30 day movie meme
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mmegaeraDay 12
Day 01- The best movie you saw during the last year -- I haven't been to all that many movies in the theater in the last year. Probably the Star Trek reboot, but then I'm a sucker for a good popcorn movie, and I liked the casting a whole lot.
Day 02 - The most underrated movie -- A little gem called Housekeeping. Please ignore the horrible picture on the box. It's a lyrical, sad, beautifully-filmed movie about someone whose drum beats so differently that the world has no real place for her -- and about how her life influences two young girls, one who runs from her and the other who embraces her. It's set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest that could have been Libby, Montana, sixty years ago. An incredible, lovely movie. ETA: There doesn't seem to be anything I can do about the link. If you hit refresh several times, the real page will come up, or at least it does for me.
Day 03 - A movie that makes you really happy -- Trying not to list my alltime favorite movie here, because I don't want it to be the answer to most of the questions [g]. Hmm... Oh, heck. I'm going to put my "happy as in makes me forget I'm depressed for an hour and a half" movie in here, and that's Disney's Aladdin. Aladdin is better than drugs for that particular purpose. So there.
Day 04 - A movie that makes you sad -- Okay, it's probably a cliché, but Brokeback Mountain. It's just so bittersweet at the end. And since Heath Ledger died, well...
Day 05 - Favorite love story in a movie -- I am so trying not to list my alltime favorite movie until I get to Day 30, but it's getting harder by the day... So. With that as a given, hmmm. Given a quick glance through my movie collection, I'd say at least half of them have a love story, if not as the primary plot, then still as an important plot point. Lessee. Here's a few to choose from. There's Harold and Maude, The Big Easy, Bull Durham, Ever After, An Officer and a Gentleman, Romancing the Stone, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Enchanted, and Dead Again. Those are a few of my favorite movies with love stories that hopefully won't be needed to answer questions the rest of the month. Oh, and The Tall Guy. Mustn't forget The Tall Guy.
Day 06 - Favorite made for TV movie -- I don't watch a lot of TV movies, but one I do remember fondly is The Love Letter (I hope the link works this time, if it doesn't, please try hitting refresh several times since that worked on the last one). It was a Hallmark Hall of Fame production from 1999, about a modern-day man who finds a letter in an antique desk and discovers that via the desk he can correspond with a woman living in the 1860s. I'm a sucker for any sort of timeslip story, and this was a good one.
Day 07 - The most surprising plot twist or ending - Probably Dead Again. The whole reincarnation thing did not work out the way I expected it to the first time I saw it. And for you I, Claudius fans out there, there's a nifty little shout-out by the villain, who also played Claudius (actually, he's played two different Claudiuses over the years, but I mean the one who stuttered -- oops [g]).
Day 08 - A movie that you've seen countless times - Harold and Maude (usual disclaimer about the link, highlight url in taskbar then hit refresh a few times, yadda yadda yadda). This was the cult movie of choice during my early college years. The first time I saw it was in a high school English literature class, of all places (it was the last day of the semester, and considered a special treat, which it was). It was the regular "Friday night in an oncampus auditorium" movie at three different institutions of higher learning I attended, back in the days before -- gods, I feel old -- VCRs (no, not DVDs, videotapes, yes, I'm ancient). I probably saw it two or three dozen times over a period of a couple of years. Anyway, it still holds up, I recognize most of where it was filmed (I went to high school in the SF Bay Area), both Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort were fantastic, the script was hilarious, and I just have more fond memories of it than I want to think about. I really ought to pull my tape out and watch it again, because it has to have been at least a couple of years since I've done so. Oh, and honorable mention to my alltime favorite movie, which at one point in my life I was watching (on videotape) once a week whether I needed to or not [g].
Day 09 - A movie with the best soundtrack - Snicker. I'm going to choose a soundtrack to a movie I've never seen. Which is Wag the Dog. I bought it when I was on my Mark Knopfler kick a few years ago, and I absolutely love it. I have no real plans to see the movie, though, because the subject matter doesn't do a thing for me. But the soundtrack is brilliant.
