We are closing in on the 7th anniversary of my father’s passing. We have an UMR tradition that we share his Top 5 Movies as the post of the day on the day of his passing…..this year that day falls on Father’s Day. This year I would like to share other dad’s Favorite Movies or a movie memory shared with your father. So if you are willing to share the information….we will come up with an UMR page for Sunday to honor not only my dad but many other dads.
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Lots of dad memories. On the television side we loved watching Mork and Mindy, Cheers, Little House on the Prairie and especially Taxi together. On the movie side he loved Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Swiss Family Robinson. He was also fascinated by the Vietnam War, so movies like Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and Good Morning Vietnam really interested him. He was a teenager when the Vietnam War was happening, which is probably why those movies fascinated him so much.
My dad loved and still loves the original Star Wars movies. He wants nothing to do with the prequels or the latest movies. He taught me numerous Star Wars songs on my violin. Good memories of Luke, Han, Leia me and my dad.
My dad was not a movie person. Movies were more of a mom thing in my childhood. But I do remember my dad making me watch countless hours of WWE.
Not sure why he loved this movie so much, but the first movie I think of one I think movies and my dad is The Fox and the Hound. He watched that movie all the time while growing up. He liked Westerns too but Fox and the Hound was his favorite. Maybe it was that he grew up on a farm.
I will make sure to get BryRog57 to share his memories of watching Kurt Russell’s The Thing with his father and his Uncle Bobby.