Girl Power DVD Marathon list for the long weekend

With the long weekend ahead, was thinking of having a DVD marathon and to celebrate Women's month, would like to share some movies I love which have been both heart-wrenching and empowering for women. The list is not ordered in any way but I placed my 2 most favorites on top of the list:

1.  The Color Purple
     My favorite line in the movie: "I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color
     purple and you don't notice it."










2. The Bridges of Madison County
     If you've found "The One", would you let him go? For me, the most poignant part
     of the story/ movie was when Francesca was holding on to the door lock of her
     husband's truck, seeing the whites of her knuckles and trying with all her might to
     fight the urge to open it and run to her Robert. I don't think I would have the
     same courage as Francesca especially when Robert declared "This kind of
     certainty comes but once in a lifetime and never again."






3. The Joy Luck Club
    Best mother-daughter movie. Favorite line in the movie was from An-Mei: " I tell
    you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire
    nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even
    though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe
    it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my
    mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up,
    going down, but always going the same way. No, this cannot be, this not knowing
    what you're worth, this not begin with you. My mother not know her worth until
    too late - too late for her, but not for me. Now we will see if not too late for you,
    hmm?"


 4. Memoirs of a Geisha
     Where Ken Watanabe became a crush :-) sigh...
     To overcome all obstacles, all for love...
     Tear-jerker line from Sayuri "Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was
     that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you."








5. Practical Magic
    One of my sister's all time faves. Gives a new meaning to sisterhood!











6. The Devil Wears Prada
    Loved Meryl Streep here! She is in a word LETHAL and yet you can't help but
    look up to her as the boss from hell. Kinda reminds me of my previous job though
    my boss was never like that. What I related to was how much I learned about my
    potential skills and hidden strength in such a hellish environment.








7.  The First Wives Club
      Well this was my all-time favorite chick-empowering movie before Sex and the
      City came. A must-see! First wives always get the last laugh!










8. Sex and the City
    The list wouldn't be complete without the girls who made sex glamorous!

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park

Mark your calendars! June 18th, 2010 is the date of the official grand opening of Harry Potter Theme Park at Universal Orlando, Florida.

John Malkovich and Frances McDormand in Transformers 3

Whoa...Oscar-greats signs on to be in the "robots in disguise" sequel? This story from Jeff Sneider of Parallel Universe is as perplexing as the riddle of the Sphynx!

I have no idea where Director Michael Bay is bringing Transformers 3's story line with this one but I sure hope that it would be a major improvement from Transformers 2 which was one of the big disappointments of 2009.

Transformers 3 is set to be released in July 2011.

 Photos courtesy of msn.com