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Okay, so I don't know when I'm ever going to get around to those, but I'm taking icon/stuff requests here. If anyone from here who isn't a member there wants anything, there's a special pass ;)

Studying is going decently. Thankfully I only have to revise stuff that I had already studied during the course. If only it hadn't been a month since looking at it.. God, I can't wait for it to pass.

[livejournal.com profile] bachlava, I'm seriously envying you right now by the way. You're in my favorite place in the world! *envies you* I hope you went for Greek, but it's me not being too fond of Egypt in the first place ;)

And I finished Kavalier and Clay sort of two weeks ago and didn't review it, but that'd be the best book I read in a long time. A very long time. And is it bad that I totally was shipping two people there? Also, go me for figuring out a quite fundamental point one hundred pages before I was proved right, lol.

And since I'm random, movie meme stolen from [livejournal.com profile] pnr.

1. What movie have you seen the most time in the theater? How many times?

Theater, huh? I rarely see movies two times in the theater. The only one I can remember having seen two times right now is the first POTC.

2. What was the last movie you walked out of in the theater?

Never did. But I wish I had done it at least a couple of times. Especially when seeing a terrible movie with Anne Hathaway where she was a princess or something like that. I was dragged and did it suck.

3. What is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?

Uhm. I know that it was Disney's Fantasia, but I can't remember going to see that. I'm afraid it was Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway when I was six. My parents brought me and I remember probably two scenes. And didn't understand a heck of it, but that was a given.

4. What is your favorite movie soundtrack?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hands down. Blade Runner comes close after (omgVangelis!).

5. Have you ever dressed up as a movie character for Halloween? If so, who?

Mmmmh.... no. Never did. Not even during a masquerade.

6. What was the first R-rated movie you ever saw? Were you allowed or did you sneak?

Pfff. The first thing rated for people under 18 years old I watched was Night of the Living Dead when I was twelve and it didn't scare me an inch. The first rated for under 14 years which I guess would be R here was Jim Jarmush's Ghost Dog, but I was with my parents and there wasn't really a thing to rate IMHO.

7. Star Wars (orig. trilogy) or Lord of the Rings?

Mmmmmh. Tie. I always was more into LOTR, but SW has some objectively better points (the first trilogy, beware. The second should be burned or something) and it has Han Solo, which is a big plus.

8. Pacino or DeNiro?

Mmmmmmh. Mmmmmmh. Can't choose. I like more Al's roles I have to say, but then I think at The Deer Hunter and The Godfather II and I just can't choose. Tie.

9. Titanic...did it suck or was it great?

It's a good movie. Completely overrated though. I mean, I like Di Caprio as an actor because he's freaking good, but physically he doesn't do the trick for me, so I never got all the hype. The movie is good, stands for three hours, the directing is excellent and the writing was good, but wouldn't get in my first fifty favorite movies probably.

10. What's your take on Cassavetes?

John? Well, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie has to be one of the most boring movies I've seen my whole life, but I really liked Gloria and I loved his acting in Rosemary's Baby. I'd say I like the guy overall.

11. Favorite John Hughes character?

If you're speaking about the guy who produced Home Alone and Flipper, I HATE THEM ALL.

12. What movie gives you a boner (or makes you tingle)?

Tingle? What does it mean? :/ movies that made me tingle... uuuhm... totally The Apartment probably.

13. What movie always makes you cry like the big puss you are?

War movies in general turn me into a bawling mess. I cried at The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan, even Windtalkers damnit, the two Clint Iwo Jima movies and pretty much every good war movie I saw except for Full Metal Jacket and The Big Red One. But while with war movies the golden prize goes to Paths of Glory, there are two that share the overall first place. The first is John Woo's The Killer. I cried during the whole last half of an hour and I think it's one of the best movies ever, period. It just crushed me. The second is Polanski's The Pianist. There I broke down in tears at the theater in the middle of the movie and kept on for ten minutes. It was embarrassing as hell but I just couldn't stop. Oh, wait. Silver prize to Million Dollar Baby. There I also cried ten minutes in the theater, but at least it was the ending.

14. What's the furthest you've ever gotten in a movie theater? (i.e, second base...)

I always go sitting in the last row of seats, if that's what the question means.

