Movie Meme
May. 13th, 2005 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jetpack_monkeyOkay, I wasn't tagged, but c'mon. Movies, man. Nabbed from various.
1. Total number of films I own on DVD/Video (actual store-bought, not taped from TV or downloaded) - 250? I want to say around 250.
2. The last film I bought - Aliens, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Napoleon Dynamite (same order)
3. Last film I watched - The Wicker Man (extended version)
4. Five films I watch a lot, or that mean a lot to me.
A. Almost Famous - the first time I ever really had a favorite film of all time, it was this. I still see part of me in William Miller (and therefore, part of me in Cameron Crowe).
B. Brazil - I make a Top 25 films of all time list every six months. This is always #1 or #2. And it's usually #1. Terry Gilliam's brilliant vision of today as it really feels. More poignant to today than it was when it was made, and yet utterly timeless at the same go.
C. Josie and the Pussycats - I'm allowed one bad film that I utterly adore. This is it.
D. Manhattan - Actually, I just watched this for the first time a couple of nights ago and I meant to post about it. A better film than Annie Hall (and that's saying a lot), it really captures the essence of Woody Allen's good years. Largely plotless with a wisp of a beginning and no real ending, it meanders through the life of Isaac (Allen) as he deals with life as the kind of neurotic that only New York City can produce.
E. Amelie - Pure joy packaged into 2 hours of sumptuous cinematography, replete with a twisted sense of humor. Who knew such brilliance could come from the director of Alien: Resurrection (then again, who knew such brilliance as "Buffy" could come from the writer of Alien: Resurrection)?
1. Total number of films I own on DVD/Video (actual store-bought, not taped from TV or downloaded) - 250? I want to say around 250.
2. The last film I bought - Aliens, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Napoleon Dynamite (same order)
3. Last film I watched - The Wicker Man (extended version)
4. Five films I watch a lot, or that mean a lot to me.
A. Almost Famous - the first time I ever really had a favorite film of all time, it was this. I still see part of me in William Miller (and therefore, part of me in Cameron Crowe).
B. Brazil - I make a Top 25 films of all time list every six months. This is always #1 or #2. And it's usually #1. Terry Gilliam's brilliant vision of today as it really feels. More poignant to today than it was when it was made, and yet utterly timeless at the same go.
C. Josie and the Pussycats - I'm allowed one bad film that I utterly adore. This is it.
D. Manhattan - Actually, I just watched this for the first time a couple of nights ago and I meant to post about it. A better film than Annie Hall (and that's saying a lot), it really captures the essence of Woody Allen's good years. Largely plotless with a wisp of a beginning and no real ending, it meanders through the life of Isaac (Allen) as he deals with life as the kind of neurotic that only New York City can produce.
E. Amelie - Pure joy packaged into 2 hours of sumptuous cinematography, replete with a twisted sense of humor. Who knew such brilliance could come from the director of Alien: Resurrection (then again, who knew such brilliance as "Buffy" could come from the writer of Alien: Resurrection)?
