We are braver than we believe. We are stronger than it seems, and smarter than we think - Winnie the Pooh

In the presence of trouble, some people grow wings; others buy crutches. - Harold W Ruoff

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely following through. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.

Movies

The other night I thought it was about time to start sharing some of my favourite movies of all time with my eldest, who is almost 16...

I started with Speed - which he thought it was great :)
Then I tried Highlander, and he didnt like it at all.... hmm I was 1 out of 2...

I tried the original Indiana Jones trilogy, which he thought were pretty cheesy but he liked..
I thought I'd try something a bit more intellectual next and I tried Lucky number Slevin which he didnt get at all... :/

So next was the original Batman and Batman 2, he thought they were both great...and then Rambo which he also thought was 'short but cool', I'm now on 7/9 :)

This is my upcoming list:

• Blade Runner
• Lethal Weapon
• XXX
• Top Gun (he asked me yesterday who Tom Cruise was!)
• The Matrix trilogy
• White men can't jump
• Alien
• Gremlins
• Die Hard
• Groundhog day
• Gone in 60 seconds
• Ferris Bueller's day off
• The fifth element
• Demolition man
• Pay it forward
• Jaws
• My Stepmother is an Alien
• Rocky
• A few good men
• Beetlejuice
• Look who's talking
• Blade
• Terminator
• Face/Off
• Lara Croft
• Labyrinth
• Jerry Maguire
• Mission Impossible
• Mr and Mrs Smith
• Rush Hour
• Cannonball run
• Every which way but loose
• The last action hero
• Goldfinger

Then later, when he's a bit older, I get these out for him to watch

• Pulp Fiction
• Schindlers List
• Reservoir dogs
• Apolcalypse now
• Carlito's way
• Natural Born Killers
• Silence of the Lambs
• Trainspotting
• The devil's advocate
• The Usual suspects
• Se7en
• The whole nine yards
• Sin City
• Wild at Heart
• Scent of a woman
• The crying game
• American Beauty

There are also ones that I remember really fondly but I know he'll never watch (well, some of them would just be cruel :)):

• Pretty woman
• When Harry Met Sally
• Cocktail
• Titanic
• Grease
• Sleepless in Seattle
• ET
• The Graduate
• Thelma and Louise
• Ghost
• Dirty Dancing
• Sound of Music
• City of Angels

Are there any that I've left out? or any that I maybe should leave out..... :P