Movie Meme and Blog Accountability
As I search for time and inspiration to be dedicated to this blog, I have great friends like Tracy at starshinereport to hold me accountable and tag me for a meme. Thanks Tracy!
1. Popcorn or candy? Popcorn with that terrible-for-you artificial butter that is cholesterol hardening oil (YUM!) and some sour patch kids.
2. Name a movie you’ve been meaning to see forever. Amistad – Always wanted to see this.
3. You are given the power to recall one Oscar: 71st Annual Academy Awards – Saving Private Ryan should have won over Shakespeare in Love – as much as I LOVED Shakespeare, Saving Private Ryan was an epic.
4. Steal one costume from a movie for your wardrobe. Which will it be? Costumes from Audrey Hepburn's character, Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's – oh so very classic!
5. Your favorite film franchise is.. Lord of the Rings. I have been Tolkien fan for years. If they franchise the Chronicles of Narnia, that will be the piece de resistance!
6. Invite five movie people over for dinner. Who are they? Why’d you invite them? What do you feed them?
Meryl Streep, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Carrie Fisher, and Diane Keaton
They strike me as an accomplished, intelligent and fun group of ladies. I really want to find out about how Carrie Fisher decided to pursue writing and find out about their struggles and triumphs. I would feed them a multiple course dinner and wine paired with each course for a nice relaxed evening around a table.
7. What is the appropriate punishment for people who answer cell phones in the movie theater?
Cell phones should be checked in (like checking your coat) before entering the theater.
8. Choose a female bodyguard: G-girl in My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Charly Baltimore from The Long Kiss Goodnight, Trinity from The Matrix
9. What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever seen in a movie? Those suspense filled murder scenes in 80s horror flicks – I had nightmares for a week when I was 12 after seeing only one horror flick and I have never saw another one since.
10. Your favorite genre (excluding comedy and drama) is?
Period pieces – medieval stories and turn of the century films.
11. You are given the power to greenlight movies at a major studio for one year. How do you wield this power? I would select movies that were truly good stories and exclude gratuitous violence and sex. I have seen four Jane Austen films and there was more passion in the restraint of the characters than there is in the flesh films of today. Regarding violence – I can see its role in war films and even other film attempts at realistic portrayals but too many directors use them to fill empty story space.
12. Bonnie or Clyde? Bonnie
13: Who are you tagging to answer this survey: Laura W.