15. Speaking of sports metaphors, what's your favorite sports movie?

Did I ever see one? I couldn't say for shit. I usually hate sports movies. Mh, if Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie can be considered a sport movie..

16. (a) Favorite... teen movie?

Teen movie... could Fucking Amal be a teen movie? Because that'd be it.

(b)...Quentin Tarantino movie?

oooh... uhm. Tie between Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill volume 2. I might just prefer the latter a bit because Uma is the girl I'd go lesbian for, but RD is just some of the best things ever.

(c)...Bill Murray movie?

Mh. Broken Flowers.

(d)...romantic comedy?

40/50s comedies! Some Like it Hot!! The Apartment! His Girl Friday! The Seven Year Itch! Bringing Up Baby! Sabrina! Hell, anything that has Billy Wilder or Howard Hawks written on the director's space. Wilder speaking, Avanti! is made of uttermost win. And Irma la Douche too. If we want to speak in less ancient terms, I've got a fondness for that Frankie and Johnnie movie with Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer but that's nothing to compare with the ones I said before. Those are masterpieces -nod-.

(e)...gangster movie?

Mmmmmh. Mmmmh. Godfather part I. -nod- I love part II but Marlon Brando > everyone. But any movie with Humphrey Bogart in regarding gangsters, I'll take.

(f)...horror movie?

A Nightmare on Elm Street! That one's a classic. Though Night of the Living Dead is great, too. The first Halloween is made of win. But scratch it, first place goes to Rosemary's Baby. Phew, I'm glad that I'm not impressionable because I actually love good horrors. Which means that everything after the first nineties is not worth watching IMHO ;) and I need to mention the first Nosferatu. Yeah, the mute German one. Might be ancient, might be mute, but it was scary as hell.

(g)...made for TV movie?

Ha. I don't watch TV, sorry.

(h)...director?

Mh. Roman Polanski is my idol probably. My other favorites in a very discarder order are John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Clint Eastwood, Ridley Scott, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Akira Kurosawa, Todd Haynes, Robert Altman, Tim Burton, Sergio Leone and Woody Allen. Mention to John Carpenter because he made a couple of movies that I love to pieces.

(i)...drug movie?

Panic in Needle Park. And if you count it as a drug movie, Velvet Goldmine, but I wouldn't.

17. What movie have you seen already but will never, ever, ever watch again?

TROY. I rarely saw a worst movie all of my life. Which brings me to say, The Sweetest Thing. It's a thing with Cameron Diaz I was forced to watch which brought me on the edge of throwing up a couple of times. At least Troy had Eric Bana.

18. What movie are you embarrassed to really like?

Embarrassed? Mh. I can't even say the movies JBJ acted in because I can recognize a sucky one and if I do, I say I watched for the eye candy but it doesn't mean I like it.

19. What movie should be remade asap?

Remakes of good movies should NOT be made. Period.

20. What the F happened to (insert answer)? He used to be so damn funny!

Wouldn't know.

21. For the love of everything that's sacred, please someone stop (insert answer) from making another movie!

I'd say stop Steven Spielberg to do sci-fi movies because he clearly is better at other kind of movies (I loved each of his non sci-fi recent movies, hated the sci-fi ones). If we're talking about actors, please deliver me from Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan & co and from everyone remaking Japanese horrors.

22. What movie do all your friends love but you think is whatevs?

Mh. Critically speaking, I love John Ford something fierce but I never, ever saw the appeal of My Darling Clementine. I love westerns and I love him and I love Henry Fonda but that movie just didn't stick with me. About what my friends love... usually kolossals a là Independence Day and shit, the Harry Potter movies. I do NOT like HP and couldn't care less about it. Except they force it on me.

23. What movie do you love but everyone thinks is whatevs?

I don't know why everyone doesn't like The Terminal. I thought it was a really cute movie and I wanted to squish it. Also, I loved Windtalkers and I didn't read a good review for it.

24. If you could hump/date/marry any movie character, who would it be?

Uhm... movie, huh? Rick Blaine from Casablanca. Shut up. I'm a fucking sap, Casablanca has been my favorite movie for a while and Humphrey Bogart is totally, totally sexy. *sigh*

25. Best...movie....ever?

BLADE RUNNER.

