A Meme About the Movies…

I was sort of tagged for this meme by MsMama. Looked like fun, though I’ll admit it took more time than I expected it to take.

1. Popcorn or candy?
Popcorn, but either no butter or just a little. Too greasy on my fingers. I used to dip it in my coke as a child, because I figured it made it soft enough to not damage my braces. Kinda gross, but I got used to it, and now I like it.

2. Name a movie you’ve been meaning to see forever.
Sorry, can’t think of any. With Netflix, I can pretty much see anything I want. 🙂 Someone said I should see The English Patient, but I just can’t get excited about it.

3. You are given the power to recall one Oscar: Who loses theirs and to whom?
James Cameron for Titanic loses his. First, he just seemed like such an ASS with his stupid “I’m the King of the World” bit, and second, I hated that movie. OK, hate is a strong word, but I hated the whole “Jack!” “Rose!” crap, and it made me want to hurl. I don’t remember seeing any of the other movies nominated in that category (Maya was a baby when this came out, hence, few movies at the time), but I thought The Sweet Hereafter was about 20 times better than Titanic, so I’ll give it to that film. Even though it wasn’t nominated for that category, it did come out that year. (And I know Ted answered this same thing on his meme. So what? We’re married. And honestly, we came to the same conclusion separately.)

4. Steal one costume from a movie for your wardrobe. Which will it be?
I always kinda liked the dress Meryl Streep wore when she got married in Out of Africa. I wouldn’t really have anyplace to wear it, but I could maybe wear it around the house and feel literary. (You can see the pretty hat and part of the dress here.)

5. Your favorite film franchise is…
I have no idea. I thought of Star Wars, but I think I saw the original about 85,000 times, so I was kinda burnt out on that. And I hated the ewoks. And don’t get me started on the new ones. Then there’s Indiana Jones, but the second one of those just blew. I guess the Christopher Guest films, if that counts, though I didn’t enjoy “This is Spinal Tap” so much. But Best In Show and A Mighty Wind are genius.

6. Invite five movie people over for dinner. Who are they? Why’d you invite them? What do you feed them?
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with this one. I’m over-thinking it, I know. But really, I’m afraid that the real them won’t be anything like the them in the movies, and I’ll be bored. Or annoyed. And then, why the heck do I bring them to MY little hovel, when they have fabulous houses all over the world? So, no. I’m not inviting anyone. They’re inviting me to their homes instead, so their professional cooks can make us something yummy. Still, the question remains…who? And why?

George Clooney. I remember him from when he was Sela Ward’s love interest on Sisters, before that hospital show he got famous on. Plus, he has a pretty nice place in Italy, I’ve heard, so we might get some tasty pasta and talk politics.

Christopher Walkin. He’s so…creepy, and yet seems like he’d be a good guy to have dinner with. At his place, which I assume is in Hollywood, maybe we’d have crab catered from Crustacean. Mmmm.

Laura Dern. I don’t know, I just like her. Sometimes folks say I look like her, so we could compare and contrast, though I suspect I’d come out on the poor side of that one. I’m thinking she might serve some yummy sushi. I don’t know why I think that, but I do.

Johnny Depp. Partially because he’s groovy, partially because he lives in Paris, and I love Paris. I’ll have to bring my cousin, though, or else she would kill me, because he’s her husband in many ways. I hope he’d take us to dinner at a lovely French bistro.

Meryl Streep. She seems like a pretty interesting person…I’d like to find out if that’s true. She also seems like maybe she cooks her own meals once in awhile, so I’ll eat whatever her specialty is.

7. What is the appropriate punishment for people who answer cell phones in the movie theater?
Depends…do they quickly get off the phone, go outside and call the babysitter back and agree to meet them at the hospital because their child has seriously injured themself? Or do they sit there and say, “Nothin….what’re YOU doing?”

If it’s the former, no punishment, they’re OK. Latter? Make them eat the stupid phone.

8. Choose a female bodyguard: Ripley from Aliens. Mystique from X-Men. Sarah Connor from Terminator 2. The Bride from Kill Bill. Mace from Strange Days.
Sarah Connor, because I’ve always thought she kicked butt. Especially in T2, where she had half way gone off the deep end.

9. What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever seen in a movie?
The thing that creeped me out the most, I think, was at the end of The Blair Witch Project, when the guy was standing in the corner of the house. That creeped me big time. I used to like to tease my co-worker friend, Lei, by putting little piles of rocks on her desk when she was in a meeting. Creeped her out, too. 🙂 Oh, the blood coming out of the elevator doors in the ads for The Shining creeped me out, too. Then there was that movie my mom took me to see when I was 8, The Conversation. Oh my god, did that creep me out. It wasn’t even a horror movie, but more a psychological drama…but to my young eyes, the blood flowing from the toilet, and maybe down the walls (It was a long time ago, so I’m not sure….) was way too much.

10. Your favorite genre (excluding comedy and drama) is?
Why excluding comedy and drama? That’s a strange provision. OK, I’m thinking Indie. Does that count? They tend to have films with more intelligent dialogue, people who actually seem like they might have a brain, rather than just showing off like the major releases.

11. You are given the power to greenlight movies at a major studio for one year. How do you wield this power?
I’d like to see more good roles for woman over 40. Movies in which they aren’t the mother of the main character, or the wife, but they are themselves the main character.

12. Bonnie or Clyde?
Never saw it, never interested. Do I need to put this in #2?

13: Who are you tagging to answer this survey:
Um. Wasn’t going to tag anyone, but if Cherry wants to play, that would be good for her NaBloPoMo, even though she’s missed a few already…and it would be fun to see ML and Beenzzz’s answers as well. Anyone else want to play?