I filled out the following survey thanks to a tip from Andrew at Encore Entertainment. Here it is:
Gender: A Single Man
Describe Yourself: Happy-Go-Lucky
How Do You Feel Right Now: Enchanted
Where Do You Live: Boys Town
What's the Weather Like There: Little Miss Sunshine
Where Would You Like To Go Right Now: Chicago
What's Your Biggest Fear: Reversal of Fortune
Your Life Is A Film, Give It A Name: Splendor in the Grass
What Will You Be Doing Today: Do the Right Thing
Give Us A Piece of Advice: Throw Momma from the Train
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Wow!
Last post of the decade...wow!
Who didn't want to see more of Anne Hathaway after The Princess Diaries? She's fun, she's cute, she's enjoyable. The best part of Anne Hathaway is that you can tell she's having a good time. She's not one of these mopers that complains about fame or paparazzi or whatever. She's just a joy. And talented.
Amy Adams in Junebug
These are my WOW! moments of the decade. They could be good or bad... let's see. (The number of runners-up varies, but I'll try to limit it to five!)
The Wow! I want to see more of you! award goes to...
Anne Hathaway - The Princess Diaries
Anne Hathaway - The Princess Diaries
Who didn't want to see more of Anne Hathaway after The Princess Diaries? She's fun, she's cute, she's enjoyable. The best part of Anne Hathaway is that you can tell she's having a good time. She's not one of these mopers that complains about fame or paparazzi or whatever. She's just a joy. And talented.Runners-up:
Amy Adams in Junebug
Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Too many others to name! What a good decade for break-outs that (seem to) have potential.
The Wow! I want to see less of you! award goes to...
TIE! Megan Fox - Transformers and Paul Giamatti - Every film he is in
Paul Giamatti- I cannot describe the pain you bring to me when you act on screen. It's either your innate annoyingness or some Paul Giamatti character you're putting on that makes me ill. Please, leave the next decade alone!
The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring
Hayden Panettiere in Heroes and I Love You, Beth Cooper
The Wow! ensemble in a film award goes to...
The cast of Moulin Rouge!
In a movie that could have been downright silly, this cast, including Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor at their absolute best, makes this film a drama, a musical, a romance for the ages. Kudos!
Runners-up:
The casts of...
Chicago
The Aviator
Adaptation.
Juno
Up in the Air
The Wow! male performance in a film (lead/supporting) award goes to...
Johnny Depp inPirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl
Johnny Depp was always a kooky kind of guy, but the films he were in were never kooky enough (in the right way). That is until he landed the role of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean . This was the vehicle Johnny Depp needed all along to show us how funny and offbeat he was as an actor. Here's looking at you, Johnny.
Runners-up:
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation.
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
Sean Penn in Milk
Sorry supporting men, you just didn't do it for me. Better luck next decade (if this blog is still even around!).
The Wow! female performance in a film (lead/supporting) award goes to
Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!
Not a huge surprise here I'm sure, but I don't care. Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! is to the aughts as Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice was to the '80s or Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind was to the '30s. It's that good. It's the performance many will look back on to define the '00s as a decade in film.
Runners-up:
Renee Zellweger in Chicago
Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven
Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Kate Hudson in Almost Famous
So many runners-up! I know I said there would be 5 runners-up, but these were all too good to pass up!
The Wow! I laugh at this (in a good way) every time I see it award goes to...
Mean Girls
Without a doubt the best comedy of the decade, Mean Girls will always be the definitive high school film from this decade. End of story. I'm not posting any runners-up, Regina George wouldn't like that.
My own All That Film Awards for the year 2009 will be up on February 6th, 2010. If the date changes, I'll keep you posted! Before that, here's a 2010 preview of the blog...
A revised list of the best films of the decade!
Oscar coverage, including predictions and desires!
Golden Globes coverage! I find these awards to be the most fun, don't you?
Random musings on actresses!
Hopefully some more reviews on here!
Thoughts on any Broadway shows I see!
Too many others to name! What a good decade for break-outs that (seem to) have potential.
The Wow! I want to see less of you! award goes to...
TIE! Megan Fox - Transformers and Paul Giamatti - Every film he is in
Megan Fox- Yuck! I can't see what other guys see in her looks-wise. And I can see what everyone else sees in her acting wise: nothing. Zip. Zero personality, stale line reading, a total and utter bore. Everything Anne Hathaway is, Megan Fox is not.
Paul Giamatti- I cannot describe the pain you bring to me when you act on screen. It's either your innate annoyingness or some Paul Giamatti character you're putting on that makes me ill. Please, leave the next decade alone!
Runners-up:
Orlando Bloom in Hayden Panettiere in Heroes and I Love You, Beth Cooper
The Wow! ensemble in a film award goes to...
The cast of Moulin Rouge!
In a movie that could have been downright silly, this cast, including Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor at their absolute best, makes this film a drama, a musical, a romance for the ages. Kudos!
Runners-up:
The casts of...
Chicago
The Aviator
Adaptation.
Juno
Up in the Air
The Wow! male performance in a film (lead/supporting) award goes to...