Period ;)

26. Book you wish would be made into a movie, and who would direct it?

If Tim Burton was to direct an adaptations of the Dark Tower series, I'd die a happy woman. Though my favorite crack dream regarding book adaptations? I want Todd Haynes to direct The Three Musketeers. It might seem weird but I think he would rock it.


Okay, that's it. Oh, and the luau? Is being the best thing EVER. -nod-

Date: 2008-07-09 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inthekeyofd.livejournal.com
The Deer Hunter is one of my favorite all time movies, good god I love that movie. Sabrina (the original please) is just before that one.

Roman, he is one hell of a great director, I totally agree with you on that one, even though one of my favorites of his isn't on any best list..The Fearless Vampire Killers.

and JOHN FORD! His sweeping vistas are what made movies great..that's why I think Ang Lee took a page from him in filming Brokeback.

You've got excellent taste!!

Bachlava, is she in Greece? OH.MY.GOD. I wanted to go there for so long..yes, I'm not only a history geek, but an ancient history and greek mythology one too. *smile*

Date: 2008-07-09 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Bachlava is in Paris and was wondering whether to go seeing the Greek stuff at the Louvre or the Egyptian... I'd have gone for the Greek though ;)

The Deer Hunter is just... I LOVE it. Of Cimino I have to say I like Year of the Dragon better but it's because I saw it after the last War of the Worlds. I can assure you that everything seems a masterpiece after that.

Roman is love, totally. And OMG THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS! I love that movie something fierce, though I couldn't really classify it here. I also love The Tenant I have to say.

and JOHN FORD! His sweeping vistas are what made movies great..that's why I think Ang Lee took a page from him in filming Brokeback.

YES YES YES. Totally. If they asked my favorite western I'd have probably said Stagecoach, even if my favorite Ford overall is the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. That movie is just... gah. Thanks, I'd totally say right back at you!

Date: 2008-07-10 12:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inthekeyofd.livejournal.com
I saw the Deer Hunter years ago, when it was a big deal for it to be on Cable, ever since it's been in my top 10 all time favorite movies, I've rec'd it before but I'm not sure anyone else feels the same way I do about it..BUT YOU DO, so YES, FINALLY!!!

I have a ton of Roman on Tape, including the Tenant..oh my god, that movie, how many times did he climb those stairs and go out the window..and the OH DAMN ending!!

I love Howard Hawkes, Billy Wilder and John Ford, one thing I will always be grateful to my father for, instilling in me a LOVE of movies from when I was a little kid, seriously, that's why the movie Purgatory means so much to me, every time it was on, if I was home, he'd call my name, tell me that "your movie is on" and we'd watch it.

My mother and sister don't like movies..I don't know how in the hell they don't.

Favorite Western: Rio Bravo or Purgatory, but I love the John Wayne Stagecoach, and The Three Godfathers is another great one too.

Dean Martin is actually in two of my top five all time favorite movies.

I swear to god, between this meme and your love of John, if you were a man, I'd marry you.

Date: 2008-07-10 06:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Can I say the same^ *virtually marries*

OMG I was forgetting Rio Bravo. That's an AWESOME movie. But then again, the only Ford movie I don't get is My Darling Clementine lol. Apart from that, everything Ford I worship. *sigh* And Dean Martin totally wins ;)

I'm thankful that I have both parents completely movie geeks. Well, wonder why my first movie was Woody Allen lol ;)

Fearless Vampire Hunters is a blast. It was one of the best movies ever lol, completely genial. Also, I thought Roman was incredibly cute in that movie but my mother is seemingly disgusted at me for thinking so. Oh well.

oh my god, that movie, how many times did he climb those stairs and go out the window..and the OH DAMN ending!!

Agreed. God. Did I almost cry there? That's an incredible movie. I loved it, completely.

Date: 2008-07-09 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kezzamorphosis.livejournal.com
I think I still have a banner request out there somewhere... don't I?

