Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Movie Meme

Sorta That Guy has bestowed upon us a new meme. Since I find myself strapped for computer time, I must do as much meme-responding as quick and as soon as possible, ie now. So, sorry, here are all my answers:

Day 01 - Sequel that should not have been made

--Damn you, Dead Like Me: Life After Death ! And, yes, I count that as a sequel.

Day 02 - Movie that you think more people should see

--Wristcutters: A Love Story. A beautifully dark comedy that makes you happy and sad.

Day 03 - Favorite Oscar-nominated movie from most recent ballot

--A Serious Man. It's different, people.

Day 04 - Movie that makes you laugh every time

--The Full Monty. Never fails, that unemployment line scene.

Day 05 - Movie you loathe

--I'll see you in hell, The Blind Side.

Day 06 - Movie that makes you cry every time

--Schindler's List and Forrest Gump. Shut up.

Day 07 - Least favorite movie by a favorite actor or actress

--Havoc. I love you, JGL, but...
--Also, Tim Roth in The Planet of the Apes.

Day 08 - Movie that should be required high school viewing

--Donnie Darko. Teen angst and psychotic rabbits will come into play eventually, why not desensitize the poor lads from them?

Day 09 - Best scene ever

--Right now? The opening of Inglorious Basterds. Or the hallway fight in Inception. Or Peter's introduction in Funny Games US. Or so many others.

Day 10 - A movie you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving

--The A-Team. You do your thang, Sharlto Copley.

Day 11 - A movie that disappointed you

--The Big Lebowski. Great film, but everyone's gotta calm themselves.

Day 12 - Best soundtrack/background music in a scene

--"Rabbia E Tarentella", Ennio Morricone, Inglorious Basterds end credits.

Day 13 - Favorite animated movie

--A Scanner Darkly. Or Cowboy Bebop: The Movie.

Day 14 - Favorite film in black and white

--Right now, Strangers on a Train. Or The Great Dictator. Farley Granger and Charlie Chaplin. Sigh.

Day 15 - Best musical

--Moulin Rouge!, says my cliched self.

Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure movie

--Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. I'm a sucker for meta-humor.

Day 17 - Favorite series of related movies

--Does The Vengeance Trilogy count?

Day 18 - Favorite title sequence

-Mulholland Drive, then Vertigo.

Day 19 - Best movie cast

--Inception, in terms of star power.

Day 20 - Favorite kiss

--Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in Manic, followed by Frido and Michael in The Godfather Part II. Tragic, the lot of you.

Day 21 - Favorite romantic couple

--Nah.

Day 22 - Favorite final scene/line

--"I think this just might be my masterpiece."

and

--"Or not."

Day 23 - Best explosion or action scene

-HALLWAY ZERO GRAVITY FISTFIGT IN INCEPTION!

Day 24 - Quote you use most often

--None, really. Unless "Brilliant" counts.

Day 25 - A movie you plan on watching (old or new)

--Tenebrae.

Day 26 - Freakishly weird movie ending

--David Lynch, our saviour.

Day 27 - Best villain

--Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds, She (?) in Antichrist, Mr. Baek in Lady Vengeance, and Hayley/Jeff in Hard Candy.

Day 28 - Most over-hyped movie

--Casablanca. Hype has no merit on the film itself, but everyone shut up about it.

Day 29 - Movie you have watched more than ten times

--Toy Story.

Day 30 - Saddest death scene

--Oh, Baby Dawn...

Day 31 - Scene that made you stand up and cheer

--The Crazy 88 scene in Kill Bill Vol 1. Because I'm weird.