My love for movies began from my childhood thanks to my dad. I had a stack of cassettes next to my dad's own movie stack. His were action films and mine were children's movies, cartoons, sing-alongs, and educational videos. I was the envy of kids in the neighborhood and I prided in my collection 🙃
One of my favorites was The Incredible Journey. I watched this one over and over back then and each time I saw it, I ended up in tears afterward. I remember it to be the first movie that made me cry. It was made in 1963 and a Walt Disney production that is based on a novel. It is about two dogs and a cat who go on a long journey to find their way home.
I loved the animals so much and how convincing they were. The movie taught me there's no place like a loving home and I could feel the love. The narration was also something I really liked and loved even more in the 1993 remake. Yes, I had that one too. It was the same story but I was obsessed still.
Another one I loved was the classic, The Sound of Music. I liked sing-alongs so this being a musical was very interesting to watch. It was quite long and my attention span never made me watch it to the end at a go but I always finished it in bits.
I loved the music and I would blush so hard at the romantic scenes hoping for the day I'd be 16 going on 17 to cop my own boyfriend like Lisa Von Trapp did.
One from my dad's collection I absolutely loved was The Day Of The Jackal. I think my love for crime-thriller movies and books stemmed from this movie. If I remember correctly, it was about a highly-skilled hired killer who tried to kill the French president.
I was impressed by his determination and the many disguises he put on. It was crazy how he could look like entirely different people in these disguises. I hope I can find this movie to watch now that I'm older because I would definitely interpret it differently this time.
I definitely enjoyed my dad's movie collection more. There were movies like Commando where I first saw Arnold Schwarzenegger, Delta Force where I first saw Chuck Norris, and Rambo where I knew Sylvester Stallone from. I loved all of these movies and their franchise and they were great bonding moments with my dad.
The only comedy cassette I remember us having was Coming To America, one of my favorites ever. There's another one with a mischievous monkey but I don't remember the title, I really liked that one too. We got cable and I liked comedies even more with movies like Big Momma's House and everything else with either Eddie Murphy or Martin Lawrence in it.
All of these movies make me smile when I think about them and I've re-watched some in recent years and they always feel good to watch again.
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