Movie meme

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Ganked from gmjambear because I need some quick, easy content:

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times: The Joy Luck Club, The Mission
2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theatre: Star Wars (the original, it was the only one I liked)
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie: Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
   
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: Kevin Costner
   
5. Name a movie that you can quote from: Pulp Fiction
   
6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs: The Sound of Music
   
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with: Can't, I always listen
   
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see: My Neighbor Totoro
9. Name an unusual movie that you own: Waking Life
   
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: I'm unaware of any.
    
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?: Yes.
    
12. Ever made out in a movie?: Practically had sex while watching The Bird Cage for the first time in a nearly-empty theatre.
    
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it: Fargo
    
14. Ever walked out of a movie?: The Lost World
    
15. Name a movie that made you cry: The Joy Luck Club (the final scene always makes me cry)
    
16. Popcorn?: Yes
    
17. How often do you go to the movies?: Several times a year
    
18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?: Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
    
19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie?: period pieces (e.g. Howard's End) or anything with a convoluted plot (e.g. Magnolia)
    
20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?: The Sting

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[bixie.livejournal.com]

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops:

Mos-Def! I comment on this all the time when he pops up in films (he plays the alien in the Douglas Adam movie, but also several supporting roles in other films -- Ocean's 11, I think -- and he's really excellent, even in films that are generally bad like the Hitchhiker's Guide...).

I'm not going to answer them all, probably, but this popped into my head immediately. :>

[currawong.livejournal.com]

1) The African Queen; The Big Sleep; The Third Man; A Touch of Evil; Metropolis; Singin' in the Rain; Kiss Me Kate; Psycho.

2) Blade Runner, Lawrence of Arabia, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd,

3) Phillip Seymour Hoffmann; Julianne Moore; Robert Downey jr; Cate Blanchett; Judy Davis; Imelda Staunton; Timothy Spall; Merryl Streep; Val Kilmer; Christopher Walken: Helen Mirren; Brad Pitt; William Hurt.

4) Mel Gibson; Tom Cruise (Cruise can be good, I just don't like him ...Costner was good in "Mr Brooks").

5) Pulp Fiction; The Big Sleep; The Third man, Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, Whatever Happened to Baby-Jane, The Rocky-Horror Show ...and many, many more.

6) Singin' In the Rain, The Band Wagon, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, My Fair lady, Camelot, Sound of music, Rocky-Horror Show, Sweeney Todd, many, many more.

7) All of the above.

8) The Magnificent Ambersons, A Very Long Engagement.

9) The Scarle Empress, Ran, A Tale of Two Sisters, Letter from an Unknown Woman,
The Magic Mountain.

10) Bruce Willis, Anthony la Paglia, Naomi Watts, Johnny Depp, to name a few...

11)Yes...even in a vintage blue Rolls-Royce, with VASES.

12)No, I don't think so, how vulgar ...a back alley perhaps, but never a cinema.

13) I Vitteloni

14)yes, but i have forgotten the names ... I switched off The Passion of the Christ


15)la Strada, Oh, What a Lovely War ...lots.


16)No ... the buttery crap on it causes serious health problems:

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/artificial-butter-flavour-in-popcorn-can-be-harmful-for-lungs_10027429.html

17)Several times, nowhere near as often as I used to ... I was raised in the dark.

18) Burn After Reading ... hilarious.

19) Mystery ...eg Chinatown, an all-time favourite.

Musical ...Singin in the Rain, etc.

Epic... A Very Long Engagement, Lawrence of Arabia

Comedy ... everyone likes a truly funny comedy ...eg The Court Jester and Knock on Wood with Danny Kaye ... The Paleface with Bob Hope.

Period ... but it has to be done REALLY well

Convoluted? ... well, I love Altman movies ... Nashville, Short Cuts, Gosford Park.


20) Showboat, The Wizard of Oz.