July 20, 2006
Yoink!
(Borrowed/Hijacked/Stolen from Wilson . . . but I don't feel bad, he snagged it from someone else, too . . . Someone with my name. So, really, I have a more legitimate claim than he does. Also, Wilson tried to take all the good ones, daghorm it. I agree with a number of his picks, but will avoid them where possible.)
1. A movie that made you cry
Finding Neverland, Big Fish, Night and Fog.
2. A movie that scared you
As a kid, Lady in White. I saw most of it quite by mistake when I was four or five, and it was pretty much the first thing I can remember being a cause for fear. I had trouble sleeping in a room alone for years afterward. The Bad Seed, a movie made when moviemakers knew that what we can't see is always scarier than what we can. The Sixth Sense. The occurrence is a rare one, partially because I don't watch horror movies (I find them largely inferior) and partially because I don't scare easy unless I'm, say, alone in a big house at night while I'm watching (which almost never happens). I watched The Sixth Sense late at night with Brett when I was in high school. Not a movie, but the original Thief computer game was really scary . . .
3. A movie that made you laugh
Dr. Strangelove, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
4. A movie that disgusted you
Hannibal. I mean, seriously.
5. A movie you loved in elementary school
Peter Pan.
6. A movie you loved in middle school
Jurassic Park.
7. A movie you loved in high school
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi.
8. A movie you loved in college
Fiddler on the Roof, Schindler's List, The Godfather . . . and any of the movies that made me laugh.
9. A movie that challenged your identity or your faith
I'm a bit unsure about how to answer this one. If I'm interpreting it correctly, I'd say that what it wants is more the province of books and really good college courses. I guess I'll just go out on a limb and say Pleasantville and Dogville.
10. A series that you love
I just love any series, pretty much. The Godfather parts I and II, of course, Back to the Future. Oh, and lets not forget Planet of the Apes (any series).
11. Your favorite horror
The Exorcism of Emily Rose, or Psycho, if that counts. Horror films as a genre lack depth and variety, they come and go. There will always be a popular new one floating around, but there's not much rewatchability.
12. Your favorite science-fiction
The Empire Strikes Back . . . no matter what Wilson thinks he knows about the line between sci-fi and fantasy.
13. Your favorite fantasy
The Fellowship of the Rings . . . but I don't think it's a fair question. All fantasy until just a few years ago just flat-out sucked because of the technology (and a few other reasons). Now that LOTR has opened the door, just wait another decade. Harry Potter has started a revolution in published fantasy, and its movie series will wrap up in the next few years . . . the Narnia movies will take off . . . and then, who knows?
14. Your favorite mystery
I wonder how far I can stretch this category . . . A Passage to India, Rear Window, Se7en, Rashomon, Anatomy of a Murder, Gattaca, Clue.
15. Your favorite biography
Amadeus.
16. Your favorite coming-of-age
This is really more my thing when in book form, but . . . The Graduate, The Last Emperor.
17. Your favorite not on this list
Ha! Road to Perdition, The Seventh Seal, To Kill a Mockingbird, Judgment at Nuremberg, The Red Violin, Lolita, A Streetcar Named Desire . . .
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