Monday, September 17, 2012

Alex's Genre Favorites Blogfest

The amazing, astonishing, awesome Ninja Captain Alex Cavanaugh (who I believe is visiting from another planet) is hosting a blogfest.






Rules are:
List your favorite genres.




Movie. Special Effects teamed with humor catches my eye. Like Galaxy Quest, Addams Family, Princess Bride, JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. Animated features like Toy Story, Up, Despicable Me.
No On Golden Pond movies if you please.

Music. Rock only, in the vein of Nickelback, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down.

Books. Urban Fantasy, epic, and just about everything in between.

A guilty pleasure genre. Special effects so good that you *BELIEVE* it is real.

Jurassic Park

 When that brontosaurus reared up on its back legs, pulled the branch, and the treetop snapped back It. Was. Real.


 Any movie or book that can do that to me is a marvel.

Update. Maryann Miller reminded me of another movie. No not Avatar (excellent movie that it was). No, it was Star Wars. That first glimpse of the orbital star cruiser coasting along. OMG! 
Posted by at
Labels: ,

26 comments:

  1. Aldrea AlienSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:44 AM

    Darn it, you've made me want to go watch Jurassic Park ... and it's 10:45pm!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Alex J. CavanaughSeptember 17, 2012 at 6:17 AM

    The brontosaurus WAS real!
    Like your choices, Huntress.
    And yes, I'm just visiting from Cassa.
    Thanks for participating in my blogfest!

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    Animated movies are amazing. I love watching them with the kids or by myself.

    ReplyDelete
  4. SuziSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    I love kids cartoon movies that can hold an adult's attention. Toy Story is definitely one of the good ones.

    ReplyDelete
  5. M.J. FifieldSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM

    I like how you put that... special effects teamed with humor. That genre definitely holds my attention. And yeah, that brontosaurus was amazing.

    ReplyDelete
  6. mshatchSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:52 AM

    I loved that part in Jurassic Park, too. In fact, I loved that movie. It was just fun all the way around :)

    and yes, Inception is one of the most unique and awesome movies. It's one I can watch again.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. HuntressSeptember 17, 2012 at 9:56 AM

      My brother said a grown man jumped out of his seat and screamed when that velociraptor leaped toward the camera.

      Delete
  7. Tara TylerSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:25 AM

    this is why we are friends! i will hang out at your farm some day!

    ReplyDelete
  8. EllaSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    I love special effects..they do make us jump out of our seats!
    :D
    Fun list~
    Nice to meet you!

    ReplyDelete
  9. MaryannwritesSeptember 17, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    I liked the special effects in Jurrasic Park, too. What did you think of the effects in Avitar? (sp?)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. HuntressSeptember 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM

      Avatar was another movie that I accepted as real.

      Delete
  10. DaniSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:25 PM

    Wow, these are all so great!

    ReplyDelete
  11. UnknownSeptember 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM

    Jurassic park moments are the best, i was so moved too by this film... it remains one of my all time favorites.

    Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]
    Howlin' Wolf Records: On-Line Magazine

    ReplyDelete
  12. farawayeyesSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    Now that you mention it, I too want to see Jurassic Park again.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:32 PM

    I like the superman movies. I felt like I was really flying.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Sherry EllisSeptember 17, 2012 at 4:06 PM

    I love movies with incredible special effects. It takes such talent to do that!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Golden EagleSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:09 PM

    The Princess Bride was a great movie! :)

    ReplyDelete
  16. NicoleSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    Love Galaxy Quest and Princess Bride! And, wait...Jurassic Park wasn't real? ;)

    ReplyDelete
  17. Ink in the BookSeptember 17, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    Oh! Princess Bride? Me too!
    And the first time I watched Jurassic Park, I jumped out of my skin!

    ReplyDelete
  18. dolorahSeptember 18, 2012 at 1:27 AM

    Good stuff here - especially the music :)

    ....dhole

    ReplyDelete
  19. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 1:52 AM

    I LOVE Galaxy Quest. Hilarious movie and Alan Rickman is simply brilliant.

    ReplyDelete
  20. SylviaSeptember 18, 2012 at 2:44 AM

    wow so many things I love in this post, Galaxy Quest, Princess Bride, Star Wars. Great reminders and my stack of to re-watch and re-read is ever growing :D

    ReplyDelete
  21. baygirl32September 18, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    Princess Bride - great choice

    ReplyDelete
  22. LiSeptember 18, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    Great picks - I've always wished that they'd make a 3D version of Jurassic Park! How awesome would that be?

    ReplyDelete
  23. James Garcia JrSeptember 20, 2012 at 6:08 PM

    Hello, Huntress. Love the Rock music mentions! Jurassic Park was the first film that I ever saw three times in the theater. I've never done that again. Thanks for sharing.

    -Jimmy
    http://jamesgarciajr.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  24. Shannon LawrenceSeptember 20, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    I do love the combo of humor and special effects! Also, I definitely agree on special effects that make you believe it's real. The dinos in Jurassic Park were extremely well done. Thanks for stopping by!

    My Genre Favorites & Guilty Pleasures

    ReplyDelete

Your Turn. Don't Be Shy

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...