Via chris_walsh: a movie meme

[coyotegoth]

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times: 2001 and Citizen Kane tie for first here; I’ve seen each between 50 and 60 times.

2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theater: Brazil; four times so far.

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie: Hrrm; Sean Penn, as much as I occasionally want to hit him with a rock. He’s growing on me as a director, too (although I thought The Pledge had too many star cameos.)

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: Too many to count.

5. Name a movie that you can quote from: Ni! (Then again, who can’t?)

6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs: AHAHAHA- We shall not discuss my memory of lyrics here. Urrm- hey, Holy Grail has songs! Yeah, that.

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with: “Every sperm is sacred…” Catchy tunesmiths, those Pythons.

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see: I don’t know that I would; my tastes aren’t really all that mainstream. Umm… Seven Samurai.

9. Name an unusual movie that you own: Define “unusual…”

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: Most movie actors originally launched their careers in other entertainment mediums; Cary Grant was a stilt walker and acrobat, for instance. Urrm.. Elvis; if you ever see a movie called Flaming Star, he was pretty damn good in that. Alas, the Colonel chose most of his roles for him.

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? Yup- Logan’s Run/Star Wars double feature.

12. Ever made out in a movie? What haven’t I done during a movie…?

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it: Lately? Milk. In general? I’ve seen all of Moulin Rouge, but never front-to-back, the whole way through.

14. Ever walked out of a movie? Many times; Evita comes to mind.

15. Name a movie that made you cry: The Fisher King.

16. Popcorn? Yep.

17. How often do you go to the movies? I doubt that I go more than eight or ten times a year now- which, considering that I know every member of Cinemania, is saying something.

18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater? Were the World Mine- sweet movie.

19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie? F/SF, if done well; black comedy.

20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater? Young Frankenstein; “Puttin’ on the Ritz” nearly put me into an asphyxiation coma.

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That reminds me...

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

1.: I saw 2001 way too early, like maybe at age 6 or 7, and it may have WARPED ME FOR LIIIIIIIFE. I was stunningly confused by the film (surprised?) -- so confused in fact that for a time my memories of it somehow got mixed up with a different SF film, making it confusing-er! -- but it stayed with me, and I kept revisiting it. That led me to reading, and becoming a huge young fan of, Arthur C. Clarke.

12.: What haven’t I done during a movie…? I'm guessing you haven't yodeled. Or gone swimming. Or dressed up like Cthulhu. ;-)

15.: I could quote from the film and make you cry again. I won't.

The Fisher King is rather special to me. It had to grow on me -- so did Brazil -- but eventually I was impressed enough with the film to use it as the focus of my college thesis. It's an odd experience first time through, though: unusual pacing, I thought. But it has genuine philosophical meat to it, and some wonderful performances. At the time I wondered all four principals should get Oscar nominations. I was very glad Mercedes Ruehl won, but it always bothered me that Jeff Bridges wasn't nominated.

20.: My closest experience was laughing so hard at the chase scene in Raising Arizona that I unsettled my stomach. (...no, just unsettled it. Didn't hork or anything!)

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