Movie questionnaire

[David]

If you're bored and feel like wasting some time:

1. What is the first film you remember seeing?
2. What is the last film you watched?
3. What was the last film that made you cry?
4. What is the least funny comedy you've ever seen?
5. What is the scariest film you've ever seen?
6. What is the sexiest film you've ever seen?
7. Who is your favourite actor, and why?
8. Who is your favourite director?
9. What is your favourite subtitled film?
10. If you could live in a movie, what would it be, and what character would you be?
11. What is the worst film you've ever seen?
12. What is your favourite cinema?
13. What is your favourite cinema food?
14. How many films do you own on videotape (VHS or Betamax)?
15. Have you ever seen a laserdisc?
16. Who is Francis Ford Coppola and why should we care about him?
17. Did you honestly like any of the Star Wars prequels?
18. What film that you have never seen do you most want to see?
19. Choose a random Nick's poster and name a film you think they would enjoy (and explain why).
20. Would Stui like this film?
21. You're having a movie night with Tannin, Swoop42, Think Positive and pietillidie. You need to choose a film that everyone (including you) will enjoy. What is it?
22. What film would you feel most uncomfortable about watching with your parents?
23. What film do you most refuse to watch on principle?

[think positive]

[Tannin]

1. What is the first film you remember seeing?
Possibly Laurence of Arabia, in Alice Springs, at the (then) only cinema in town, the roofless open air theatre. I would have been 5.
2. What is the last film you watched?
No idea. Nothing worth remembering, apparently.
3. What was the last film that made you cry?
There's one that does it every time. Err ... Can't remember.
4. What is the least funny comedy you've ever seen?
Oh god, don't even ask that,there are so many. Anything with Steve Martin in it would be worth a mention, but there are lots of much worse ones. Doubt I've seen any of them all the way through though.
5. What is the scariest film you've ever seen?
Can't remember any one in particular. There must have been a few.
6. What is the sexiest film you've ever seen?
Nothing comes to mind.
7. Who is your favourite actor, and why?
Bogart, of course. There are others?
8. Who is your favourite director?
David Lean, I guess. I can think of his name and two films he made, so that alone puts in in a class of about 4 or 5.
9. What is your favourite subtitled film?
My Life as a Dog, natch.
10. If you could live in a movie, what would it be, and what character would you be?
What a strange idea! I've thought about it for however long it takes to feed the cat and make a cup of tea and but nothing much occurs to me. What about My life as a Dog? I could be the old guy with the lingerie catalogue.
11. What is the worst film you've ever seen?
No idea. Who remembers this stuff? If it's bad enough to qualify and for some reason I can't avoid watcing it, I tune out and doze/read/stare at the wall, whatever it takes to ignore it. But you can count 95% of all modern movies made in the USA as contenders.
12. What is your favourite cinema?
There is only one in this town, but I never go there. I did go ... oh ... maybe 15 years ago, but it was too hot and smelled of dirty socks and popcorn. Yet worse, I had to sit there and waste a couple of perfectly good hours watching a movie.
13. What is your favourite cinema food?
No such thing, see 12.
14. How many films do you own on videotape (VHS or Betamax)?
I probably chucked them both out already.
15. Have you ever seen a laserdisc?
No.
16. Who is Francis Ford Coppola and why should we care about him?
A movie director. Had something to do with Clockwork Orange which apparently introduced a whole new level of pointless Amerrican violence into "entertainment". I saw no reason to give the evil cnut money then, let alone watch such rubbish of my own free will, and see no reason to change my mind now.
17. Did you honestly like any of the Star Wars prequels?
I saw all three Star Wars movies for the first time on the same day, in order, at a cinema in Melbourne somewere. That was pretty cool. From the question, I assume that there are recent spin-offs. From my rusted on cynical view of the movie industry, I assume that they are crap.
18. What film that you have never seen do you most want to see?
Amelie
19. Choose a random Nick's poster and name a film you think they would enjoy (and explain why).
David. Dr Strangelove. Coz it would blow his mind if he could ever stop looking at the technicalities and realise it's actually a very, very realistic social documentary thinly disguised as a comedy. Can someone as young as David really understand the 1960s world, the way people felt and thought back then? Can he feel it in his liver? Or just watch without genuine understanding? Not sure.
20. Would Stui like this film?
Probably yes.
21. You're having a movie night with Tannin, Swoop42, Think Positive and pietillidie. You need to choose a film that everyone (including you) will enjoy. What is it?
The Castle
22. What film would you feel most uncomfortable about watching with your parents?
Nothing comes to mind. They (well, mostly my sister but them too) insisted on me watching some incredibly uplifting and meaningful film from East Germany once, or so they said, but the first 20 minutes all seemed to be about the horrors of living under the secret police. Not having any other choice, I went to bed three hours early so as not to have to sit through the rest of it.
23. What film do you most refuse to watch on principle?
Almost all of them. Life is too short to watch crap!

