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Friday, 28 August 2015

30 movie questions .....

I copied this from pal Martin's facebook page.  Dare you take the 30 question quiz?

01 - Your favorite movie : I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING
02 - The last movie you watched : THE CHEAP DETECTIVE
03 - Your favorite action/adventure movie : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK or AIR FORCE ONE / DEEP IMPACT
04 - Your favorite horror movie : EYES WITHOUT A FACE / THE INNOCENTS
05 - Your favorite drama movie : ANATOMY OF A MURDER / WILD RIVER
06 - Your favorite comedy movie : SOME LIKE IT HOT
07 - A movie that makes you happy : THE BANDWAGON ./ A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
08 - A movie that makes you sad : UMBERTO D / AMOUR
09 - A movie that you know practically the whole script of : TOO MANY - ALL ABOUT EVE
10 - Your favorite director : MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI
11 - Your favorite movie from your childhood : THE VIKINGS / EL CID
12 - Your favorite animated movie : THE JUNGLE BOOK
13 - A movie that you used to love but now hate : CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
14 - Your favorite quote from any movie : "WHY WOULD A GUY WANT TO MARRY A GUY?" - "SECURITY!" (SOME LIKE IT HOT)
15 - The first movie you saw in theaters : JOHNNY GUITAR
16 - The last movie you saw in theaters : GONE GIRL
17 - The best movie you saw during the last year : BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
18 - A movie that disappointed you the most : STRANGER BY THE LAKE
19 - Your favorite actor : DIRK BOGARDE (MASON, DE NIRO, GRANT, STEWART ...)
20 - Your favorite actress : TOO MANY - see Actresses-1 label.
21 - The most overrated movie : THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
22 - The most underrated movie : PADDINGTON
23 - Your favorite character from any movie : LINA LAMONT - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
24 - Favorite documentary : THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA
25 - A movie that no one would expect you to love : KILL BILL 1 &2
26 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure : TOO MANY: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, THE SINGING NUN (see Trash-1 label for reviews and more)
27 - Favorite classic movie : CASABLANCA / OLD ACQUAINTANCE
28 - Movie with the best soundtrack : BLOW-UP / UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME / THE LION IN WINTER / 2001 /  BARRY LYNDON /AMERICAN GIGOLO
29 - A movie that changed your opinion about something : 
30 - Your least favorite movie : MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW - see review at 1930s-1 label

10 more  questions:

 Your favourite musical : THE BANDWAGON / LES GIRLS / GYPSY / SOUTH PACIFIC
Your favourite western : THE SEARCHERS / RIO BRAVO and, er, NORTH TO ALASKA
Your favourite epic : EL CID / LAWRENCE OF ARABIA / FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / CLEOPATRA
Your favourite noir : DOUBLE INDEMNITY / LAURA / MILDRED PIERCE
Your favourite sci-fantasy : 2001 / LORD OF THE RINGS / THE BIRDS
Your favourite French film : PLEIN SOLEIL / LE FEU FOLLET / LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT 
Your favourite Italian film : VOYAGE TO ITALY / L'AVVENTURA / LA NOTTE BRAVA
Your favourite World Cinema film: TOKYO STORY / BLACK ORPHEUS / UNCLE BOONMEE
Your favourite costume drama : THE LEOPARD / THE SCARLET EMPRESS / MARIE ANTOINETTE - both of them
Your favourite thriller: KLUTE / THE PARALLAX VIEW / THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
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  1. joel6591330 August 2015 at 01:49

    You have a lot of great films listed, some I'm going to have to investigate further. I love The Young Girls of Rochefort but Umbrellas of Cherbourg makes my heart beat a little faster.

    This was fun but man oh man some of the choices were killers and could change tomorrow. I tried to keep to one choice but for some only multiple answers would do. For most that could have easily happened.

    01 - Your favorite movie: Latter Days
    02 - The last movie you watched: Fear (1954)
    03 - Your favorite action/adventure movie: The Last of the Mohicans/Speed
    04 - Your favorite horror movie: The Exorcist
    05 - Your favorite drama movie: All the President’s Men/Inherit the Wind
    06 - Your favorite comedy movie: What’s Up, Doc? / Dave
    07 - A movie that makes you happy: Woman’s World/Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    08 - A movie that makes you sad: It’s My Party
    09 - A movie that you know practically the whole script of: Titanic (1953)
    10 - Your favorite director: Alfred Hitchcock
    11 - Your favorite movie from your childhood: Blackbeard, the Pirate
    12 - Your favorite animated movie: 101 Dalmatians
    13 - A movie that you used to love but now hate: Kiss Them for Me
    14 - Your favorite quote from any movie: "The stork that brought you should have been arrested for dope peddling!" from Dressed to Kill (1941)
    15 - The first movie you saw in theaters: Mary Poppins
    16 - The last movie you saw in theaters: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
    17 - The best movie you saw during the last year: Wild Strawberries
    18 - A movie that disappointed you the most: Guys and Dolls
    19 - Your favorite actor: John Garfield
    20 - Your favorite actress: Linda Darnell/Julie Christie
    21 - The most overrated movie: Lawrence of Arabia
    22 - The most underrated movie: From the Hip/American Dreamer
    23 - Your favorite character from any movie: Mame Dennis from Auntie Mame
    24 - Favorite documentary: The Times of Harvey Milk
    25 - A movie that no one would expect you to love: Joyride (2001)
    26 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure: Fired Up!
    27 - Favorite classic movie: The President’s Lady
    28 - Movie with the best soundtrack: October Sky/Legends of the Fall/Last of the Mohicans
    29 - A movie that changed your opinion about something: Resurrection (1980)
    30 - Your least favorite movie: The Matrix

    10 more questions:

    Your favorite musical: Show Boat (1951)
    Your favorite western: The Searchers/Dodge City
    Your favorite epic: How the West Was Won/Quo Vadis?
    Your favorite noir: The Big Heat/Deadline at Dawn/This Gun for Hire
    Your favorite sci-fantasy: Excalibur
    Your favorite French film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
    Your favorite Italian film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
    Your favorite World Cinema film: Undertow (2009)
    Your favorite costume drama: Howards End/Sense and Sensibility/Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
    Your favorite thriller: Three Days of the Condor

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  2. Michael O'Sullivan30 August 2015 at 11:43

    Great choices Joel. I love SPEED too - and good to see UNDERTOW mentioned, I reviewed it a while back (on my 'gay interest' label). Also good to see the love for WOMAN'S WORLD (ditto reviewed - Clifton label), THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR gets better each time I see it.

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    1. Michael O'Sullivan30 August 2015 at 11:45

      Its so hard sometimes to choose just one title ! but as I replied below, great choices. Thanks.

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  3. joel6591331 August 2015 at 02:41

    Have you ever read the source novel, Six Days of the Condor? I just read it this year and couldn't put it down, breezed through it in a day

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  4. joe baltake31 August 2015 at 21:41

    Michael! "Gypsy" rules! Cheers for acknowledging it!

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