1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I've seen this one more times than the other two because it came out first, and because I think it is the best of the three.
2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in the theater.
Star Wars. When this came out, seeing it in the theater was the only way to see a movie multiple times. None of this, "oh, it'll be out on video in six months, anyway."
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
I would never see a movie just because a certain actor or actress was in it. However, if the previews looked good, and the reviews were OK, I might let the presence of Sean Connery tip the scale. OK, just so's you know that first sentence was complete bullcrap, I saw The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. There can be no excuse.
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Can't think of one. As I said above, I consider the movie first, and gather as much information about it as possible. If I decide the movie sounds interesting, it doesn't really matter who's in it. Well, OK, so the presence of Jeremy Irons in a fantasy adventure movie is a dead giveaway. I won't be seeing Eragon.
5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.
So many films, so little time. I guess the most fun to quote right now is Serenity and the Firefly television show DVDs. "Look. Look where I'm pointing!"
6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.
No such movie exists.
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.
No such movie exists.
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
Memento. No explanation, just rent it.
9. Name a movie that you own.
What kind of a question is that? At last count there were 78 DVDs in my rather small collection, and several dozen movies on VHS that we no longer watch. You want me to name one? Fantasia 2000.
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
Dwight Yoakam. see: Slingblade.
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?
Several times. I'm old enough to remember when there were dozens of drive-ins in my area. Now I think there might be one. What movies did I see at a drive-in? I have no idea.
12. Ever made out in a movie?
Of course. See above. Why do you think I couldn't remember the movie? It wasn't important.
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.
Donnie Darko. Quickly achieving cult status. I'm wondering if the hype is just that.
14. Ever walked out of a movie?
No. Paid my tenspot, I'm sittin' through it. Also, I go to so few movies, I'm unlikely to find myself in one I'm not going to like. OK, so Revenge of the Sith was a disappointment, but no way was I leaving.
15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
Cant remember if I saw ET in the theater or not. After multiple, repeated viewings, it still makes me cry every single time, so that would be my best guess.
16. Popcorn?
Yes, please. Extra butter, if you're buying.
17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?
Once in a while. We usually try to see the big screen action adventure movies in the theater.
18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?
Casino Royale. Awesome!
19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
Action/Adventure.
20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
Fantasia, maybe? Or, perhaps some other Disney movie, like Cinderella, or Peter Pan, or Robin Hood. I don't really remember.
21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
Master of Disguise. Truly one of the worst movies ever made. Matthew enjoyed it, though.
22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Hmmm. The World According to Garp? Moulin Rouge? Oh, come on! If Moulin Rouge doesn't qualify as a weird movie, I don't know what does.
23. What is the scariest movie you've seen?
Don't watch scary movies. I guess Cujo. I saw it in the theater when it first came out. Almost crapped myself when the dog came through the kitchen window at the end. Quitcher whinging. I'm not giving spolier warnings on thirty year old films, OK?
24. What is the funniest movie you've seen?
I don't know. Nothing sticks out in my memory. My opinion probably has changed over the years anyway. Something I found hilarious at twenty gets a yawn today. For example, my younger cousin recently loaned me Mallrats. Said it was the funniest movie ever made. I'm not sure I laughed even once through the whole thing. Might have cracked a smile once or twice, but that's about it.
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
Movie meme
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I paid to see league of Extraordinary Gentlemen, too. Do you think we could still get refunds? I've had Memento on my NetFlix list and just moved it to the top per your recommendation. Mallrats still makes me laugh. Fun answers.--Cin
sadly I am old enough to remember drive in movies also...and we don't have any left around here. There is one near where we vacation every summer in New Hampshire and every year we say we are going to go b/c my kids just don't get the whole idea of going to the drive in movie.
Maria
I did the meme and gave you credit! Come see!!!
be well,
Dawn
http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/
Me, too. Now I must go see Dawn's entry. Thanks!--Cin
Definitely go see "Donnie Darko"!! It's one of my favorites even though I don't really know what was going on at times. It's also one of the few films where Drew Barrymore wasn't annoying.
Russ
PS (your cartoon will be arriving in about an hour)
Enjoyed this P. Thanks for helping me back away from the light.
*my meme:
http://journals.aol.com/artloner/SheSaidWhat/entries/2007/03/09/movie-meme/1073
Andi
i played and loved this one!
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Heather
1. Oh, "The Fellowship..." is certainly the best of the three. It's the best book of the three too. But "The Hobbit" is better'n all of them, and I wish PJ and gang had done that one too.
3. Well, it doesn't say "just because", it says "more inclined". And I have only one thing to say about that: Meryl Streep.
4. Similarly: Sylvester Stallone. Actually, for me, it's very close to an absolute.
5. For many of us of a certain generation, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is the hands-down favourite for this one.
7. "Summer fling, don't mean a thing, but... Oh, those summer nights!"
8. Actually, I got a very brief explanation first, and it really helped. Without it, I think I'd have figured out the connection between the scenes by the third scene... and then I'd have started the DVD over, with that understanding.
10. What, Michael Jackson didn't "wow" you in "The Wiz"?
Uh, it's a rhetorical question.
16. If it were actually butter, that might be groovy. Yeef!
20. Yeah, it's gotta be Disney, eh? For me, "Mary Poppins", not Disney. We waited in a line around the block, and my dad was very patient about it.
Did the meme .. thanks it was fun
Hmm, your answers are a bit more subdued than Sheria's were to these questions. I would call her a fanatic movie buff more like I am in spite of myself. I do see a lot of film now because we live a few blocks from a giant public library and they have gone wild in their film department. Only probloem, Doc can't read the subtitles of foreign movies. something to do with his liquor consumption I think, as he is quite articulate. Pierre my companion before him was French Canadien and I realized he did not know English as well as I thought. So no subtitles for him either. I have not been able to keep up with foreign movies for years with these two. Geerry
OMG, I loved Moulin Rouge...the music was amazing. Weird, yes but cool. I cant beleive you didnt remember any songs to Sound of Music. Like that cursed just about anyone whose now over 30 with the HILLS ARE ALIVE,lol...
....I was watching a TV documentary about this cult where they killed themselves waiting for martians to pick them up. Crazy how they would watch ET over and over and all the other Martian movies because they thought they had hidden messages in them. Scary...I think I cry more watching ET than ever. ~Raven
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