[Tannin]

[Wokko]

1. What is the first film you remember seeing?
Neverending Story at the cinema.

2. What is the last film you watched?
Braveheart.

3. What was the last film that made you cry?
War Horse, but it was more choked up. Haven't cried due to a movie since I was a kid watching Neverending Story.

4. What is the least funny comedy you've ever seen?
Probably something by Mel Brooks, he misses a hell of a lot more than he hits.

5. What is the scariest film you've ever seen?
Movies generally don't scare me, but The First Power gave me the creeps and The Ring US remake did it for me too.

6. What is the sexiest film you've ever seen?
Secretary, Blue Velvet, Last Tango in Paris

7. Who is your favourite actor, and why?
Mel Gibson : I always believe his roles and nobody does 'crazy man' better Brad Pitt a close second

8. Who is your favourite director?
James Cameron, David Fincher, Michael Bay (Haters gonna hate), Kubrick, Kevin Smith; too many to pin down 1

9. What is your favourite subtitled film?
Das Boot

10. If you could live in a movie, what would it be, and what character would you be?
Nope, can't do this one.

11. What is the worst film you've ever seen?
Probably something that critics loved but I found to be unentertaining drivel.

12. What is your favourite cinema?
Gold Class

13. What is your favourite cinema food?
Jaffas

14. How many films do you own on videotape (VHS or Betamax)?
Still have a few, about 10-12

15. Have you ever seen a laserdisc?
I know I have but don't remember what it was.

16. Who is Francis Ford Coppola and why should we care about him?
Apocalypse Now and The Godfather. Truly a genius. Also didn't direct the equally brilliant A Clockwork Orange, but I'm sure Kubrick wouldn't mind the comparison.

17. Did you honestly like any of the Star Wars prequels?
Yes. The first one was so anticipated I liked it in spite of it being kind of horrible. The 2nd and 3rd ones were alright.

18. What film that you have never seen do you most want to see?
Dr Strangelove

19. Choose a random Nick's poster and name a film you think they would enjoy (and explain why).
PtiD - Donnie Darko. No idea why, but PtiD seems to be a cerebral fellow who would appreciate the mind bending.

20. Would Stui like this film?
No idea, why don't you ask him?

21. You're having a movie night with Tannin, Swoop42, Think Positive and pietillidie. You need to choose a film that everyone (including you) will enjoy. What is it?
12 Monkeys, The Matrix or maybe Gattaca.

22. What film would you feel most uncomfortable about watching with your parents?
Nothing really, but I don't really watch films with my mum anyway.

23. What film do you most refuse to watch on principle?
Star Wars VII will be my first, although curiosity will probably get the better of me.

[swoop42]

1. What is the first film you remember seeing?

Not exactly sure. I'll guess E.T. or Wizard of Oz.

2. What is the last film you watched?

Lincoln.

3. What was the last film that made you cry?

Can't recall.

4. What is the least funny comedy you've ever seen?

Anchorman.

5. What is the scariest film you've ever seen?

Nightmare on Elm street.

6. What is the sexiest film you've ever seen?

Something from my porn collection.

7. Who is your favourite actor, and why?

None really. Michael Douglas an honourable mention.

8. Who is your favourite director?

None. David Fincher at a push.

9. What is your favourite subtitled film?

David, really?

10. If you could live in a movie, what would it be, and what character would you be?

Boogie Nights. The guy with the big cock.

11. What is the worst film you've ever seen?

The Beverly Hillbillies.

12. What is your favourite cinema?

The local Village. Favourite movie genre thriller/horror.

13. What is your favourite cinema food?

None. Popcorn overrated IMO.

14. How many films do you own on videotape (VHS or Betamax)?

None.

15. Have you ever seen a laserdisc?

I think so.

16. Who is Francis Ford Coppola and why should we care about him?

Director/Producer. Much prefer Jeepers Creepers than the pile of shite that was Apocalypse Now.

17. Did you honestly like any of the Star Wars prequels?

The last one was palatable.

18. What film that you have never seen do you most want to see?

That art house leso one you reviewed a while back. What was that called again?

19. Choose a random Nick's poster and name a film you think they would enjoy (and explain why).

Lazza. One flew over the cuckoo's nest. He could relate to it.

20. Would Stui like this film?

Yes. He could relate to it.

21. You're having a movie night with Tannin, Swoop42, Think Positive and pietillidie. You need to choose a film that everyone (including you) will enjoy. What is it?

One flew over the cuckoo's nest. We could relate to it.

22. What film would you feel most uncomfortable about watching with your parents?

See question 6.

23. What film do you most refuse to watch on principle?

Anything you recommend.

[David]

[swoop42]

Oh I'll be watching it for the sex scenes.

The rest I can fast forward through.

