Movie Month, day 30

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: Who is your favorite composer? What is your favorite soundtrack?

I don't have one. I have a top four or five.

Patrick Doyle. I'm going to list him first. Because he may truly be my favorite. Maybe. My favorites of his include MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and Cinderella (2015).  


Hans Zimmer. So many favorites. But I will narrow it down to the Batman movies and INCEPTION. But how could I leave out Pirates of the Caribbean?! 

Howard Shore. The LOTR and HOBBIT soundtracks.


Michael Giacchino. He's everywhere these days. Not that I mind! He did the music for LOST. But that is certainly overshadowed these days by all the movies he's done. He does the music for the newer Star Trek series. And a lot of stuff for Disney.

John Williams. You're probably thinking Star Wars. And you'd be right. But I really, really, really love the soundtrack to The Book Thief and Schindler's List.

Harry Gregson-Williams. I love his work on Shrek and the Chronicles of Narnia.


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Movie Month, day 29

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite movie released from BEFORE you were born?

Probably something Disney. The Aristocats, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Robin Hood.

I've already mentioned dozens of musicals. I've already mentioned some of my favorite comedies starring favorites like Cary Grant, Doris Day, etc.

I love, love, love watching old movies!

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Movie Month, day 28

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you! 

Today's question: Your top three movie characters...

I must have been CRUEL to think up a question like this. Seriously. What was I thinking?! 

I'm going to go with 

3) Thor
2) Captain America
1) Samwise Gamgee from LOTR

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Movie Month, day 27

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite science fiction or fantasy film?

I'm leaning more towards fantasy today. I really love, love, love the movie Penelope. I don't think it gets as much love as it deserves. Enchanted would fall into the 'fantasy' genre as well. As would Princess Bride which I've already mentioned a few times!

I really love, love, love the Chronicles of Narnia movies. Particularly The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. 

LORD OF THE RINGS also comes to mind of course! I love that movie so much!!!

For science fiction, I really love, love, love INCEPTION.


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Movie Month, day 26

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!


Today's question: What is your favorite period drama?
  
Young Victoria
North and South 
Doctor Thorne 
Anne of Green Gables (first two movies only)
Persuasion
Jane Eyre
Scarlet Pimpernel
Pride and Prejudice

If we're including TV shows: Downton Abbey, Lark Rise to Candleford, The Crown, and Call the Midwife.

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Movie Month, day 25

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite musical? 

Musicals are my favorite genre. Most days anyway. I've already shared a list of musicals that are period dramas too. 

So I'm going to go with Mamma Mia, The Muppets, and Enchanted. (Might as well add The Muppet Movie).

There are a few musical scenes in non-musicals that I'd add as well. Heath Ledger singing in 10 Things I Hate About You is all kinds of wonderful. And A Knight's Tale has a very musical feel to it even though it's not really a musical. (LOVE the dancing scene with Golden Years)


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Movie Month, day 24

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite holiday film?

I have so many!

Holiday Inn
Muppet Christmas Carol
Shop Around the Corner
It's A Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
White Christmas


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Movie Month, day 23

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite drama? 



Amazing Grace
Belle 
Return to Me
Book Thief
Inn of Sixth Happiness
The Help
Hiding Place
Life is Beautiful
Steel Magnolias
Mr. Holland's Opus
Forrest Gump
King's Speech
Cyrano de Bergerac

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Movie Month, day 22

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite comedy or romantic comedy?

I'm going to go with some older titles:

George Washington Slept Here
Some Like It Hot 
Operation Mad Ball
Operation Petticoat
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
It Happened One Night
Bachelor Mother 
Monkey Business 
I Was A Male War Bride
The Long, Long Trailer
His Girl Friday
Lover Come Back
The Tender Trap
If A Man Answers
Doctor, You've Got To Be Kidding
Singin' in the Rain
Walk, Don't Run

But can't forget Much Ado about Nothing! Or Ever After! Or Princess Bride! Or the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie! Or Young Victoria!

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Movie Month, day 21

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: What is your favorite animated movie?

I'll be LISTING, of course!

10. Aladdin
9. Big Hero 6 

8. Inside Out
7. Robin Hood 
6. 101 Dalmations
5. Wall-E
4. Home 
3. Aristocats
2. Peanuts Movie
1. Beauty and the Beast

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Movie month, day 20

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions!

Today's question: What is your favorite action and/or thriller movie?

I don't consider this a "favorite" genre, yet, I find myself watching certain series or franchises all the time! 

