If you are one of those people that tear up while watching surprise military homecoming videos…you better get a tissue ready.
The best part of this video is the sheer joy in this little boy’s voice when he realizes today’s surprise . . . is his dad who just returned home from the Navy. The boy’s mom set it up by taking him to a lake where his dad surprised him.
Throughout movie history, various dates within them have taken on special meaning thanks to pop culture.
Some dates had crucial roles in the plots of films and helped provide an overall setting. Other dates have become unique one-liners that have become part of the general lexicon. If you’re a fan of Mean Girls, there’s a specific date you associate with the movie, and it’s not its release date. The same can be applied to Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, Empire Records, Miss Congeniality and more.
Here are ten fictional dates from movies everyone should know.
This is a truly momentous date in all of cinema. October 3 is now unofficially called #MeanGirlsDay across all of social media.
A true red-letter date, indeed. Even if you aren’t a Back to the Future superfan, you’re still at least aware of the importance of November 5, 1955.
AKA: The day Rocky Balboa ended the Cold War. [Cues John Cafferty’s “Hearts on Fire”] In all seriousness, though, did anyone else find it weird Rocky and Adrian didn’t bring their son to Russia for the fight?
[Insert “Die Hard is a Christmas movie” rant here.] Again, in all seriousness, it’s hard to imagine action film history without this classic, regardless of where you fall in the Christmas film debate.
“Valentine’s Day. Bummer.” Side note: Hey, the world didn’t end! How about that for a silver lining?!
On this fateful day, a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal served detention. Teen films were never the same. We’ll never forget about this John Hughes gem.
“We mustn’t dwell. No, not today. We can’t. Not on Rex Manning day!” Related thought: “Say No More, Mon Amour” is an undeniable bop. If you say otherwise, you’re simply lying to yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_p5EwU8IQ
Honestly, Miss Rhode Island isn’t wrong. All you really need is a light jacket. Depending on where you live, you may not even need the jacket! What a perfect date, indeed!
“Perhaps, it’s fate today is the fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom.” Independence Day is so delightfully over the top, and this scene below perfectly encapsulates its melodrama.
“On August 29, 1997, it’s gonna feel pretty f—ing real to you too!” A very dark scene, but on the plus side, there wasn’t an apocalypse in reality. So, yay?
https://youtu.be/kY3QRaPgAo4?si=wVcUd0PvT8FS0EbA
