The one movie meme
The one book meme – which started here nearly two years ago – is still slowly spreading through the blogosphere. So I reckon it’s time for the sequel: welcome to the One Movie Meme. If you’d like to participate, just post your answers to these questions and tag five people.
1. One movie that made you laugh
Pirates of the Caribbean
2. One movie that made you cry
Italianetz
3. One movie you loved when you were a child
Return of the Jedi
4. One movie you’ve seen more than once
The Godfather
5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it
Down with Love
6. One movie you hated
The 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
7. One movie that scared you
Pan’s Labyrinth
8. One movie that bored you
Last Days (2005)
9. One movie that made you happy
Life Is Beautiful
10. One movie that made you miserable
The Downfall
11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see
Wolf Creek
12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with
Amélie in Amélie (played by Audrey Tautou)
13. The last movie you saw
Scarecrow
14. The next movie you hope to see
No Country for Old Men
15. Now tag five people: In the hoping of getting the meme started, I’ll tag anyone who happens to read this!
NOTE: You can keep track of the spreading meme here.
1. One movie that made me laugh: Stephen Chow's 007
2. One movie that made you cry:
Stephen Chow's Flirting Scholar, laugh into tears
3. One movie I loved when I was a child: Fantacia
4. One movie I have see more than once: Last Samurai
5. One movie that scared me: Obviously the 'Scary movie'
6. One movie character I have fallen in love with: Sophia in Howl's Moving Castle
7. The last movie I saw: The Forbidden Kingdom
8. The Next movie I hope to see:
Iron Man
1. One movie that made you laugh
The Holiday
2. One movie that made you cry
Memories of Tomorrow
3. One movie you loved when you were a child
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
4. One movie you’ve seen more than once
The Lives of Others
5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it
Sex and Lucia
6. One movie you hated
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
7. One movie that scared you
The Orphanage
8. One movie that bored you
The Other Boelyn Girl
9. One movie that made you happy
Ratatouille
10. One movie that made you miserable
Gloomy Sunday
11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see
The 120 Days of Sodom
12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with
Christy in In America (played by Sarah Bolger)
13. The last movie you saw
First Blood
14. The next movie you hope to see
There Will Be Blood
1. One movie that made you laugh
Amos and Andy Greatest Hits- now banned in America, probably for good reason.
2. One movie that made you cry
Where the Red Fern Grows
3. One movie you loved when you were a child
The Black Stallion
4. One movie you’ve seen more than once
The Talented Mr. Ripley
5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it
The Talented Mr. Ripley
6. One movie you hated
Train Spotting
7. One movie that scared you
The Exorcist
8. One movie that bored you
The Da Vinci Code...
9. One movie that made you happy
Atonement
10. One movie that made you miserable
Atonement
11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with
Erica Bana, in everything
13. The last movie you saw
Marie Antoinette
14. The next movie you hope to see
La Vie en Rose
You didn't see Wolf Creek and you're Australian?! A fantastic film! Bleak, evil and hopeless. It left me kind of depressed, with that kind of sinking feeling in my stomach. Which is why it was so good! No cathartic moral in the end - just pure horror.
Good choices by the way. Last Days bored me as well and Life is Beautiful, which I saw again just a few days ago, is, well, beautiful. And look forward to No Country. It's very good film!
Ben,
How can you hate the 2005 Pride and Prejudice?
1. One movie that made you laugh
Bubba Ho-tep
2. One movie that made you cry
Luther
3. One movie you loved when you were a child
King Kong (1933)
4. One movie you’ve seen more than once
The Million Dollar Hotel
5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it
Mallrats
6. One movie you hated
V for Vendetta
7. One movie that scared you
Jaws
8. One movie that bored you
Road to Perdition
9. One movie that made you happy
Napoleon Dynamite
10. One movie that made you miserable
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see
Jesus Camp
12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with
Monica Bellucci (does it matter? :)
13. The last movie you saw
Shine a Light
14. The next movie you hope to see
Prince Caspian
1. Made me laugh: City Slickers
2. Made me cry: Schindler's List
3. Loved as a child: King Kong (1933)
4. Seen more than once: The Maltese Falcon
5. Embarrassed to admit I liked: Blazing Saddles
6. Hated: The Passion
7. Scared me: Alien
8. Bored me: Lost in Translation
9. Made me happy: Whale Rider
10. Made me miserable: The Deer Hunter
11. Afraid to see: I ain't afraid of no movie!
12. Character fell in love with: Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in Casablanca
13. Last movie seen: Eastern Promises
14. Next movie hope to see: Atonement
To be honest, Arni, I'm still trying to work up the courage to see Wolf Creek. I'm just hoping it doesn't make me afraid forever after of the Australian bush (let's face it, the bush is already pretty bloody scary as it is!).