Johnny Depp in
Johnny Depp was always a kooky kind of guy, but the films he were in were never kooky enough (in the right way). That is until he landed the role of Jack Sparrow in the Runners-up:
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation.
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
Sean Penn in Milk
Sorry supporting men, you just didn't do it for me. Better luck next decade (if this blog is still even around!).
The Wow! female performance in a film (lead/supporting) award goes to
Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!Not a huge surprise here I'm sure, but I don't care. Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge! is to the aughts as Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice was to the '80s or Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind was to the '30s. It's that good. It's the performance many will look back on to define the '00s as a decade in film.
Runners-up:
Renee Zellweger in Chicago
Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven
Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Kate Hudson in Almost Famous
So many runners-up! I know I said there would be 5 runners-up, but these were all too good to pass up!
The Wow! I laugh at this (in a good way) every time I see it award goes to...Mean Girls
Without a doubt the best comedy of the decade, Mean Girls will always be the definitive high school film from this decade. End of story. I'm not posting any runners-up, Regina George wouldn't like that.
My own All That Film Awards for the year 2009 will be up on February 6th, 2010. If the date changes, I'll keep you posted! Before that, here's a 2010 preview of the blog...
A revised list of the best films of the decade!
Oscar coverage, including predictions and desires!
Golden Globes coverage! I find these awards to be the most fun, don't you?
Random musings on actresses!
Hopefully some more reviews on here!
Thoughts on any Broadway shows I see!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Survey from Encore
I got this from Encore's World of TV and Film. Pretty interesting survey I thought I would like to take myself.
1. What's your all time favourite Clark Gable film?
Gone With the Wind of course!
2. Do you like Joan Crawford as a comedienne or drama queen?
I don't like Joan Crawford, but probably as a drama queen because of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
3. In your opinion, should Ginger Rogers have made more musicals post-Fred Astaire?
Nah. She's not so fantastic without Astaire.
4. I promise not to cause you bodily (or any other serious) harm if you don't agree with me on this one. So please be honest: do you like Elizabeth Taylor? Hm?
Yes! Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Place in the Sun! Who doesn't love some Liz Taylor?
5. Who is your favorite offscreen Hollywood couple?
Hm... For those who have passed Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, and for those still with us... I'd have to go with a small-screen star John Krasinski and his wife-to-be Emily Blunt. Maybe I'm just on a The Office high after Jim and Pam got married... But I really do love these two!
6. How about onscreen Hollywood couple?
Montgomery Clift and Donna Reed, and then Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity.
8. What was the first Gregory Peck movie you saw?
To Kill a Mockingbird, which is not a great movie...
9. What film made you fall in love with Alfred Hitchcock? (And for those of you that say, "I don't like Hitchcock" -- what is wrong with you?!)
Either Dial M for Murder or Psycho, but probably the former. But I might be falling out of love with him because of To Catch a Thief.
10. What is your favorite book-to-movie adaption?
From Here to Eternity I'd have to say.
11. Do you prefer Shirley Temple as a little girl or as a teenager?
Little girl.
12. Favorite character actor?
Does Tony Randall count? Or Steve Buscemi for a more modern take.
13. Favorite Barbara Stanwyck role?
Her in Double Indemnity.
14. Who is your favorite of Cary Grant's leading ladies?
Katharine Hepburn! Duh.
15. Bette Davis or Joan Crawford?
Not a huge fan of Crawford, and sort of a fan of Davis, so I'd have to go with Bette Davis here.
16. What actors and/or actresses do you think are underrated?
Rita Moreno is underrated, as is Olivia de Havilland. As for more current actresses/actors, I'd have to go with Laura Dern and Ewan McGregor.
17. What actors and/or actresses do you think are overrated?
Hm... Jack Nicholson is a little overrated because I think he may be legitimately crazy, so when he plays crazy it's less impressive. But I do like him. That's all that comes to mind right now.
18. Do you watch movies made pre-1980 exclusively, or do you spice up your viewing-fare with newer films?
I love the 90s in film, and the 2000s are doing pretty well, so nope! Although I'm not a huge fan of the 80s themselves. Some of the crowd pleasers of that decade, like E.T. and Tootsie are really just meh.
19. Is there an actor/actress who you have seen in a film and immediately loved? If so, who?
Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity and Katharine Hepburn. I cannot remember the first film I saw of her though... It might have been Woman of the Year.
20. Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?
Gene Kelly! Singin' in the Rain!
21. Favorite Ginger Rogers drama?
Kitty Foyle.
22. If you wrote a screenplay, who would be in your dream cast and what roles would they play? (Mixing actors and actresses from different generations is allowed: any person from any point in their career.)
Okay I would need Sam Mendes directing, Renee Zellweger from Jerry Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio from Titanic, Annette Bening from her American Beauty days, Katharine Hepburn in her Guess Who's Coming to Dinner phase, Ann Margret from Carnal Knowledge, Susan Sarandon from Dead Man Walking, add some Montgomery Clift during From Here to Eternity.
