1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
Gone With The Wind, like Lisa said. Also, It’s a Wonderful Life. And I don’t know if it’s 10 yet, but I have seen Centerstage multiple unashamed times. Because she’s “got candy in her heels tonight,” peeps. CANDY!! Or “canned heat in her heels.” Or “canned heat in her ears.” Or “heels,” again. Whatever that song is talkin’ about. The point is she’s got something big going on in her wee little heels and it makes her dance like a damn derving whirlish and that’s all I really care about or know. That, and that candy may be involved. Or canned heat. Maybe canned meat. Which would be smelly.
2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.
I am embarrassed to admit that I went through a HUGE Three Men and a Little Lady fetish back in 1990. There was an actual reason why I had to keep seeing this movie, and oh, Lord, okay — here it is: Now as I recall, Tom Selleck has some kind of epiphany at the end of the movie where he realizes he just HAS to be with Nancy Travis. Can’t live without her or her precious kid. He rushes to her. Makes a big ol’ speech. And I just kept wanting that to be my life, wanting that to happen for me. Not with Tom Selleck, though I wouldn’t have turned him down, I’m sure. I remember I went to the movie with my boyfriend and thought “Surely, surely, he will soon propose to me after hearing that inspiring heartfelt speech of luv.” Well, he didn’t “soon propose,” but I just kept going to the movie by myself, sitting in the dark, dreaming that either he or Tom Selleck would — soon, of course. I simply could not believe that anyone would turn a deaf ear to the undeniable good sense that was Three Men and a Little Lady.
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
Jeff Bridges. Liam Neeson. Tim Roth. Wiliam H. Macy. Kevin Spacey. (Just watched LA Confidential again. Spacey is just so great. That grin on his face back in the car after Exley’s just embarrassed himself in front of the real Lana Turner with “A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker” — I love his look right then. He’s not saying a thing, but he’s loving Exley’s humiliation; exulting in it. I love him in that moment, because we’re all loving Exley’s humiliation. He sits in the passenger seat, quietly grinning into his dimples and it’s one of my favorite moments.)
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Uhm, Colin Farrell. Robin Williams. UGH. Cannot abide Robin Williams.
5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.
Waiting for Guffman — “‘Cause you people are bastard people!” And his speech about The Remains of the Day lunchbox: “Here’s the Remains of the Day lunchbox. Kids don’t like eating at school, but if they have a Remains of the Day lunchbox they’re a lot happier.”
Can I please have a Remains of the Day lunchbox?
“He’s teaching me to change my instincts — or at least ignore them.”
“Ello, ow are ooo?” Corky’s Cockney accent.
6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.
All of them, fool.
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.
All of them, foo.
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
I need everyone to see Grizzly Man. I need it. I don’t know why.
9. Name a movie that you own.
One that I own? Actually own? How saucy and unheard of. I owwwn “Singin’ in the Rain.”
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
What’s-his-name from Sling Blade. Okay — he sings and his name is …. damn. It’s yolks. Yoke. Uh — Dwight Yoakim! Kem? Kum? Kom? Kam? Yeah, him.
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?
Suuure. Don’t remember what, though.
12. Ever made out in a movie?
Suuuure.
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.
A while back, a customer at The Beanhouse got all hissy with me because I hadn’t seen Brokeback Mountain. He actually raised his voice to me a bit when all I did was answer his question about whether I’d seen it. He was literally appalled at me. Sorry, dude. So I don’t know if I “mean” to see it, but now I feel guilty about not having seen it.
14. Ever walked out of a movie?
Yes. The Devil’s Advocate with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves. I thought that movie was slimy. I don’t know how else to describe it. I felt slimed. Not in a lighthearted Ghostbuster-y way. Like, spiritually slimed. My spirit just felt … heavy. I had to leave.
15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
I cried at The Shawshank Redemption. I always cry at The Shawshank Redemption.
“I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”
16. Popcorn?
Oh, okay, not all the time, though. Only if you sprinkle Hot Tamales in it. Yummy.
17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?
Maybe once or twice a month.
18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?
Dream Girls.
19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
Probably romantic comedy.
20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
I literally can’t remember. Wow. Sad. My childhood was one of privation and outhouses with hornets. Or some other good reason.
