An afternoon bike ride down memory lane...

I'm not sure what it is today, but I'm feeling a bit nostalgic, so I decided to hop on memory lane for a quick bike ride. As I peddled down the proverbial time lined street I started to remember when I loved movies for, well, movies. I remembered why I loved movies in the first place... a place and time that was not my life. Now, that's not to say that my life has been riddled with tragedy or heartache... far from it in fact. Sure, I've had my fair share of ups and downs, but show me someone who hasn't. I digress. I found myself at lunch today telling a good friend of mine,
"that with every passing day I want, with a degree of certainty, nothing more to do with movies and the movie business." It was as if I could actually see the letters forming the words leaving my mouth and gravitating toward his ears and all I wanted to do was reach out and grab them before they reached their final destination. Have I really become that bitter, that cynical... that jaded, that I can't enjoy movies anymore? Has the incestuous pool that is Hollywood finally gotten to me? So, I started thinking about all the films I loved as a kid. All the films that made we want to make movies, write about movies, tell people about movies, and so on and so forth. And I was rewarded with the feelings of happiness and calmness as I went down the list in my head while riding my bike down memory lane.

Some of my favorite childhood movies (in no particular order)!

E.T.



Star Wars.


The Goonies.


The Explorers.



Indiana Jones.


Monster Squad.


Weird Science.


Close Encounters.


Back to the Future.


Stand by Me.


Willow.


I'm sure I will think of more while I'm at home rummaging through my movie closet trying to find something to watch tonight and remember fondly when movies were movies... period.

Swanny out.