Day 10 - Favorite classic movie - Oh, I have two. It Happened One Night and The African Queen. Both are about two people who think they hate each other and wind up falling in love, which is my absolutely favorite romance theme. And, come on. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert? Or Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn? What more could you possibly want? And yet... In IHON you get the daring young man on the flying trapeze, and the terrorizing of Shapley, and the hitchhiking scene, and let's not forget the walls of Jericho. And in TAQ you get "more tea, Mister Allnut?" and Charlie as engineer, and Rose learning to navigate down her first rapids, and the wonderful African scenery, and Hepburn's lovesick way of saying "Charlie". I can do without the leeches, though [g]. I just rewatched IHON last week. I may need to rewatch TAQ soon.
Day 11 - A movie that changed your opinion about something - This question annoys me. I watch movies for entertainment, not to be preached at. I'm not going to answer it. So there.
Day 12 - A movie that you hate - Braveheart. I have never had such a gut-level negative reaction to a movie in all my life as I did to that one. It's the only movie I ever walked out on (well, unless you count stepping out of the theater until the Shelob scenes were over in The Return of the King, but that was just for a few minutes). And it's not because of all the historical inaccuracies and terrible choices Mel made and all that. That didn't come till later. At the time I walked out (about fifteen minutes before the end), I was just so angry on a visceral level that it took me sitting in the car calming down until after everyone else had left after it was over before I felt safe enough to drive myself home. I still don't know exactly why. I've never done anything like that before or since. So, yeah. I hate Braveheart. With a passion. I just wish I knew why it affected me that way.
Day 13 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure -
Day 14 - A movie that no one would expect you to love -
Day 15 - A character who you can relate to the most -
Day 16 - A movie that you used to love but now hate -
Day 17 - A movie that disappointed you the most -
Day 18 - A movie that you wish more people would've seen -
Day 19 - Favorite movie based on a book/comic/etc. -
Day 20 - Favorite movie from your favorite actor/actress -
Day 21 - Favorite action movie -
Day 22 - Favorite documentary -
Day 23 - Favorite animation -
Day 24 - That one awesome movie idea that still hasn't been done yet -
Day 25 - The most hilarious movie you've ever seen -
Day 26 - A movie that you love but everyone else hates -
Day 27 - A movie that you wish you had seen in theaters -
Day 28 - Favorite movie from your favorite director -
Day 29 - A movie from your childhood -
Day 30 - Your favorite movie of all time -
Day 01- The best movie you saw during the last year -- I haven't been to all that many movies in the theater in the last year. Probably the Star Trek reboot, but then I'm a sucker for a good popcorn movie, and I liked the casting a whole lot.
Day 02 - The most underrated movie -- A little gem called Housekeeping. Please ignore the horrible picture on the box. It's a lyrical, sad, beautifully-filmed movie about someone whose drum beats so differently that the world has no real place for her -- and about how her life influences two young girls, one who runs from her and the other who embraces her. It's set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest that could have been Libby, Montana, sixty years ago. An incredible, lovely movie. ETA: There doesn't seem to be anything I can do about the link. If you hit refresh several times, the real page will come up, or at least it does for me.
Day 03 - A movie that makes you really happy -- Trying not to list my alltime favorite movie here, because I don't want it to be the answer to most of the questions [g]. Hmm... Oh, heck. I'm going to put my "happy as in makes me forget I'm depressed for an hour and a half" movie in here, and that's Disney's Aladdin. Aladdin is better than drugs for that particular purpose. So there.
Day 04 - A movie that makes you sad -- Okay, it's probably a cliché, but Brokeback Mountain. It's just so bittersweet at the end. And since Heath Ledger died, well...
Day 05 - Favorite love story in a movie -- I am so trying not to list my alltime favorite movie until I get to Day 30, but it's getting harder by the day... So. With that as a given, hmmm. Given a quick glance through my movie collection, I'd say at least half of them have a love story, if not as the primary plot, then still as an important plot point. Lessee. Here's a few to choose from. There's Harold and Maude, The Big Easy, Bull Durham, Ever After, An Officer and a Gentleman, Romancing the Stone, Truly, Madly, Deeply, Enchanted, and Dead Again. Those are a few of my favorite movies with love stories that hopefully won't be needed to answer questions the rest of the month. Oh, and The Tall Guy. Mustn't forget The Tall Guy.
Day 06 - Favorite made for TV movie -- I don't watch a lot of TV movies, but one I do remember fondly is The Love Letter (I hope the link works this time, if it doesn't, please try hitting refresh several times since that worked on the last one). It was a Hallmark Hall of Fame production from 1999, about a modern-day man who finds a letter in an antique desk and discovers that via the desk he can correspond with a woman living in the 1860s. I'm a sucker for any sort of timeslip story, and this was a good one.
