Some Favorites
Since you're reading things I've written I thought I'd share some of my favorite things because they will influence what I write. If you look on my list of reviews many of these movies and albums are included. The reviews will give you a better idea of why I love these works.
All time favorite movies:
Star Wars
Passion of the Christ (It's not my favorite because it's not something I can watch over and over; it's just too hard.)
The Chronicles of Narnia
Lord of the Rings
The Prince of Egypt
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Braveheart
The Green Mile
Rush Hour
Gorgeous
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Bands:
Galactic Cowboys
Jars of Clay
Danny Elfman
Project 86
John Williams
Weird Al Yankovic
One Bad Pig
Alice Cooper
Michael W Smith
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Albums:
At the End of the Day - Galactic Cowboys
Machine Fish - Galactic Cowboys
Perpetual Defiance - Detritus
Jars of Clay - Jars of Clay
If I Left The Zoo - Jars Of Clay
Star Wars Soundtrack (any/all of them) - John Williams
Chronicles of Narnia - Harry Gregson Williams
The Light In Guinevere's Garden - East West
Dragontown - Alice Cooper
I Scream Sunday - One Bad Pig
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Authors:
Dean Koontz
CS Lewis
Frank Peretti
Michael Stackpole
Timothy Zahn
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Books (harder to list since there are too many great ones serving different purposes from a lot longer ago than movies and music. These are mostly books I've read multiple times and series which I make it a point to follow -- does not count the Bible which is in a class by itself):
The Great Divorce - CS Lewis
The Screwtape Letters - CS Lewis
The Chronicles Of Narnia - CS Lewis
Perelandra - CS Lewis
The Oath - Frank Peretti
From the Corner of His Eye - Dean Koontz
The Christopher Snow/Moonlight Bay series - Dean Koontz
I Am Jackie Chan: My Life In Action - Jackie Chan
The Odyssey - Homer
Star Wars books in general