The power of three

[fajrdrako]

I went again to Daily Zen and today's question is: What are your 3 favorite movies? Books?

This is a variation on some things I have recently discussed, but narrowing it to three... well. That's difficult.

Movies

1. The Lord of the Rings (2001/2002) (If you make me pick just one of the trilogy, I'll pickThe Two Towers.)

2. Casablanca (1942)

3. The Lion in Winter (1968)

Why? because they are all about wonderful, complex people, and how these people shape the world they live in by heroic action, though they do not see themselves as heroes.



Books

1. The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett

2. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

3. The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis

Because these writers write evocative, gripping, emotive and exciting stories that still have something to say about human psychology, history, and the human spirit. They understand how to use language to create worlds that reach beyond the page.