Day 07 - The most surprising plot twist or ending - Probably Dead Again. The whole reincarnation thing did not work out the way I expected it to the first time I saw it. And for you I, Claudius fans out there, there's a nifty little shout-out by the villain, who also played Claudius (actually, he's played two different Claudiuses over the years, but I mean the one who stuttered -- oops [g]).
Day 08 - A movie that you've seen countless times - Harold and Maude (usual disclaimer about the link, highlight url in taskbar then hit refresh a few times, yadda yadda yadda). This was the cult movie of choice during my early college years. The first time I saw it was in a high school English literature class, of all places (it was the last day of the semester, and considered a special treat, which it was). It was the regular "Friday night in an oncampus auditorium" movie at three different institutions of higher learning I attended, back in the days before -- gods, I feel old -- VCRs (no, not DVDs, videotapes, yes, I'm ancient). I probably saw it two or three dozen times over a period of a couple of years. Anyway, it still holds up, I recognize most of where it was filmed (I went to high school in the SF Bay Area), both Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort were fantastic, the script was hilarious, and I just have more fond memories of it than I want to think about. I really ought to pull my tape out and watch it again, because it has to have been at least a couple of years since I've done so. Oh, and honorable mention to my alltime favorite movie, which at one point in my life I was watching (on videotape) once a week whether I needed to or not [g].
Day 09 - A movie with the best soundtrack - Snicker. I'm going to choose a soundtrack to a movie I've never seen. Which is Wag the Dog. I bought it when I was on my Mark Knopfler kick a few years ago, and I absolutely love it. I have no real plans to see the movie, though, because the subject matter doesn't do a thing for me. But the soundtrack is brilliant.
Day 10 - Favorite classic movie - Oh, I have two. It Happened One Night and The African Queen. Both are about two people who think they hate each other and wind up falling in love, which is my absolutely favorite romance theme. And, come on. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert? Or Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn? What more could you possibly want? And yet... In IHON you get the daring young man on the flying trapeze, and the terrorizing of Shapley, and the hitchhiking scene, and let's not forget the walls of Jericho. And in TAQ you get "more tea, Mister Allnut?" and Charlie as engineer, and Rose learning to navigate down her first rapids, and the wonderful African scenery, and Hepburn's lovesick way of saying "Charlie". I can do without the leeches, though [g]. I just rewatched IHON last week. I may need to rewatch TAQ soon.
Day 11 - A movie that changed your opinion about something - This question annoys me. I watch movies for entertainment, not to be preached at. I'm not going to answer it. So there.
Day 12 - A movie that you hate - Braveheart. I have never had such a gut-level negative reaction to a movie in all my life as I did to that one. It's the only movie I ever walked out on (well, unless you count stepping out of the theater until the Shelob scenes were over in The Return of the King, but that was just for a few minutes). And it's not because of all the historical inaccuracies and terrible choices Mel made and all that. That didn't come till later. At the time I walked out (about fifteen minutes before the end), I was just so angry on a visceral level that it took me sitting in the car calming down until after everyone else had left after it was over before I felt safe enough to drive myself home. I still don't know exactly why. I've never done anything like that before or since. So, yeah. I hate Braveheart. With a passion. I just wish I knew why it affected me that way.
Day 13 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure -
Day 14 - A movie that no one would expect you to love -
Day 15 - A character who you can relate to the most -
Day 16 - A movie that you used to love but now hate -
Day 17 - A movie that disappointed you the most -
Day 18 - A movie that you wish more people would've seen -
Day 19 - Favorite movie based on a book/comic/etc. -
Day 20 - Favorite movie from your favorite actor/actress -
Day 21 - Favorite action movie -
Day 22 - Favorite documentary -
Day 23 - Favorite animation -
Day 24 - That one awesome movie idea that still hasn't been done yet -
Day 25 - The most hilarious movie you've ever seen -
Day 26 - A movie that you love but everyone else hates -
Day 27 - A movie that you wish you had seen in theaters -
Day 28 - Favorite movie from your favorite director -
Day 29 - A movie from your childhood -
Day 30 - Your favorite movie of all time -