21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
I think I’m the only person alive who HAAATED Napoleon Dynamite.
22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Okay. I remember really liking Labyrinth. Though I couldn’t tell you much about it now except it has David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly before her boobins disappeared.
23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?
The Exorcist. Cannot ever see it again. Nope-nope-nopey! Never.
24. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?
Ohdear, ohdear, ohdear. See, now I’m stumped. It’s not “the funniest movie I’ve ever seen” (well, maybe it is, seeing as how I can’t think of what that ONE is), but a “recently funny movie” was Little Miss Sunshine. So happy Alan Arkin won Best Supporting Actor.
Trust me…you are NOT the only one on this planet who hated Napoleon Dynamite! I wanted to so badly turn off the DVD player, but kept thinking that something had to happen in the movie. I was so disappointed. And, I still don’t get why people love it so much.
I have figured out that when people tell me it’s funnier the next time, or if I watch it with them, it’s not a good movie!
Oh my, Hot Tamales! My friend and I used to SWEAR they were laced with heroin, because we COULD NOT stop eating them. We kept a bowl of them on our desk area and would eat them until our tongues were numb.
I always cry when I see Shawshank too. “I guess I just missed my friend.”
Also – “He’s teaching me to change my instincts — or at least ignore them.â€
Best line ever – so so funny. How about her spritzed bangs??
my mother haaaaaated Napoleon Dynamite.
Hm. I may have to be the last person on the Internet to do this meme.
Next to last, bud. 😉
Let’s hear it for the haters!
I too hated Napoleon Dynamite. My husband and son laughed and laughed and I sat there thinking “I cannot get this part of my life back…ever!”
I loved Napoleon Dynamite! (ducks)
(Didn’t anybody at least crack a smile when they learned Kip’s internet paramour was named “LaFawnduh”?)
Recently I was at my parents’ and for some reason I was the only one in the tv room at time so I had Comedy Central on and they were showing it. My mom came in, sat down and watched quietly for a little bit. When commercials came on, she turned to me and asked, “And this movie really boosted tourism in Utah?”
“Um, well, it’s set in Idaho.” Mom’s too plugged into the buzz, I guess?
what about “I just hate you and I hate your @$$ face!”
We use that for everything, just substitute whatever for “face”.
“I just hate you and I hate your @$$ baseboards!”
“I just hate you and I hate your @$$ faux sequin fabric!”
C’mon, people – you know you laughed when he said he’d been out taming them a “wild honeymoon stallion”.
Worst crying moment in a movie ever: Sounder. People were moving away from us in the row.
What was “Sounder”? Was it animals? I cannot watch animals in peril. I see someone hit a dog and I change the channel.
Well, there was a dog in it named Sounder, of course.
But it was a movie about black sharecroppers in the 1930’s South.
The scene that had me completely unglued was the dad telling his young son that it was alright for him to leave them and go away to school, to have a better life. That they would always still be there and they’d be fine. Great. I’m tearing up just typing this.
Rent it. There’s a coon hunt, but hey, people have to eat. Plus, great music by Taj Mahal.
Sounder is an absolutely incredible movie … That last scene! My parents let me see that when I was 7 or 8 and that was the first time I saw my mom cry. I was so so scared seeing her cry – but that movie has remained a favorite.
That’s really interesting. Thanks, Sal & Sheila! If there was a list of movies one had to see before dying, I’d probably never die b/c I’m so behind.
Cecily Tyson and the wonderful Paul Winfield – who just died a couple years ago – star as the main couple. That last scene! I’m sitting here, typing this, with tears in my eyes, remembering it. Need to see that movie again. NOW!!
Sorry – but I think they remade it. I haven’t seen the remake, and I would say: be sure to see the one that came out in the 70s.
the remake is not as good. at least the one I saw that was made fairly recently. there’s no way to top cecily tyson and paul winfield. man! I haven’t seen this movie AGES.
Netflix queue!!
tracey – I can’t find it on Netflix!! I tried yesterday and it looks like only the new one is on Netflix. this is not right!!!
You know what I love about that movie? And it’s subtle – is the relationship between the husband and wife. I mean, it’s a G rated movie, obviously – but you just so get the LOVE between those two. Don’t you?
Again: that last scene!!! gulp!