No need to apologize for a lighthearted comment, you in turn gave me reason to sit and reflect on why I chose the movie. Why it still resonates with me.

Initially I did consider a sarcastic answer at first, but I decided a sincere response was appropriate.

I am appreciative of your responses and of you creating the thread.

I'll be honest, having a lot of people attend to just watch the movie never occurred to me.

I had to boil it down to the one movie that those close to me associate with me the most and one that in some form another has had long reaching impact on me.

If you sit down and breakdown the individual plot elements of the movie, you'll see that it actually encompasses a lot of themes about loss, grief, family, friendship, acceptance, and more.

For a movie about "four walking, talking turtles" It's actually one of the most heartfelt and intelligent "kids" movies of the 90's.

I know, I know, I know, that's actually a line from Secret of the Ooze, which is a more lighthearted movie, but one, I nonetheless love nearly as much.

The problem is, one movie wouldn't be enough, there would have to be an epic montage of my favorite things. A trailer of my life and interests, if you will.

A personal favorite of mine is Shadow Warriors (1997): AKA Assault on Devil's Island

I second this one.

The one movie I can quote nearly in its entirety, the movie that basically defined my childhood, the movie I have seen thousands of times.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)