This post is a shout out to all the awesome moms and moms-to-be out there. This is your day, so hopefully it was very special for you. For this special edition of The Best, I will be talking about the best mothers in film(that I’ve seen). Some are good, some are evil, but they are moms. You don’t mess with moms. Ever. This may be a short post, but it’s going to be a special one. These are The Best Movie Moms.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
This one’s kind of obvious, I know, but still. This is an important one, though. Sarah Connor, the woman whose son would become the savior of mankind, starts out as a bit of a flake. Not entirely sure of where she supposed to fit in the world, runs into The Terminator, a cybernetic killing machine from the future programmed to kill her. Then she gets help from another visitor from the future, Kyle Reese who tries to protect her. In Terminator 2, we see Sarah Connor again, this time as a bad-ass woman warrior out to protect her only son, John Connor from the T-1000. Let me tell you: This is a woman you don’t want to run into in a dark alley. She will kick your ass so hard the next generation’s probably going to feel it. Her transformation from weak to strong in the span of two films is extraordinary, and her devotion to her son is unquestionable. She will literally walk through hell for John. Few moms get as bad-ass as this.
Aliens
If you’ve seen the film, Aliens, you know that Ellen Ripley has a very strong maternal instinct towards Newt, who is an orphan when the Aliens attacked the colony. In the extended version of Aliens, it was revealed the Ripley had a daughter, Amanda, who died while Ripley was in hypersleep. That really helps flesh out the character a lot more and makes her connection with Newt all the more tangible. Besides, how many moms do YOU know that would go toe-to-toe with the Alien Queen in a power loader? Not many, I would imagine. This one comes with a bonus: The Alien Queen. Yeah, she ain’t human, but she’s no less a bad-ass in her own right.
Kill Bill
WARNING: THIS ONE CONTAINS SOME….STRONG VIOLENCE. IT IS A QUENTIN TARANTINO MOVIE AFTER ALL.
Beatrix Kiddo is the Angel of Death, essentially. After being betrayed by her former lover, Bill, the then-pregnant Beatrix Kiddo was shot in the head and left for dead. After waking from a coma and believing her child is dead, Beatrix hunts down each and every member of the assassin squad that betrayed her. The best part? She wields a bad-ass katana with which she unleashes her fury. I would like to believe that every good mom would resort to something like this if something happened to her child. Lesson to be learned? Don’t try to kill a pregnant woman. She may end up killing you instead. With a sword.
As I said before, this was going to be a short post, but there is no doubt about it: These moms are bad-ass. So, once again: To all the mothers and would-be-mothers out there in the world, this is for you. Keep on kicking ass. Happy Mother’s Day.