The Best of the Big Screen

Posted by Kate Luther Jun 24, 2007

When I was in the fourth or fifth grade, I remember going to see Grease for the very first time. Me and my entourage of best friends went in my mom's big green station wagon. We had popcorn, we drank cokes and we watched in complete awe as Frenchy helped Sandy go from super-sweet to super-WOW. We loved the idea of the Pink Ladies (hey, we were fifth-grade girls... what do you expect?) and we relished the idea of our own major transformation into womanhood... all the better if the pink satin jacket came with it.

Its movies like Grease that stay with us, whether its because of a particular character, a too-close-to-home storyline or just the simple fact that our favorite fantasy date happens to be the star of the show. Remember Dirty Dancing? Perhaps one of the cheesiest movies of all time and to tell the truth, I had forgotten all about it. But here lately, its been running on Starz and I have to admit, I can't get enough of it. "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," said the leather-bound Patrick Swayze and I instantly remembered just how much I could swoon.

I also caught a late-night run of The Breakfast Club on TBS (or A&E... who can remember?) the other night and I was instantly teleported back to those horribly awkward days of high school. Oh, the drama...if only I had known then what I so painfully know now.

Okay, so these weren't "deep" films but during those impressionable years, they captured everything we knew to be true. And isn't that the point?

Today, I'm a mom, a wife and a responsible member of the community... blah, blah, blah... you know the drill. And I've left all the social drama behind where it belongs. But between you and me, I still wouldn't mind one of those pink jackets.

What movie changed your world? Here's my top all-time greats.