Reading!! Watching really good movies (and that is based on my opinion of what a good movie is). Spending time with my friends.
Richard Attenborough (amazing actor and director)John Williams (just to thank him for excellent noise!!)Many many more...
Anything and everything. I really love soundtracks to movies, my favorite composers are: John Williams-Star Wars, Harry Potter 1,2,and 3, Saving Private Ryan, Indiana Jones, E.T., Born on the Fourth of July, The Cowboys, Superman. Jerry Goldsmith-(various) Star Trek Movies, First Knight, Blue Max, Masada, Patton/McArthur, Medicine Man, Congo. Hans Zimmer-Gladiator, King Arthur, (collaborated) Pirates of the Caribbean, Lion King, Tears of the Sun, The Rock, MI-2. James Horner-Titanic, Star Trek the Wrath of Kan, Glory, Beautiful Mind, Four Feathers, Enemy at the Gates. James Newton Howard-(collaborated) Batman Begins, Dinosaur, Signs, The Village, Hidalgo. Thomas Newman-Limoney Snickett's a Series of Unfortunante Events, Road to Perdition, Little Women. Harry Gregson-Williams-Kingdom of Heaven, Chronicles of Narnia, Shrek. Tan Dun-Crouching Tiger, Hero. Alan Silvestri-The Mummy Returns, My Bestfriend's Wedding, Forrest Gump. Trevor Rabin-Armaggeddon, Remember the Titans, Gone in 60 Seconds, National Treasure. Howard Shore-LOTR, Gangs of New York. Basil Poledurous-Les Miserables, Starship Troopers, Conan the Barbarian, The Blue Lagoon. Brian Tyler-Children of Dune.
O.k. Here is a current list of my favs. LOTR (Extended), Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, King Kong, Star Wars (ALL), Dune, Children of Dune, Death Watch, Star Trek IV Journey Home, TNG Star Trek movies, Willow, Ledgend, The Neverending Story 1 and 2, Aliens, Terminator (ALL), The Village, Signs, Brokeback Mountain (actually not that bad), Kingdom of Heaven (by the way the new Director's cut is even better!!), Elizabethtown, Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ned Kelly, Troy, Wilde, Alexander, Love Actually, The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, E.T., Bridget Jone's Diary, What a Girl Wants, Nanny MacPhee, Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2, Sin City, King Arthur, Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, Empire of the Sun, Reign of Fire, Underworld, X-Men, V for Vendetta, Matrix, Tears of the Sun, Pride and Prejudice, Vanity Fair, Kama Sutra, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Little Women (ode to Kelli), Glory, Say Anything, Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful, Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, 16 Candles, A Bridge too Far, Band of Brothers (yes I know it was a series), Hanover Street, Shining Through, The Pianist, Escape from Sobibor, Rosenstrasse, Diary of Anne Frank (old and new), Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Enemy at the Gates, The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, Philadelphia, The Money Pit, Big, Turner and Hooch, Road to Perdition, Castaway, Rudy, Goonies, Toy Soldiers, Stand by Me, Liers Club, My Own Private Idaho, This Thing Called Love, Running on Empty, Gorillas in the Mist, Medicine Man, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Hatari!, Mavarick, Mad Max (ALL), Gallipoli, Leathal Weapon (Oh the memories), The Bounty, Braveheart, Conspiracy Theory, Ransom, Man without a Face, A Beautiful Mind, Proof of Life, Cinderella Man, Master and Commander, Gladiator, Million Dollar Baby, Paint Your Wagon, Return to Paradise, Walk the Line, Far from Home, A Faraway Place, Brokedown Palace, The Princess and the Warrior, Dark Kingdom, Courage Under Fire, Man on Fire, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, A Man Apart, Bourne Identity, Timeline, The Name of the Rose, The Avengers, The Constant Gardener, I Dreamed of Africa, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sound of Music, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Oklahoma!, The Wizard of Oz, Lady and the Tramp, Little Mermaid, Robin Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Dinosaur, Tuck Everlasting, Remember the Titans, We Were Soldiers, Thin Red Line, The Great Raid, Tristan and Isolde, War of the Worlds, The New World, The Chumscrubber, Billy Elliot, Wimbledon, Bright Young Things, Rory O'Shea was Here, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Titanic, Basketball Diaries, Top Gun, Born on the Fourth of July.
I grew up with Star Trek the Next Generation, also loved SeaQuest DSV. I watch more movies than T.V but some of my favorite shows are That 70's Show, Will and Grace, Battlestar Galactica, NCIS, and How I met Your Mother. I loath those overly sweet Teen shows like the O.C. and Laguna Beach (sorry if that upsets anyone).
La Morte D'Arthur, Paradise Lost, Horatio Hornblower, Nicholas Nickleby, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Vanity Fair, Les Miserables, Dune series, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Bridge Too Far, Band of Brothers, War of the Rats, Pearl Harbor, We Were Soldiers...Once and Young, Black Hawk Down, Franny and Zooey, The Hours, Mrs. Dalloway, the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, Catch-22, Earthsea series, Fathers and Sons, War and Peace, Harry Potter series, book of fairytales.
My parents (takes a lot to put up with me)Mohandas GandhiWilliam ShakespeareRed ButtonsMonty Python BoysQuinton Tarantino