Movie Meme - 11-20
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shadowkatMovie Meme - 11 -20:
11: Classic movies or current/modern? Why? (If Classic - which eras?)
Depends on my mood. I actually prefer current films, but I do love old movies as well. And have a fondness for the late 20th Century.
12: Political documentary films or comedic/satirical documentary ones?
Prefer satirical/comedic documentary films - like Vice or Borate. Although it does depend. I did like Bowling for Columbine over say This is Spinal Tap.
13: Name a movie with a really bad book/comic/television adaption.
Hmmm...hard. It's often the other way around. Mainly because you can do more with television than film, at least in most cases. Dune - didn't work well as a television series and it should have. Nor did Logan's Run, which should have. Or the Three Musketeers - which should have. I'd say the film version of Sense and Sensibility and Emma were definitely better.
14: Name a movie where the television/book adaption actually was better than the movie.
Pride and Prejudice - a book that requires a full adaptation. Also, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - which is of course the obvious choice. The film version was abysmal. (I saw the film version of Buffy in the movie theater and was horribly disappointed. I'd read the novelization in the book store - it was better. I had low expectations of the television series and only watched for Anthony Stewart Head. And it wasn't until the second season, that I became a fan of that series - the introduction of Dru and Spike changed the show.)
15: What movie changed your life?
Star Wars. I was blown away by Star Wars. Up to that point, I honestly thought science fiction was just monster movies. My best friend at the time was into monster movies - so I saw a lot of them. I didn't like them. I saw them because she liked them. I spent a lot of time doing what she wanted to do, and pretending I liked it. Star Wars - I was talked into seeing by my Dad - and was blown away by it. It had a cool heroine, who I could identify with - and two hot leads (I was 11 or 12 years of age). And it wasn't scary, just fun.
Because of Star Wars - I fell in love with science fiction, read it, etc. And it was my first fandom. The only action figures I ever owned were from Star Wars.
16: If you could bring three movies to a deserted island which would you bring and why?
Something that has to do with how to survive on a Desert Island - Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Caruso, the one with Tom Hanks. What else? A romantic comedy. Probably Gross Point Blank or Must Love Dogs. And something with a hot male lead? Last of Mohicans...
17: If you owned a movie studio what would you call it?
Elsewhere
18: Which character from a movie is the most like you?
I don't know. I can't think of a bookish loner who is tall and into analyzing things. Belle from Beauty and the Beast?
19: Which character from a movie is the least like you?
Drawing a blank. Probably Snow White, Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella.
20: Best summer movie?
The Avengers: Endgame
11: Classic movies or current/modern? Why? (If Classic - which eras?)
Depends on my mood. I actually prefer current films, but I do love old movies as well. And have a fondness for the late 20th Century.
12: Political documentary films or comedic/satirical documentary ones?
Prefer satirical/comedic documentary films - like Vice or Borate. Although it does depend. I did like Bowling for Columbine over say This is Spinal Tap.
13: Name a movie with a really bad book/comic/television adaption.
Hmmm...hard. It's often the other way around. Mainly because you can do more with television than film, at least in most cases. Dune - didn't work well as a television series and it should have. Nor did Logan's Run, which should have. Or the Three Musketeers - which should have. I'd say the film version of Sense and Sensibility and Emma were definitely better.
14: Name a movie where the television/book adaption actually was better than the movie.
Pride and Prejudice - a book that requires a full adaptation. Also, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - which is of course the obvious choice. The film version was abysmal. (I saw the film version of Buffy in the movie theater and was horribly disappointed. I'd read the novelization in the book store - it was better. I had low expectations of the television series and only watched for Anthony Stewart Head. And it wasn't until the second season, that I became a fan of that series - the introduction of Dru and Spike changed the show.)
15: What movie changed your life?
Star Wars. I was blown away by Star Wars. Up to that point, I honestly thought science fiction was just monster movies. My best friend at the time was into monster movies - so I saw a lot of them. I didn't like them. I saw them because she liked them. I spent a lot of time doing what she wanted to do, and pretending I liked it. Star Wars - I was talked into seeing by my Dad - and was blown away by it. It had a cool heroine, who I could identify with - and two hot leads (I was 11 or 12 years of age). And it wasn't scary, just fun.
Because of Star Wars - I fell in love with science fiction, read it, etc. And it was my first fandom. The only action figures I ever owned were from Star Wars.
16: If you could bring three movies to a deserted island which would you bring and why?
Something that has to do with how to survive on a Desert Island - Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Caruso, the one with Tom Hanks. What else? A romantic comedy. Probably Gross Point Blank or Must Love Dogs. And something with a hot male lead? Last of Mohicans...
17: If you owned a movie studio what would you call it?
Elsewhere
18: Which character from a movie is the most like you?
I don't know. I can't think of a bookish loner who is tall and into analyzing things. Belle from Beauty and the Beast?
19: Which character from a movie is the least like you?
Drawing a blank. Probably Snow White, Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella.
20: Best summer movie?
The Avengers: Endgame