What the hell would this movie be about? I guess Renee and Leonardo DiCaprio would be getting married and it would be sort of a wedding dramedy. Kate would play Leo's mom and Annette would play Renee's. After the wedding is where the rest of this cast would fall in, but how I'm not exactly sure. I'd want an affair with Susan Sarandon going on, I know that much! Ann-Margret and Montgomery could play the neighbors of Leo and Renee, however, those two probably would not be comic relief.
23. Favorite actress?
Katharine Hepburn! Modern day probs. Renee.
25. Favorite actor?
Montgomery Clift for right now.
26. And now, the last question. What is your favorite movie from each of these genres:
Drama: From Here to Eternity (even though it's also a romance, I wanted to get The African Queen in here somehow so I'm making this a drama!)
Romance: The African Queen
Musical: Chicago
Comedy: Bringing Up Baby
Western: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1. What's your all time favourite Clark Gable film?
Gone With the Wind of course!
2. Do you like Joan Crawford as a comedienne or drama queen?
I don't like Joan Crawford, but probably as a drama queen because of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
3. In your opinion, should Ginger Rogers have made more musicals post-Fred Astaire?
Nah. She's not so fantastic without Astaire.
4. I promise not to cause you bodily (or any other serious) harm if you don't agree with me on this one. So please be honest: do you like Elizabeth Taylor? Hm?
Yes! Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Place in the Sun! Who doesn't love some Liz Taylor?
5. Who is your favorite offscreen Hollywood couple?
Hm... For those who have passed Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, and for those still with us... I'd have to go with a small-screen star John Krasinski and his wife-to-be Emily Blunt. Maybe I'm just on a The Office high after Jim and Pam got married... But I really do love these two!
6. How about onscreen Hollywood couple?
Montgomery Clift and Donna Reed, and then Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity.
8. What was the first Gregory Peck movie you saw?
To Kill a Mockingbird, which is not a great movie...
9. What film made you fall in love with Alfred Hitchcock? (And for those of you that say, "I don't like Hitchcock" -- what is wrong with you?!)
Either Dial M for Murder or Psycho, but probably the former. But I might be falling out of love with him because of To Catch a Thief.
10. What is your favorite book-to-movie adaption?
From Here to Eternity I'd have to say.
11. Do you prefer Shirley Temple as a little girl or as a teenager?
Little girl.
12. Favorite character actor?
Does Tony Randall count? Or Steve Buscemi for a more modern take.
13. Favorite Barbara Stanwyck role?
Her in Double Indemnity.
14. Who is your favorite of Cary Grant's leading ladies?
Katharine Hepburn! Duh.
15. Bette Davis or Joan Crawford?
Not a huge fan of Crawford, and sort of a fan of Davis, so I'd have to go with Bette Davis here.
16. What actors and/or actresses do you think are underrated?
Rita Moreno is underrated, as is Olivia de Havilland. As for more current actresses/actors, I'd have to go with Laura Dern and Ewan McGregor.
17. What actors and/or actresses do you think are overrated?
Hm... Jack Nicholson is a little overrated because I think he may be legitimately crazy, so when he plays crazy it's less impressive. But I do like him. That's all that comes to mind right now.
18. Do you watch movies made pre-1980 exclusively, or do you spice up your viewing-fare with newer films?
I love the 90s in film, and the 2000s are doing pretty well, so nope! Although I'm not a huge fan of the 80s themselves. Some of the crowd pleasers of that decade, like E.T. and Tootsie are really just meh.
19. Is there an actor/actress who you have seen in a film and immediately loved? If so, who?
Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity and Katharine Hepburn. I cannot remember the first film I saw of her though... It might have been Woman of the Year.
20. Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?
Gene Kelly! Singin' in the Rain!
21. Favorite Ginger Rogers drama?
Kitty Foyle.
22. If you wrote a screenplay, who would be in your dream cast and what roles would they play? (Mixing actors and actresses from different generations is allowed: any person from any point in their career.)
Okay I would need Sam Mendes directing, Renee Zellweger from Jerry Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio from Titanic, Annette Bening from her American Beauty days, Katharine Hepburn in her Guess Who's Coming to Dinner phase, Ann Margret from Carnal Knowledge, Susan Sarandon from Dead Man Walking, add some Montgomery Clift during From Here to Eternity.
What the hell would this movie be about? I guess Renee and Leonardo DiCaprio would be getting married and it would be sort of a wedding dramedy. Kate would play Leo's mom and Annette would play Renee's. After the wedding is where the rest of this cast would fall in, but how I'm not exactly sure. I'd want an affair with Susan Sarandon going on, I know that much! Ann-Margret and Montgomery could play the neighbors of Leo and Renee, however, those two probably would not be comic relief.
23. Favorite actress?
Katharine Hepburn! Modern day probs. Renee.
25. Favorite actor?
Montgomery Clift for right now.
26. And now, the last question. What is your favorite movie from each of these genres:
Drama: From Here to Eternity (even though it's also a romance, I wanted to get The African Queen in here somehow so I'm making this a drama!)
Romance: The African Queen
Musical: Chicago
Comedy: Bringing Up Baby
Western: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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