{"id":579,"date":"2007-03-15T08:41:14","date_gmt":"2007-03-15T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/index.php\/2007\/03\/15\/579\/"},"modified":"2007-03-16T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2007-03-16T17:57:39","slug":"579","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=579","title":{"rendered":"Hooray For Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of Red’s memes. This one’s about movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So I’d best get cranking, huh?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not as many as I’d have liked.\u00a0 Casablanca, <\/em>of course, I’ve seen 44-46 times.\u00a0 I’ve probably seen Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back,\u00a0 Return of the King, Maltese Falcon, Das Boot, LA Confidential <\/em>and The Usual Suspects<\/em> somewhere close to ten times each, although who’s counting?<\/p>\n

2. Name a movie that you\u2019ve seen multiple times in the theater.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Very few!\u00a0 Being all half-Norwegian and all, that kinda goes against my genetics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only ones that jump to mind are Rocky Horror Picture Show <\/em>(it’s not like you can watch that one on your VCR, right?), First Blood, <\/em>probably Star Wars <\/em>and Rocky, <\/em>and that was about it.<\/p>\n

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve gone to a couple of movies strictly to see Marisa Tomei.\u00a0 It’s led me into bummers (What Women Want<\/em>) and stunners (Welcome to Sarajevo<\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Probably Kate Winslet and Paul Giamatti.<\/p>\n

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I can’t think of any.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Casablanca, This Is Spinal Tap, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian <\/em>all jump to mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Probably not what they’re looking for, but the only two I can think of are Tommy <\/em>and Quadrophenia. <\/em>Which aren’t really “musicals”,\u00a0but I’ve never really gotten into them.\u00a0 I used to know all the drum parts to Cabaret…<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE:\u00a0 After reading Tommy’s entry<\/a>, I need to add “every Disney movie that came out when my kids were little” – Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid…<\/em><\/p>\n

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Quadrophenia!<\/em><\/p>\n

“Bell Bo-ee! Carry the bloody baggage out!”<\/em><\/p>\n

And probably “This Is Spinal Tap”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Livin’ in a HELL HOLE!\u00a0 Don’t wanna die in a HELL HOLE!”<\/p>\n

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Inconvenient Truth.\u00a0 <\/em>Not.<\/p>\n

I really loved Lost In Translation<\/em>, although I don’t think a lot of people “get” it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Big Red One <\/em>is one of my favorite war movies – I tip it to war movie buffs all the time.<\/p>\n

9. Name a movie that you own.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not all that many!<\/p>\n

10. Name an actor that launched his\/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his\/her acting chops.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eminem was actually really good in Eight Mile.\u00a0 <\/em>And this might get me drummed out of the League of Irate Conservative Talk Hosts, but I thought Ludacris was excellent in Crash.<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh – Dwight Yoakam was great in When Trumpets Fade <\/em>and Sling Blade. <\/em>I had no idea it was him, in either movie.\u00a0 Impressive.<\/p>\n

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We had a drive-in in Jamestown when I was little, and I remember going there with my parents.\u00a0 I don’t remember any <\/em>of the movies.\u00a0 I do <\/em>remember throwing up macaroni hot dish after we got home from one movie there, though.<\/p>\n

12. Ever made out in a movie?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Um, yeah.\u00a0 Most recently – well, the make-out was more memorable than the movie.\u00a0 Can’t remember which movie it was.<\/p>\n

It was not The English Patient <\/em>or Leaving Las Vegas, <\/em>if that helps.<\/p>\n

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven\u2019t yet gotten around to it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

So many.\u00a0 Movies were not a huge part of my life growing up – we didn’t even have <\/em>a theater in Jamestown for a couple of years.\u00a0 Red’s got me jonesing to see a lot <\/em>of things – old Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman films I’ve missed over the years, Hitchcock stuff, this and that and the other thing.<\/p>\n

14. Ever walked out of a movie?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Very rarely.\u00a0 I’m half Norwegian, remember?\u00a0 If I think a movie’s going to stink, I don’t waste the money.\u00a0 I’ve only walked out on two, ever.\u00a0 I bailed on The Burbs, <\/em>a movie Tom Hanks made during his fall from grace between Big <\/em>and Philadelphia, <\/em>where he kinda jumped the shark for a couple of years.\u00a0 Awful, horrible movie.\u00a0 And one time, the kids wheedled me into taking them to Little Nicky, <\/em>the worst Adam Sandler movie ever.\u00a0 I marched us outta there in about ten minutes.<\/p>\n

I almost <\/em>left Red Dawn <\/em>after about twenty minutes, but stuck it out.\u00a0 I still debate that decision; the movie remains the guiltiest of all guilty pleasures.<\/p>\n

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t cry.\u00a0 But Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind <\/em>was incredibly emotionally affecting.\u00a0 And I’ll go along with Red – A Walk To Remember <\/em>was very, very good (and would have been better had Nicholas Sparks been able to write a story that didn’t have such a schmaltzy, overblown, artificial ending).<\/p>\n

16. Popcorn?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Light butter.\u00a0 The Riverview in Minneapolis makes the best popcorn ever – sorry, Uptown Theater, but it’s the truth.<\/p>\n

17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

10-12 times a year.<\/p>\n

18. What\u2019s the last movie you saw in the theater?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Casino Royale <\/em>at the Roseville (a second-run $2 house).<\/p>\n

19. What\u2019s your favorite\/preferred genre of movie?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Noirs, good war movies, and just about anything with a really good story.<\/p>\n

20. What\u2019s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bambi.\u00a0 <\/em>At the Grand in Jamestown.\u00a0 I think I was 4.<\/p>\n

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Phantom Menace. <\/em>That movie made me angry!\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not sure how to answer that.\u00a0 Nothing is really “weird” to me; I am a pretty nonsequential person.<\/p>\n

23. What is the scariest movie you\u2019ve seen?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t really go to scary movies much.\u00a0 I figure if I want to be scared, I’ll just lie in bed and contemplate my life for a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I got wheedled into seeing The Ring <\/em>once.\u00a0 Hated hated hated it.<\/p>\n

24. What is the funniest movie you\u2019ve seen?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Too many to count.\u00a0 Movies where I remember laughing so hard I thought I was going to be hurt:\u00a0 Airplane, Naked Gun, A Fish Called Wanda <\/em>(John Cleese’s Russian scene), and, much as it shames me to admit it, the “terrorist” scene in Jackass Number Two.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of Red’s memes. This one’s about movies. So I’d best get cranking, huh?\u00a0 1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times. Not as many as I’d have liked.\u00a0 Casablanca, of course, I’ve seen 44-46 times.\u00a0 I’ve probably seen Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back,\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-n-e"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}