My Top Ten Favorite Films

Every ten years Sight & Sound Magazine releases their list of the Greatest Films Of All Time.  My older brother did his own top ten greatest films, which can be viewed here: http://mattbailey97.blogspot.com/2012/05/ten-greatest-films-of-all-time.html

I personally do not feel that I have seen enough of the 'great films' to be able to make such a list.  Perhaps in 2022, when they do that list again my film portfolio will be better equipped to make that call.  For now, I will leave you with what I consider, not necessarily the "best" movies, but instead, my favorite movies over my 31 years of viewing.  


MY TOP TEN FAVORITE FILMS:

Braveheart
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
Walk The Line
Blow
Fight Club
The Godfather
Indiana Jones - Last Crusade
Forrest Gump
Rocky

HONORABLE MENTION:
Dazed and Confused
Bad Boys
Almost Famous
Cool Hand Luke
Christmas Vacation
The Departed
Die Hard
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Boondock Saints
Seven
Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back
Silence of the Lambs

Top Ten Football States

Top Ten Football States (for 'winningness')
Scored based on National Championships won in High School, College & Professional Football


10 - New York & Massachusetts (30pts)

9 - Indiana & Michigan (31pts)

8 - Alabama (32pts)

7 - Connecticut (36pts)

6 - Ohio (39pts)

5 - Florida (41pts)

4 - Texas (46pts)

3 - New Jersey (53pts)

2 - Pennsylvania (68pts)

1 - California (73pts)



How some of the other states scored:
Georgia - 22
Illinois - 22
Maryland - 17
Oklahoma - 16
Louisiana - 13
Wisconsin - 12
Minnesota - 12
Nebraska - 10
Tennessee - 10
Colorado - 8
Arkansas - 6
Mississippi - 5
Kansas - 4
Virginia - 3
Washington - 3
Missouri - 3
Oregon - 3
Kentucky - 2
New Hampshire - 2
Utah - 2
South Carolina - 2
Iowa - 2
Arizona - 1

Top Ten Fake Characters On Seinfeld

10 - Paloma & Wanda Pepper - Both aliases used by Elaine, Paloma is the name she used when she posed as Uncle Leo's nurse in order to get a diagnosis for herself (she is a difficult patient). Wanda Pepper was an alias she used in order to retrieve a jacket for Kramer.

9 - Dylan Murphy - Jerry's made up name when he and George take Donald O'Brien's limo. They think they are going to watch the Knicks play, but soon realize they are actually on their way to a rally where O'Brien, the head of the regional chapter of a Neo-Nazi organization, is supposed to give his first public speech. Oops.

8 - Eduardo Corrochio - When George and Elaine go to dinner with a married couple, Elaine tells everyone this elaborate story that she once dated a romantic Spanish matador, whose name she makes up on the spot. What a great name!

7 - Kel Varnsen - The alias used by Jerry in order to help George with Vandelay Inc. He uses the alias again when he joins Kramer (posing as a wealthy industrialist) to watch the Mets game in an apartment that is up for sale.

6 - Whitey Fisk - George's imaginary summer friend. George was always jealous of Jerry and his summer camp friend, Fragile Frankie Merman. Whitey Fisk was supposed to be his "summer Jerry", but it was all a farce.

5 - Martin van / Peter von Nostrand - One of Kramer's favorite alter egos, sometimes he is Dr. Martin van Nostrand, once in order to get Elaine's medical chart. He also posed as Martin to audition for the role of Kramer in Jerry & George's pilot, Jerry. Kramer also presented himself as Peter von Nostrand in an attempt to retrieve a jacket from a man's apartment.

4 - Snoopy & Prickly Pete - The names of George's two imaginary horses he keeps at his fictional Hampton's estate. "All right, we're taking it up a notch!"

3 - H.E. Pennypacker - Kramer posed as a "wealthy industrialist" a couple of times - most memorably in Putumyo clothing store to help Elaine get revenge and again when Kramer needs to use the bathroom and sees an apartment for sale.

2 - Susie - Elaine's alter ego, Susie is believed to be real by at least two of her co-workers. When Elaine tries to kill her off, a funeral is arranged for her and Peterman claims to have had an affair with Suze (she hates when people call her that).

1 - Art Vandelay - George's alter ego is in so many episodes it is hard to count or keep track. Sometimes George works for Vandelay, sometimes George IS Vandelay, and in the Finale, the judge is actually named, Arthur Vandelay.

Top Ten On Camera Girlfriends of Jerry Seinfeld (according to hotness)

10. Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)



You gotta have her on the list. However, after watching her for so
many years, she becomes almost too familiar, like family, which is why she is no higher than #10.


9. Winona (Kimberly Norris)
She may be an Indian Giver, but she is still one of the more attractive girlfriends Jerry scored on the show.

I personally would love a cigar store Indian statue.






8. Donna Chang (Angela Dohrmann)

Everyone seeks her advice when they think she's one of those wise, foreign ladies with fortune cookie like advice. Well, she's not Chinese, but not too hard on the eyes either.

7. Claire (Sarah Peterson)

Helloooooooooooo! La la la.

She was quite the looker, talking navel and all, up until Kramer solved the world's energy problems by pushing a giant ball of oil out a window and on to Jerry's former girlfriend.

6. Nikki (Danette Tays)

She got whatever she wanted based on her looks. How could I not put her on the top ten list?

5. Melissa (Kathleen McClellan)

She was attractive, she was a nudist, and she opened Jerry's eyes to the differences between 'good' naked and 'bad' naked.

4. Patty (Lori Loughlin)

She started off as Becky in Full House but upgraded to Jerry's gf just a couple of years later as Patty.

As beautiful as she is, her downfall was wanting Jerry to show emotion. Once he opened those gates he couldn't stop.

3. Ellen (Christine Taylor)

She was a loser.

But at least she was a hot loser!

PS - Don't get mixed up with the Van Buren Boys.

("That's not the sign."

"It was when I was bangin!")

2. Jenna (Kristin Davis)

Fortunately for Seinfeld fans, I think Kristin Davis peaked during the mid-late 90's.

If only Jerry wasn't so hung up on germs.

He got over the toothbrush incident, but the toilet explosion was a deal breaker.

1. Sidra (Teri Hatcher)

My top pick probably does not come as a huge surprise to many of the Seinfeld faithful.

Hatcher was definitely at her top hotness during the Seinfeld era.

Jerry's loss is Jackie's gain.

"They're real, and they're spectacular."