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Virtual Happy Hour Recap – Lee Feldman’s Top 5 Movie Challenge

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The results are in… The diversity of the selections was amazing and points towards everyone listing personal favorites.

Lee FeldmanTop 5 Movies of All Time

How we got here: Lee Feldman’s Top 5 Movies of All Time

A Few Thoughts on The Lists

The diversity of the selections was amazing and points towards everyone listing personal favorites. For those of us on the call, we had a great discussion regarding these selections, which was better than if we were trying to figure out how a movie critic would pick a Top 5 of all time.

A few selections came up twice (4 by my count): Jaws, Life is Beautiful, Shawshank Redemption and Remember the Titans. It appears Lee and Jocilyn have similar tastes as 2 of their selections were the same. Robbie matched with 2 of her selections as well. Neither Jill or Angelia were present, since they each had unique lists, it would have been great to hear how they came up with their lists.

Here are the lists…

Lee Feldman

  • Officer and a Gentleman
  • Pulp Fiction
  • 13 Days
  • Jaws
  • Life is Beautiful

Robbie Chartier

  • Braveheart
  • Top Gun
  • Remember the Titans
  • Breakfast Club
  • Shawshank Redemption

Rachel McIntee

  • Coach Carter
  • Pretty Woman
  • Wedding Crashers
  • The Hangover
  • Sweet Home Alabama

Ratna Okhai

  • Harry Potter #1
  • Princess Bride
  • Remember the Titans
  • Chicken Run
  • Lincoln Lawyer

Jill Silverboard

  • Star Wars (A New Hope)
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Moonstruck
  • Toy Story
  • A Few Good Men

Deborah Bowie

  • The Godfather
  • Imitation of Life
  • The Color Purple
  • Goodfellas
  • Alien

Micah Maxwell

  • Unforgiven
  • Unbreakable
  • Glory
  • Hoosiers
  • Invictus

Angelia Aderiran

  • Up in the Air
  • Catch me if You Can
  • The pursuit of Happiness
  • The Body Guard
  • All the Money in the World

Lindsey Judah

  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Never Die Alone
  • Despicable Me Series
  • Along Came a Spider
  • Fracture

Alan Rosen

  • Shawshank Redemption
  • Singing in the Rain
  • Usual Suspects
  • Grumpy & Grumpier Old Men
  • Office Space

Jocilyn Martinez

  • Life is Beautiful
  • Jaws
  • Gone With the Wind
  • Waking Ned Devine
  • Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch)

Sharon Ragoonan

  • Auntie Mame
  • Papillon 1973
  • Armageddon
  • Snatch
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Rob Duncan

  • Good Will Hunting
  • Empire Strikes Back
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Gladiator
  • Rudy

What stands out the most upon reflection is that Micah found a way to list 5 different movies that are ALL ONLY ONE WORD! I know everyone reading this just scrolled back up to Micah’s list and then went to check and see how many other one word movies are in the lists. I counted only 9 others… well played Mr. Maxwell, well played.

We also watched clips of a scene we each picked…decided not to include links here as some may have contained explicit material (if you see some of the movies on the list, you can picture which ones.  In all, though, this was a great exercise and we got to know each other a little bit better.

A Unique Virtual Happy Hour Experience

This is the first Virtual Happy Hour where we had a specific theme and spent the entire time with a specific event. Outside a few technical glitches on my part, sorry guys and gals, I thought it was great! Many thanks to Jocilyn for taking notes on the lists and Lee for queuing up a few movie clips.

Next Virtual Happy Hour will be around Music – Virtual Happy Hour – City Managers, County Administrators and Aspiring Managers – What is the song that should play when you enter a room.

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Rob Duncan is the Managing Director of Imagine That Performance, dedicated to enhancing leadership in local government through professional facilitation and tailored executive development programs. With over 30 years of experience, Rob has served as a trusted consultant and interim manager for various cities and counties. He founded Imagine That Performance in 2020 to create innovative solutions like Think Tanks and the VisionSync Summit, focusing on aligning leadership with community goals. Rob’s expertise in organizational development and leadership team development empowers local government
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