Forrest Gump 1994

My Quick Thoughts:  I have seen this movies more times than I can count.  The sign of a good movie is when you are watching for the 9th, 10th, 11th time, you are quoting it in your head along with the movie, and yet it still makes you smile and laugh.  There are so many great lines in this movie.
 
Favorite Quote: "But you ain't got no legs Lieutenant Dan."

Overall Rating: A
 
What I Was Doing That Year:  I was 14 years old when this came out.  I was at the peak of my teen magazine fandom.  Looking through the lists of movies that came out during this year (Mighty Ducks 2, My Girl 2, The War, The Client, Little Giants, Angels in the Outfield, North, Camp Nowhere, Little Women) I must have been in teenage girl crush heaven.
 
My Favorite Movie From That Same Year:  As an adult looking back, yes I agree Forrest Gump was the best movie from that year, but my 1994 self would have picked D2: The Mighty Ducks.  To say I was obsessed with The Mighty Ducks movies is a huge understatement.

Marty 1955

My Quick Thoughts:  Marty is about a lonely 35 year old guy who is feeling pressure from everybody to get married.  One night he goes to a dance, and meets a 29 year old teacher and he thinks he has found the one.  The beginning of the movie is very sweet.  I really felt bad for this guy.  About halfway through the movie it lost some of it's sweetness and the end of the movie seemed rushed.
 
Favorite Quote: "See, dogs like us, we ain't such dogs as we think we are."

Overall Rating: B-
 
What I Was Doing That Year:  Yeah, I wasn't born yet :)
 
My Favorite Movie From That Same Year:  Guys and Dolls 

Annie Hall 1977

My Quick Thoughts:  Today was my first time seeing Annie Hall.  It was pretty good.  I actually can't believe I have never seen it before.  This movie is right up my alley.  It was a fun interesting perspective on relationships.
 
Favorite Quote: "I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light."

Overall Rating: A
 
What I Was Doing That Year:  Yeah, I wasn't born yet :)
 
My Favorite Movie From That Same Year:  Although Pete's Dragon was popular at my house, I would say my favorite movie from 1977 was Star Wars.

What is Sally Up To Now?

Some of you may remember a few years ago when I tried to watch and review all of the movies on A.F.I.'s Top 100 Movies of All Time list.  I was thinking about starting that again, but then I decided to start a new list instead.  I'm going to start working my way through all of the movies that have ever won the Academy Award for Best Picture.  This way I am watching a better mix of old and new movies.  Some of these movies will be re-watches and some will be movies I am seeing for the first time.  I will monitor my progress here.  The first Academy Award was from 1927, so that's a lot of movie watching.

The List:
2016-Moonlight  2015-Spotlight  2014-Birdman  2013-12 Years a Slave  2012-Argo  2011-The Artist  2010-The King's Speech  2009-The Hurt Locker  2008- Slumdog Millionaire  2007-No Country for Old Men
2006-The Departed  2005-Crash  2004-Million Dollar Baby  2003-The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King  2002-Chicago  2001-A Beautiful Mind  2000-Gladiator  1999-American Beauty 
1998-Shakespeare in Love  1997-Titanic  1996-The English Patient  1995-Braveheart  1994-Forest Gump  1993-Schindler's List  1992-Unforgiven  1991-The Silence of the Lambs  1990-Dances with Wolves   1989-Driving Miss Daisy    1988-Rain Man    1987-The Last Emperor    1986-Platoon  1985-Out of Africa    1984-Amadeus    1983-Terms of Endearment    1982-Gandhi
1981-Chariots of Fire    1980-Ordinary People    1979-Kramer vs. Kramer    1978- The Deer Hunter
1977-Annie Hall    1976-Rocky    1975-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest  1974-The Godfather Part II    1973-The Sting    1972- The Godfather    1971-The French Connection  1970-Patton
1969-Midnight Cowboy    1968-Oliver!    1967-In the Heat of the Night   1966-A Man for All Seasons    1965-The Sound of Music    1964-My Fair Lady    1963-Tom Jones
1962-Lawerence of Arabia    1961-West Side Story    1960-The Apartment    1959-Ben-Hur
1958-Gigi    1957-The Bridge on the River Kwai    1956-Around the World in 80 Days    1955-Marty
1954-On the Waterfront    1953-From Here to Eternity    1952-The Greatest Show on Earth   
1951-An American in Paris   1950-All About Eve    1949-All the Kings Men    1948-Hamlet
1947-Gentleman's Agreement    1946-The Best Years of Our Lives    1945-The Lost Weekend   
1944-Going My Way    1943-Casablanca    1942-Mrs. Miniver    1941-How Green was My Valley 
1940-Rebecca    1939-Gone With the Wind    1938-You Can't Take it With You    1937-The Life of Emile Zola    1936-The Great Ziegfeld    1935-Mutiny on the Bounty    1934-It Happened One Night
1933/1932-Cavalcade    1932/1931-Grand Hotel    1931/1930-Cimarron   
1930/1929-All Quite on the Western Front    1929/1928-The Broadway Melody  1928/1927 Wings