Before school ended for my children, I was talking with one of the other parents at the bus stop about movies we like to watch when we're having a bad day, or when the world is having a bad day, and watching the news makes us incredibly sad. They're movies we watch over and over, and never get tired of watching. He called them "comfort movies", and his #1 pick was
Ferris Bueller's Day Off. While I've seen that movie many times, it has never been a comfort movie for me. But, the idea made me think about my own comfort movies. And the only ones I came up with were all science fiction.
Here's my list of Top Ten Comfort Movies:
1.
Independence Day - I know this may seem strange as a comfort movie, with aliens attacking the Earth, but in the end, the world came together to fight the aliens and bring them down. It's that unity in the end that gives me hope for our real world.
2.
Contact - Once again, the world has to come together to send Eleanor Arroway on a mission to make contact with alien life. In this movie, the aliens are peaceful, which is what I hope for when first contact is made.
3.
Avatar - Even with all the weapons one could imagine, it is love and what is right that wins.
4.
Super 8 - An alien is stuck on Earth, and it only wants to get back home. Sometimes it takes a bunch of children to help us realize the truth.
5.
The Host - Aliens come to Earth, and believe they have made the planet a better place to live. But, it's the human spirit they did not expect that wins in the end, our desire to live.
6.
Home - This is such a fun movie about aliens again learning about the human spirit.
7.
The Martian - While this is a newer movie, I have watched it many times already. Once again, the world comes together for a purpose. This time, to bring Mark Watney home.
8.
Any Jurassic Park movie - While some in the series are better than others, I love watching these movies about genetically engineered dinosaurs.
9.
Any Star Wars movie - Once again, there are some I love better than others, I will watch any of these space adventure movies.
10.
The new Star Trek movies - I do love some of the older Star Trek movies, but it is the new ones I will pop into the DVD player. I love all of the interpersonal relationships involved in these movies, and I've become attached to the characters. I admit, I wasn't around when the original series was on television, so the actors playing the characters now are the ones I've become accustomed to.
Please share with me your comfort movies. Are any of them sci-fi?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jessica E. Subject is the
author of science fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to
super hot. Sometimes she dabbles in paranormal and contemporary as well,
bringing to life a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you could not
only meet a sexy alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be
transported to a dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or
to another planet for a romantic rendezvous. Check out her new release, BRYCE:
A dedicated
Defender…
Bryce fell in love once, but after Lalia was
ripped away from him, he locked his heart from feeling anything for anyone
else. Instead, he devotes his life to the Galactic Alliance, killing every bloodthirsty
Erebus he comes across.
A shunned princess…
Lalia Comosova fell in love with the wrong
man. When her parents learned of her transgressions, they sent her to Earth to
hide her error in judgment from the rest of the kingdom.
A second chance?
When these lovers are reunited after many
years apart, they have a chance to find happiness together. But fate steps in
and threatens to rip them apart as it did years ago.
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3013: Renegade by Susan Hayes (signed)
Reader Abduction by Eve Langlais
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As Cold As Ice by Mandy Rosko (signed)
Alien Next Door: The Complete Series by
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Bryce by Jessica E. Subject (signed)
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