prince)
10. Twist and Shout – the Beatles (Original by Top Notes)

Movies or Music Mondays: Movies That Creeped Me Out When I Was Young

I wasn't allowed to watch horror movies growing up, but I still managed to see quite a few movies that totally creeped me out. They were:

1. Nightmare on Elm Street
2. Friday the 13th
3. The Exorcist
4. Candyman
5. Poltergeist
6. Children of the Corn
7. Hellraiser
8. Watcher in the Woods
9. Halloween
10. Pet Semetary
11. The People Under the Stairs
12. Jaws
13. Amityville Horror

What movies scared you the most when you were growing up? Which ones still scare you today?

Top Celebrity Crushes

So, I suppose I'm too old for celelbrity crushes, but that's what really, are they good for anything else? :) And, i thought this would be a fun little list to do.

Guys
1. Nathan Fillion
2. Gale Harold
3. Ryan Gosling
4. Jesen Ackles
5. Jospeh Gordon-Levitt


Girls
1. Eliza Dushlu
2. Kristen Bell
3. Zooey Deshanel
4. Sara Ramirez
5. Christina Hendricks

Friday Favourites: Books...again

Ok, so I think I got wrapped up in a whirlwind of Twilight, Edward Cullen frenzy, and the last time I wrote a list of my favourite books was during that time period. I've almost kept up with my goal of finishing one book per week this year and I think it is time for me to list my favourite reads so far...These are in no particular order of "favouriteness"

1. The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall - This is a fantastically imaginative and abstract book.
2. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - NG really is a rock star author. While I found this book to be a little too bard for children and it is found in the children's section of libraries and book stores, it is a great story and I loved it!
3. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare - Obviously, I loved the Mortal Instruments series. Though these are YA books, they were very well-written, the characters were interesting, and the story just kept getting better and better until it ended. BUT, the great news is, she has decided to write a fourth book and I hope she'll write even more
6. Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix - there was just so much action in this part of the Harry Potter story
7. Harry Potter & the Half-blood Prince - My favourite of all the HP books. I was really disappointed with the movie this summer
8. Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill - Surprisingly the only vampire book that remains on my list. Very well-written, strong characters and a story that I can't wait to read more of when Friday Night Bites comes out next month
9. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Believe it or not, I had never read Frankenstein. What was I thinking?! It is creepy and I love it.
10. The Doomsday Key by James Rollins - I love Rollins' Sigma characters and the action in his stories is fantastic. Plus I always learn something due to the thorough research he does for his stories. Read this book to find out what is happening to all the bees!

I'm sure I'll post another list of my favourite books again before the year is over, or at least, at the end of the year. I'll be spending time catching up to make sure I read my 52 books, so, what should I read next? What have been your favourite reads so far this year?

10 on Tuesday: Bad Habits I Can't Break

1. Multitasking
2. Throwing my clothes on the floor instead of putting them in a hamper
3. Procrastinating
4. Being messy
5. Watching too much television
6. Saving too many files to my desktop
7. Not folding clothes and putting them away as soon as they come from the dryer
8. Slouching
9. Hitting snooze for an hour in the mornings
10. Not answering my phone or door unless I know who it is

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Favourite Joss Whedon Characters

Because I love everything Joss Whedon - especially his taste in actors. I included all four big tv shows and Dr. Horrible in this list, it made it much harder than if I just do the Buffy/Angelverse.

1. Captain Malcolm Reynolds
2. Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer - I can't rank one above the other
3. Faith
4. Fred/Illyria
5. Wash
6. Anya
7. Saffron - short lived but memorably awesome character
8. Kaylee
9. Giles
10. Oz
11. The Trio - Jonathan is my fave, but they are awesome together
12. Whiskey - I know she doesn't really exist as a character yet, but I'm betting she's going to be awesome!
13. Jane
14. Paul Ballard
15. Lindsey McDonald

I could actually keep going, but I could list pretty much every character from all the shows.

My least favourite characters - in no particular order: Glory, Connor, Eve, Sierra, and Buffy.

Movies or Music Mondays: Best Movie Soundtracks

There was an article recently written by a sports writer for ESPN stating that Almost Famous is the best rock and roll movie. The article tasked it's readers with naming even one other rock and roll movie that came close to being as good...and I could not. (Link to article below post). This got me to thinking about how perfectly movies and music can blend together to create a multi-media experience for the viewers. And that made me think about my favourite movie soundtracks, so, here is my list:

1. Almost Famous
2. Elizabethtown
3. Singles
4. Reality Bites
5. Juno
6. Garden State
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Pump Up The Volume
9. Pretty in Pink
10. The Wedding Singer
11. Romeo & Juliet (1996)
12. High Fidelity
13. Reservoir Dogs
14. Footloose
15. Dirty Dancing
16. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
17. The Bodyguard
18. Grease
19. 8 Mile
20. Grosse Point Blank
21. P.S. I Love You
22. Natural Born Killers
23. Dazed & Confused
24. Empire Records
25. Breakfast Club

What are your favourite movie soundtracks?

ESPN Article