The Current Movie Meme
I don’t like memes–way too much me, me, me. Yet the movie one making the rounds reminded me why I love the movies and still go out to them even though it’s expensive and hard to do so. Thus, my responses to the meme I saw at GirlReaction and The Sheila Variations. You can see that Duff and I have some opinions in common. I’ll try to keep things brief.
1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
The Breakfast Club
2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.
Branagh’s Henry V, and Cinema Paradiso; both were showing at a nice theater in DC in 1990. (It was a two-plex up Wisconsin Ave., I think, and may not exist anymore). My loves of movies, seeing them in theaters, and Shakespeare all sprang from here.
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
Classic: Cary Grant. Modern: George Clooney
Added later: Don Cheadle
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Never say never–I’ve seen great movies with actors I usually don’t care for, like Out of Sight with J. Lo, and Femme Fatale with Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas. But OK, maybe Tom Hanks.
5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.
I am terrible at quoting from movies.
6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs
Added later: And probably Xanadu. My sisters and I saw it in the theater and bought the LP. Olivia Newton John, Gene Kelley, Greek mythology, and ELO–awesome when I was a pre-teen, I’m guessing not so much, now.
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with
I’ve blocked it out, but I’m sure I sang along to Dirty Dancing in college.
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
Henry V
9. Name a movie that you own.
Henry V
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
J. Lo in Out of Sight
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?
Yes; a double feature of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink. I drank pink wine coolers.
12. Ever made out in a movie?
Not that I remember.
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.
La Règle du Jeu. It’s been on our Tivo forever.
14. Ever walked out of a movie?
Yes, Grandview, U.S.A.
15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
Cinema Paradiso, every time
16. Popcorn?
You betcha, as long as there’s real butter for it, and Junior Mints to mix in.
17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?
Even with two small kids, about twice a month.
18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?
The Departed
19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
I’m equal opportunity, though I don’t like horror and violence.
20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Tapeheads, which I saw for the first time last weekend
23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?
Poltergeist, which I saw in the theater and probably also saw more than 10 times.
24. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?
A Fish Called Wanda