If so, let me know 'cause I'm changing my header soon... :)

Thanks, luv! ♥

Date: 2008-07-09 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Yeah, you sure have! Did I miss that? I was sure I had done it. Or didn't I? Oh well, I'll go back to it ♥ By the way, I got all of your mail last day =_=' postal service sucks these days. I'm answering you later this week or the next!

Date: 2008-07-09 08:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lasamy.livejournal.com
//I don't know why everyone doesn't like The Terminal//
a me è piaciuto un sacco...ma credo che io non conto visto che siamo quasi un unico brain...tu più brain XD

Date: 2008-07-09 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Ecco lol mi pareva XD ;) *squish*

Date: 2008-07-09 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrslinus17.livejournal.com
I'm sooooo doing this meme. It's like... my destiny.

Date: 2008-07-09 09:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Oh, you need to. I'd love to read it!

Date: 2008-07-09 09:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com
This is a great meme. I wish I had time to do it. Maybe another day.

I'm with you on the no remakes. I would fight you for Rick's hand! I never saw Troy but I heard it while seeing a quieter movie. The line "For Troy!" kept coming through the wall to my theatre. JBJ did a respectable acting job on an episode on the West Wing. Well, now that I think about it, he played himself but it was good! I would pick Kill Bill V.1 because of my own crush on Lucy Liu.

Rosemary's Baby is my number #2 horror movie, coming in after The Exorcist. I once dressed up for a Halloween party as Regan and Mr. E.S. went as a priest. My night gown and his shirt were covered in green pea baby food which stank like the devil! It’s wonder I didn’t start puking at the party. I will never feed my baby that!

I'm happy to know you enjoyed Kavalier and Clay. Were you shipping the cousins or someone else? I've always wanted an icon of Sayid from the S4 premiere where he hears about Charlie's death and hold his hair/touches his neck and looks so beautiful in his grief. I've always kept my eye for one but never found it.
Edited Date: 2008-07-09 09:44 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-07-09 09:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
I'll sign you up for the Sayid icon ;)

Were you shipping the cousins or someone else?

Mmmh, no. Maybe at the beginning, but Joe started to lose points with me as soon as he started dating Rosa, even if I liked her. I was totally shipping Sam and Tracy Bacon ;) as soon as there was the meeting in the radio I though 'alright, Mr. Clay is completely closeted and he totally will want to make out with this other one' and when they actually kissed I was sort of squeeing because I totally got it right. I sniffed when they separated I have to say.

That party must have been something awesome though!

We can share Rick ;) oh, never go see Troy. The only good thing about it is Eric Bana being very eye-candish and sort of bringing justice to the character even with the butchering. After he dies it's just horrid. And Lucy Liu is an excellent crush to have I must say!

JBJ isn't actually bad. He's like Ian S., he can't choose a good movie for the life of him. He was good on Ally McBeal and on his first movie, but I've seen pretty much all the others and they were terrible to begin with. Pity because he's objectively not a bad actor. And I need to see that West Wing episode by the way ;)

Date: 2008-07-09 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com
Thanks for the Sayid icon. I also have a graphics favour to ask you but I will e-mail it because if you can do it, it will be a surprise for a common friend.

Date: 2008-07-09 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Sure thing, I'll be glad to help with that ;) and digging in my Sayid folder is something I always like to do. Oh yes.

Date: 2008-07-09 10:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com
OMAR! Sorry, that's all I had to say but it had to be said.

Date: 2008-07-09 11:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eponine119.livejournal.com
Billy Wilder and Howard Hawks love! *high fives*

Date: 2008-07-10 06:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
*high fives back* I'm a total shameless lover of those two. Maybe Wilder a tad more but we're there ;)

Date: 2008-07-10 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bachlava.livejournal.com
Don't worry, lots of the Greek on my itinerary! Although Rome's not bad either. ;)

Date: 2008-07-12 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
That's been kind of a good choice! Glad you're having a nice holiday :)

Date: 2008-07-12 02:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gottalovev.livejournal.com
hee, fun meme, made me learn more about your taste! i do see a lot of war and horror movies because my husband LOVES them, but they are not my fave (although a good war movies makes me bawl like a baby!)

I'll do this one day, fun!

