Top 5 of All Time - Movie Motivation

We all need a little motivation now and then and a little pep talk can go a long way. I get my motivation form a few places and one of them is listening to some good old movie quotes and speeches. There's always a little priceless nugget of advice to be found somewhere.

So for this week's Top 5 of All Time I'm going for my favourite motivating and inspiring movie moments. Let's go! (Click the images to get to the videos)

5 » The Pursuit of Happiness!
This movie made me cry! Like openly sob. It was just so moving and this part when Chris is talking to his son and realises that he has basically told his son not to follow his dream ugh - Pass the hankies. I just love the look on Will Smith's face when he realises that if he leaves it there he could have, in one swift moment, stopped his son from dreaming for the rest of his life. It's as if his son's life flashed before his eyes and it wasn't a happy one. Beautiful part of the movie.

4 » Batman Begins

This pretty much sets up the entire trilogy, there is the start of Dark Knight Rises where Bruce has stopped listening, but he gets there in the end. It's a lesson that says it's ok to fail - that's how we learn to succeed. If you fall flat on your face just get up, dust yourself off and keep on trucking - or rambling as the case may be in the Nolanverse.

3 »   Ferris Bueller
I first heard this when I was younger and I kind of got it then, but as I got older and wiser and went through some "stuff" and suffered a great loss it became more meaningful and important to me. Life does move pretty really fast and we do need to remember to stop some times and appreciate what we have, who we have and who we are. Live in the now man!

 

2 »   Little Miss sunshine
One of my favourite's with a sweary word for emphasis! This is one that comes up with me every now and then. When I'm wondering whether I should give up my dreams and take a job just for the money for the rest of my life. Right now I'm kind of working three jobs and barely scraping by. I love each one, but there is always this niggling feeling whether it's time to just let it all go and get the "normal" job. I mean yeah I'd love to work in a studio full time surrounded by other creative folk and I'm giving it everything I've got to try and find that, but they're thin on the ground. I know in my heart that I will eventually get to where I want to be, I just have to keep doing what I love to get there!
*Apologies for the lack of quality one the video on this one, it's the only clip on YouTube I could find*

1 »   Rocky Balboa

I said it before in my 5 Things We Can Learn From Rocky post, life is tough sometimes and we all get knocked down occasionally. The hits can be hard too and totally deflate us in every way, but as Rocky says we have to be willing to take the hits and keep moving. That's how we accomplish our goals no matter how hard things get. Nothing worth doing is easy so fight it out to the end and it'll all be worth it!


So these are my Top 5 Motivational Movie Quotes and I hope you get as much out of them as I do. If you have any that I haven't mentioned then leave a comment below as you can never have too many inspiring snippets of wisdom in your life!

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Top 5 of All Time - Movies About Love (with a difference)

Friday marked the end of our fortnight of weddings, but I think I have one more love themed post left in me and I also want to try something new.

I've wanted to do a list feature since I started planning my blog, possibly once a week or maybe every fortnight. I think fortnightly might be best as it gives me more time to argue with myself about list order - yes I argue with myself, doesn't everyone?? Don't answer that!

I thought this would be something cool that everyone could get involved in and share their own thoughts, plus I love a good Top 5 list and need an excuse to list my favourite things. So... welcome to my new "Top 5 of All Time" feature. Each fortnight I'll share some random things that I love in numerical order.

This week in honour of all the love spread over the course of July I wanted to kick off the feature with my Top 5 alternative movies about love of all time. Now I say "alternative" as I'm not much of a fan of your conventional lovey dovey movies - except The Notebook. Good God that is trauma in a box! Nopers, I'm more drawn to the action genre, or even the genre of Statham. So with this in mind, let's begin.


5 »   Lethal Weapon - You heard!

Quite possibly the origins to one of the greatest movie loves of all time... the Bromance. Riggs is on the edge of a breakdown, Murtaugh is on the road to retirement, then fate steps in. Riggs and Murtaugh are thrown together in order to bring down Gary Busey. They must put aside their differences and work as a team to see it done, even if Murtaugh is feeling "too old for this shit"

Best Bit: Any time Danny Glover yells RIIIGGGGS and Mel's crazy face!

Now you know the kind of track we're on, I'll continue.


4 »   Anchorman

Super-tached hero Ron Burgandy loves one person - himself. He's a pretty big deal. He thought he had it all, career, leather bound books, the love of a dog fluent in Spanish. That was until he met the second love of his life, Veronica. Anchorman recounts the journey of one man's road to true love and redemption.

Best Bit: Too many to count!


3 »   Con Air

Cameron Poe is a deadly weapon, the judge that sends him to prison says so. One night while defending the honour of his lady love, he "accidentally" kills a guy. Locked behind bars, he dreams of the day he'll be reunited with his wife and baby daughter. The day finally comes and armed with only a bunny he boards a plane to freedom. Unfortunately bald and creepy John Malkovich has other plans. Desperate to get home, Poe must kick so much ass in order to take back the plane.

Best Bit: "Define irony..."


2 »   Die Hard

Die Hard is the story of one man in a vest trying to save his beloved wife from the cluthces of evil terrorist Hans Gruber and his band of scary, giant German friends. John McClane has to do this with no shoes (wtf?), taking them out one by one while his love is forced to put up with this guy. Only John can save her, well he's the only good guy in the building so who else is going to do it?

Best Bit: When Bruce jumps off the roof. When Bruce says yippe-kay-yay. When Bruce is in the vent. When Bruce... pretty much the whole movie is awesome! Also anything Alan Rickman says and when he dispatches of this guy.

1 »   The Terminator

Now this is one of the most romantic movies of all time. No I'm serious! Kyle Reese travels across time to fight Arnie for Sarah - that's love! Future mother of the worlds saviour Sarah Connor is on Skynet's hit list - Cue Arnie, sent back in time to kill her. Kyle, having all ready fallen in love with Sarah in the future from only a photo (awww), is sent back to save her. Like all time travel movies, when you start thinking about too much you're head will explode, but it's good and oh so romantic! Plus Linda Hamilton is my hero!

So what's your favourite romantic movie? Are you an action junkie like me or do you prefer a more traditional romantic style? Leave a comment and share your top 5 romantic movies of all time!

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