[David]

1. What is the first film you remember seeing?

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. I was only 3, and already liked rodents. I still like rodents; terrible musical interludes, not so much.

http://youtu.be/e6xSNxZc7-Q

2. What is the last film you watched?

All These Women. Swedish slapstick comedy from the '60s, directed by my child's namesake (Ingmar Bergman).

3. What was the last film that made you cry?

The Mother and the Whore. Specifically, this scene:

http://youtu.be/oO-WE-g-v8A

I don't cry during films ever, really, but I very nearly cried when I saw this at the cinema. It's so beautiful.

4. What is the least funny comedy you've ever seen?

Good lord, where to start? The Eddie Murphy vanity piece Norbit was one of the most repulsive films I've ever seen (its one-joke premise is that obese people are funny, and imagine how terrible it would be if you were in a relationship with one!). Anything with Adam Sandler would have to be a close second.

5. What is the scariest film you've ever seen?

Perhaps not 'scary' per se, but Eraserhead is by far the best horror film I've ever seen. The Exorcist is probably the scariest conventional horror film I've seen, with the American remake of The Ring close behind.

6. What is the sexiest film you've ever seen?

The Dreamers. Eva Green, Louis Garrel, kinky incest theme, gratuitous nudity, what more do you need? Special mentions to the delightfully perverse Pedro Almodovar film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! and '70s French short film collection Immoral Tales.

7. Who is your favourite actor, and why?

Jean-Pierre Léaud. Seemed to be in pretty much every great French film of the '60s and '70s, and several more since.

8. Who is your favourite director?

Ingmar Bergman. You might have guessed by now.

9. What is your favourite subtitled film?

Celine and Julie Go Boating

I can't really explain it. It just is.

http://youtu.be/3nJ4RInGt9E

10. If you could live in a movie, what would it be, and what character would you be?

Again, Celine and Julie Go Boating. Either of them. Or the cat.

11. What is the worst film you've ever seen?

See question 4. I'm a pretty discerning viewer, so I'm sure that there are a lot of equally terrible movies out there that I've had the good sense to avoid. Life is too short.

12. What is your favourite cinema?

The Capitol Theatre on Swanston Street. My grandmother used to manage it in the '60s, and although it's been closed to the public for ages, it still gets wheeled out for film festivals now and then. The 1920s art deco interior is breathtaking.

http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/16906/1311375218/large.jpg?1311375218

13. What is your favourite cinema food?

Choc tops. Specifically, chilli chocolate from Cinema Nova.

14. How many films do you own on videotape (VHS or Betamax)?

Probably about a dozen (no betamax, sadly!).

15. Have you ever seen a laserdisc?

No, but I'd love to. They look so weird.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserDisc

16. Who is Francis Ford Coppola and why should we care about him?

I dunno. I didn't like The Godfather.

17. Did you honestly like any of the Star Wars prequels?

They were okay. Revenge of the Sith was the best.

18. What film that you have never seen do you most want to see?

I've been trying to see Fahrenheit 451 for years! It's not that hard to find, I've just never gotten around to it.

19. Choose a random Nick's poster and name a film you think they would enjoy (and explain why).

Laird—Winter Light. Swedish film about a priest wrestling with his faith whilst tending to a declining congregation. Not sure if subtitles are your thing, but I think you'd like it.

20. Would Stui like this film?

No.

21. You're having a movie night with Tannin, Swoop42, Think Positive and pietillidie. You need to choose a film that everyone (including you) will enjoy. What is it?

Lol, how drunk was I when I wrote this? Um, I dunno. Can't go wrong with Rear Window, right? You all like Hitchcock, don't you?

(This is of course a hypothetical question, as none of you would ever let me choose the film. )

22. What film would you feel most uncomfortable about watching with your parents?

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Might be a good one to go with if I ever want to put my beliefs about inheritance into practice.

23. What film do you most refuse to watch on principle?

Die Hard. You'd have to prise my eyelids open, Clockwork Orange style.

[Wokko]

Die Hard!? It's the pinnacle of the 80s action genre (along wtth Lethal Weapon) . Loved by both critics and fans (92% Fresh on RT). Do yourself a favour and drop the prejudice, you'll love it.

As for Sandler, Happy Gilmore is pretty awesome, watch that if you haven't already.

[think positive]

Die hard is my all time favourite movie/s, the second last one my favourite! Love the, all.

-and I have actually seen rear window and enjoyed it! The suspense got me!

Quite like a few Adam sander movies. The wedding singer, and the one where the girl has amnesia, blended isn't bad, good easy laugh

[Tannin]

[Tannin]

I posted before I read this:

[David]

Hey, that's me trying to please everybody (and evidently failing, lol). Allow me to pick one from the top of my list, and you'd be at least intrigued, and/or want to kill me. Perhaps both.

[think positive]