Movie Meme

I saw this on beren_writes journal...

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.

Probably Death on the Nile and Moonraker. They were the Christmas films when my Dad very first rented a video recorder, so we taped them and watched them over and over and over just for the novelty. Also the Spongebob Squarepants movie - but not from choice.

2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.

I can think of four: Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince, and to my shame, Top Gun (I was young and foolish).

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.

Tommy Lee Jones.

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.

David Hasselhoff

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.

The Life of Brian. (He's not the Messiah; he's a very naughty boy!)

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.

The Sound of Music, Oliver! and because I know the songs anyway, Mama Mia!

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.

All of the above.

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.

Oh goodness! Is there anything that would appeal to everyone? Actually, I know, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

9. Name a movie that you own.

Brief Encounter

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.

Billie Piper

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?

No, I’ve never had the chance. I’ve wanted to though, ever since I saw Grease when I was 11.

12. Ever made out in a movie?

No. How pathetic is that?

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Technically I have seen them; I just haven’t managed to stay awake all the way through any of them yet.

14. Ever walked out of a movie?

I was dragged out of Indecent Proposal. I wanted to see the end, but it was too much for my husband’s tender sensibilities.

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.

Lots of them. The one I wasn’t expecting to, was Forrest Gump.

16. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?

I think it must have been Half Blood Prince.

17. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?

Comedies and action films that aren’t just shoot ‘em ups.

18. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?

Dumbo

19. What movie do you wish you had never seen?

Can’t think of one.

20. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?

From Dusk ‘til Dawn. It starts out as a Tarantino road movie and half way through becomes a vampire film.

21. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?

Event Horizon

22. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?

The Life of Brian.

This was a lot harder than I expected.

They say that bad luck comes in threes...

…so I really hope this morning’s little drama has been the third. The first was when I dropped and stepped on P’s Blackberry when we were at the panto. It is kaput. The second was on Thursday when he skidded on some black ice and wrote his car off. It could have been much worse, of course, as neither he nor anyone else was hurt. We’ll have to buy another car though, and could have done without the expense.

And then this morning as I’m sipping my first cup of tea of the day a shower of debris falls onto the coal-effect bit of my coal-effect gas fire. Then I hear fluttering as of wings beating. A bird had fallen or flown or somehow just got down the chimney and was now stuck behind the fire. Panic! ( What do I do? )

So, crisis successfully dealt with, except that I can’t now get the gas fire to slide back into its hole, and having apparently avoided breaking the pipe thus far, I’m loathe to use too much force in case I do. I think another cup of tea is called for.