Date: 2008-07-12 08:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
It's always nice, right? ;) I don't think I have a favorite genre, though. I mean, as long as it's a good movie I'll probably take it. Horror movies are sort of my guilty pleasure, good horror movies though. I sure didn't feel pleasure out of watching Pulse and it even had Ian Somerhalder in, figure it out.

(although a good war movies makes me bawl like a baby!)

*raises hand* ;)

Date: 2008-07-12 06:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maeby-surely.livejournal.com
Cool meme! I can't believe of all the movies you've mentioned this is the one I'm picking out to respond to, but The Sweetest Thing is actually one of my guiltiest pleasure movies. I mean, it's a terrible movie, but I kinda love it anyway. I think it's because a little bit of Tom Jane and Jason Bateman go a long way.

Date: 2008-07-12 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Was there Jason Bateman? Geez, I can't even remember. It's just that while there are some very bad movies I can appreciate because of their badness, that one just... you know, that scene at the restaurant and the Aerosmith thing just made me want to throw up. I just wanted to forget all of it lol ;)

Date: 2008-07-15 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alemyrddin.livejournal.com
bello questo meme... non potrei mai farlo perchè in fatto di registi ecc sono piuttosto ignorante (tanto per cambiare) ma commento il tuo. ;)
E sono d'accordo sul "no remake", sui film degli anni 50 (anche se ci sono anche romantic comedy recenti che ho amato).
A me, pensa, Harry Potter è piaciuto un sacco (soprattutto i libri, ma i film sono così fedeli che è praticamente lo stesso). Ho adorato Star Wars (Han Solo! Ho detto tutto!) mentre il signore degli anelli - di cui ho adorato il libro - mi ha un po' delusa.

Che altro? Ah sì, concordo totalmente con la tua analisi di Titanic. Mi piace come sei obiettiva e non cadi per nulla nello snobismo che molti che "ci capiscono" di cinema tendono ad avere. Un buon film, esatto. Anche se non un capolavoro.

RHPS - sono mesi che devo trovare un venerdì per tornare a vederlo dal vivo... Quello non è un film, è un mito!

Invece, visto che nessun altro lo ha fatto, ti chiarisco un paio di domande... la 12 si riferisce ad avere un'erezione (boner) o comunque eccitarsi (tingle è letteralmente un pizzicorino). la 14 chiede fino a che punto sei arrivato al cinema (per gli americani, prima base è un bacio, seconda base è toccare sopra la vita, terza base toccare sotto la vita, fare un homerun avere un rapporto completo) - certo che, al cinema! o_0)

la Luau è una cosa meravigliosa, indubbiamente.

Infine, avrei anch'io una richiesta, anche se sono terribilmente in ritardo. Mi piacerebbe un wallpaper di Lost - niente ship perchè lo devo tenere sul pc, qualcosa con tutto il cast, sul genere della copertina del fanmix che hai postato oggi mi piacerebbe un sacco. Altrimenti vedi tu, no problem (e cmq, solo se hai tempo!!).

...scusa il romanzo che ti ho scritto! :)

Date: 2008-07-15 05:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janie-tangerine.livejournal.com
Figuriamoci per il romanzo! Allora, per il wallpaper si può tranquillamente fare, nessun problema. Oltretutto sarebbe già meglio del fanmix perchè almeno non devo fare i giochi di scatole cinesi per incastrare tutto ;)

HP me l'hanno fatto odiare purtroppo.. cioè non è che abbia niente contro in principio, ma la mia ex compagna di banco era fissata e il fatto che sappia tutto quello che è successo dall'inizio alla fine senza averne mai letto una riga dovrebbe dire qualcosa. Peccato perchè ad un certo punto volevo provarlo ma mi ha fatto completamente passare la voglia :/ Il primo SW non penso lo si possa battere ♥, mentre sul LOTR sarà che ho letto il libro dopo aver visto il primo ma anche se ha tagliato un po' di cose che avrei preferito tenesse l'avevo suppergiù adorato, all'epoca.

Quello non è un film, è un mito!

AMEN! ;)

Argh, grazie dei chiarimenti! Linguaggio abbastanza oscuro devo dire però ;) oddio allora alla 12 avrei risposto tutt'altro :// l'altra avevo intuito ma considerando che al cinema vedo i film di solito... cavolo però °_°

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