Music and movies

Watching AMC's "We love the movies you love" commercial makes me want to take a whole week to watch good movies I've never seen before with my best friends.  It's the music, I swear.  The music of the commercial.  The great shots and the epic emotion in the faces of the famous movie characters during the commercials help a lot, too, but the music makes it all pierce.

Have you seen many Liberty Mutual commercials?  I'm convinced that they have brilliance on their marketing team.  They have the most beautiful songs in their ads.  Check out this one I noticed last year.  It features "Half Acre" by Hem.  A beautiful and simple song.  I saw one today for the first time.  The music is lovely.  From the comments on the video, I gather that the music was composed just for this commercial, so it's not for sale or anything.  The audacity.  Just like with that exciting music from the Xfinity commercial.  I worked so hard to figure out where that music was from!  By the way, if you find yourself having the same missions, I recommend Adtunes.com.  In fact, it's Adtunes that just now told me that it's the non-choir version of Perfect 10 from Immediate Music that's used in that AMC commercial.  Thanks, Adtunes!

Image: Bob Willoughby via luceplace tumblr

I'm watching Pearl Harbor right now.  The first time I watched it was when I was way too young to watch it.  I was just a little scarred.  Now, about ten years later, I feel like I'm watching it for the first time.  I also watched My Fair Lady for the first time this past week with my sister.  There you have it, friends!  I have now seen Audrey Hepburn, and, I gotta say, I totally understand what all the fuss is about.  I don't care much for the movie as a whole, but Audrey is something else.  I've heard the iconic Breakfast at Tiffany's isn't that great, and I don't know how much the plot appeals right now, but I want to see it just to watch her grace and her adorability again.  Taylor and I both would exclaim, "Gasp!  She's so cute!"

If you had to make a list of must-see movies, what would you put on the list?  I really want to know.  Which ones would we watch if we took a week to watch excellent films?

On my list would be How to Train Your Dragon, Cinderella Man, 3:10 to Yuma, and Nacho Libre.