Forrest Gump - The Movie

One of my favorite movies' books was chosen to read this month. As I read I'm finding how different the movie is from the book, but good just the same! Forrest Gump was released in 1994 and stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, and Sally Fields to name a few.

Some famous lines in the movie (and some of my favorites) are:

"Run Forrest, Run!"

"Life is Like a Box of Chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

"I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is."

"Stupid is as stupid does."

Do you know any I missed? Do you not love this movie??

If for some reason, you've never seen it.. here is the trailer to convince you to rent/buy it! :)

Skipping Christmas - The Movie

If you didn't already know, Skipping Christmas was made into a movie in 2004. The movie is called Christmas with the Kranks starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. It's a funny family movie so I wonder if the book will be the same. Not that they ever are. I try to live by the phrase, never judge a book by its movie. Maybe not live by it, but I agree 110%! :)

Here is a trailer of the movie Christmas with the Kranks. Pretty funny/silly movie! I would recommend it, especially during Christmas time!

The Haunting of Hill House - Movies

Since we are reading a "scary" book this month, you may be interested in a scary movie to go along with it before Halloween. Although we are firm believers in the phrase: "Never judge a book by its movie", sometimes the movies are fun too! :)

The Haunting of Hill House was first made into a movie in 1963 titled The Haunting. This one stars (L to R) Julie Harris as Eleanor, Claire Bloom as Theo, Richard Johnson as the Dr., and Russ Tamblyn as Luke. I'm gonna have to Netflix that one for sure!

The second movie was made in 1999 also titled The Haunting and stars (L to R) Lili Taylor as Eleanor, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Theo, Liam Neeson as the Dr., and Owen Wilson as Luke. Has anyone seen these and if so are they scary/suspenseful? I can't imagine anything with Owen Wilson as scary/suspenseful but ya never know!