Hi Ken: how can I hate that Pride and Prejudice adaptation? Three easy steps: (1) Read the novel a few times; (2) Spend years watching and re-watching the masterful 1995 BBC version, until you're madly in love with Jennifer Ehle's angelically gorgeous Elizabeth Bennet; (3) Now see the 2005 version. Ugh! (Don't worry, my wife also enjoyed the 2005 version; she assures me that I'm just a snob.)
But seriously, even though there's nothing I liked about this new adaptation, I reckon its single unpardonable sin is Keira Knightley's constant juvenile giggling. An Elizabeth Bennet who giggles? She might as well cuss and spit.
1. One movie that made you laugh
Raising Arizona
2. One movie that made you cry
E.T.
3. One movie you loved when you were a child
The Empire Strikes Back
4. One movie you’ve seen more than once
Bull Durham
5. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it
I don't hang out with movie snobs. I'll happily admit to anything.
6. One movie you hated
A.I.
7. One movie that scared you
The Shining
8. One movie that bored you
Full Frontal
9. One movie that made you happy
The Triplets of Belleville
10. One movie that made you miserable
Pulp Fiction
11. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see
No Country for Old Men
12. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with
Betty Sizemore, played by Renée Zellweger in Nurse Betty
13. The last movie you saw
La Vie en Rose
14. The next movie you hope to see
The Bourne Ultimatum (It arrived in the mail just today!)
Laugh: Evil Dead II
Cry: Inland Empire
Loved as a child: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Seen again: The Exorcist
Embarrassed to like: Willow
Hated: Basic Instinct
Scared me: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Bored me: Meet Joe Black
Made me happy: Return of the King
Made me miserable: Saw II
Afraid to see: The Passion of the Christ
Character fell in love with: The Bride (Kill Bill)
Last movie seen: Iron Man
Next movie: Narnia II
I don't know about the spitting but apparently Keira Knightley cusses like a trooper.
1. Made me laugh: Mystery Men
2. Made me cry: Lethal Weapon 4 (seriously!)
3. Loved as a child: Escape from Witch Mountain
4. Seen more than once: Series 7: The Contenders
5. Embarrassed to admit I liked: Sweet Home Alabama
6. Hated: 300
7. Scared me: Poltergeist (though I saw it when I was about 9)
8. Bored me: Kids
9. Made me happy: Transformers (2007)
10. Made me miserable: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (though I do love the film)
11. Afraid to see: The Descent
12. Character fell in love with: Juno
13. Last movie seen: There Will Be Blood
14. Next movie hope to see: Iron Man, Doomsday or Indy IV
I expected to loathe the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice: it was too soon after the mini-series, which is more-or-less definitive, and as a short-running film it couldn't help but be less faithful to the novel. And one messes with Aunt Jane at one's peril.
I was however pleasantly surprised. Yes, it is less faithful to the book: a film-version of the story rather than a film of the book Austen wrote. But granted this, it has things to say in its favour. KK's Lizzy is the right age and the right build, as Jennifer Ehle's Elisabeth, for all her virtues --- <emote>sigh!</emote> --- is not. As a reviewer pointed out at the time, it gives one a sense (as the '95 series did not) of how Darcy was isolated by both his wealth and his high-mindedness. And Donald Sutherland's Mr Bennett, most certainly the wrong age for the part, was nonetheless excellent.
As for Keira Knightley's ladette tendencies: these are confirmed by all reports, but Elisabeth is supposed to be a girl of high spirits. It's a commonplace observation that Lydia is a less intelligent and unimproved version of her sister, and that in general they are the two most alike among the five.
Who didn't fall in love with Amelie?
1. Made me laugh: Shrek 2
2. Made me cry: Its a Wonderful Life
3. Loved as a child: The Forbidden Planet
4. Seen more than once: Star Wars (the original)
5. Embarrassed to admit I liked: The Quiet Man
6. Hated: Meet the Fockers
7. Scared me: Jaws (the last time I jumped in a cinema... I just don't go to "horror" films.
8. Bored me: Hoodwinked
9. Made me happy: Singing in the Rain
10. Made me miserable: Presumed Innocent
11. Afraid to see: 3 and Out in case it really was as bad as everyone said.
12. Character fell in love with: rachel Weisz's character in the Constant Gardner
13. Last movie seen: Iron Man
14. Next movie hope to see: Speed Racer, Prince Caspian or Indy IV (I've got kids)
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