Men in Black 3 is one of my all-time favorite movies. Even if you didn't love the first two, I would recommend this one. It has far more emotional depth and substance than the first two films combined. You may find it hard to believe, but, this one is quite an emotional roller coaster--and oh the DEVELOPMENT of the characters. Namely the relationship--or lack thereof--between Agents J and K. And I haven't yet mentioned it but TIME TRAVEL. The film also introduces the character Griffin. I loved, loved, loved this character :)


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Movie Month, day 19

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions!

Today's question: What is your favorite stand-alone movie?

I'm going to go with what pops into my mind first:

Cyrano de Bergerac is a movie I *wished* I owned. I have it on VHS, but, that doesn't do me much good! Anyway, I LOVE AND ADORE this movie which I revisited this past summer for Paris in July.

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Movie Month, day 18

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books. We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions!

Today's question:  What is your favorite movie series?

Definitely the Lord of the Rings trilogy the extended edition.

I also really love the Marvel movies. Particularly, I love all three Captain America movies and the two Thor movies. (The Avenger movies are good. And I did like Iron Man 3. Ant Man was a surprise delight!)

The Hunger Games series was very, very good.

I like many of the Star Trek movies, though not all.

I've already mentioned the Dark Knight trilogy.





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Movie month, day 17

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions!

Today's question: What is your favorite genre? What is your favorite movie in your favorite genre?

My favorite genre. I have two that sometimes overlap. I LOVE musicals. I LOVE period dramas.

Favorite movie in my favorite genre. I could never pick just one. My top ten of historical musicals.

10) Calamity Jane
9) South Pacific
8) Moulin Rouge
7) Singin' in the Rain
6) King and I
5) Holiday Inn
4) My Fair Lady
3) High Society
2) The Sound of Music
1) Music Man 


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Movie month, day 16

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! 

Today's question: A soundtrack that you love more than the actual movie...

 I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this soundtrack to Jane Eyre. Alessio Vlad & Claudio Capponi.

Others that came to mind:

• How To Lose A Guy in Ten Days
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Serendipity

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Movie Month, day 15

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions!

Today's question: A movie that disappointed you...

Into the Woods

I love fairy tales. I love musicals. So why didn't I even like this one?! I still don't know this one really didn't work for me. It just didn't.



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Movie Month, day 14

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! 

 Today's question: A movie that you can't stop quoting....

The movie that I find most quotable is BABE.

The TV SPEcial I find most quotable is GARFIELD'S THANKSGIVING.

• Pancakes, pancakes the size of Australia, and coffee, yes, Jon, coffee. We wouldn't be the great nation we are without coffee. So do your patriotic duty, Jon Arbuckle, and fix - me - breakfast!
• Woe is me, I've been put on a diet and I'm gonna die.
• Gee, I've been on this diet only ten minutes and I can tell I've already lost something... my sense of humor.
• I'm free, I'm free, I can eat! Oh, joy! Oh, rapture! Oh, no! 
• Grandma: Have cooking utensils, will travel.
  Go, Grandma, go. Deep fat fry, deep fat fry, music to my ears. 
• Skip the piece of resistance, just gimme a piece of pie!

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Movie Month, day 13

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: A movie that makes you think about the world differently....

Inside Out comes to mind. Not that I believe that there are five emotions (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Anger) living inside my head sitting at a control panel. But still. I was reading Anne of Green Gables at the time I first saw Inside Out. And it made me re-think the breaking-the-slate scene.

The Drop Box is a very good movie. It it a foreign film with subtitles. And you do have to be willing to follow it closely. But this one is very compelling! 

Big Hero 6 is another great movie. I really wish I had my own Baymax.



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Movie Month, day 12

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: If you could change one thing about any movie, it would be....

Unbroken is a movie that I really enjoyed. What I found frustrating about the ending was that the book had a very strong, very powerful, very emotional ENDING where you learn about his coming to faith in Christ, and how he lived the rest of his life. His testimony was so good, so very, very good. That for a bio-pic to completely ignore the most important part of his life was just really disappointing. Not surprising. But disappointing.



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Movie Month, day 11

So Kailana (The Written Word) and I really LOVED participating in Jenni Elyse's 30 Days of Books.  We thought it would be fun to do a movie-theme list of questions! Feel free to switch "favorite" to "least favorite" if that is more applicable to you!

Today's question: A movie ending you HATE...

This one is tricky. I didn't HATE the ending of Interstellar so much as I found it weird, frustrating, slightly unsatisfying.




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