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sailorhathorI haven't posted in a few days and I'd like something to post just to fill in some days on my calendar, so I'm reposting some list thingies I put up on my Facebook this week. :)
The rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen films you've seen that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what films my friends choose.
My choices aren't going to be super brainy or anything because the movies that usually stick with me are ones that show me amazing sights I probably will never get to see in real life, which usually means movies with lots of special effects, and movies that have a story that I find clever. Some movies were chosen because they have sentimental value. Others because they scared the crap out of me. All of these are movies that I can, and do, watch over and over.
Honestly, I don't care if people read this list and think I'm a total airhead for not having stuff like "Citizen Kane" on it. I like what I like and that's that.
These aren't in any particular order; I'm too lazy to go beyond thinking them up.
1. Various holiday movies with a great Christmas feel to them, such as: "It's a Wonderful Life," "A Christmas Story," & "Home Alone" (I can cheat too, Angela!). My mom LOOOOVED "It's a Wonderful Life," and cried at the ending every time. Now I do it.
2. "Ringu" and its American remake, "The Ring." There are very few movies that have actually spooked the hell out of me, and this Japanese movie and its remake did just that. I had nightmares for weeks. Do you know how infrequently that happens?
3. "Independence Day," and other alien invasion movies like "The Fourth Kind" and "War of the Worlds." Is it really possible that I'm going to get to see an alien invasion on this scale in real life? Probably not. This is going to sound cowardly of me, but I would be so excited for an alien invasion as long as some city far from me could be the one that's attacked, and I would just get to watch it all on TV. XD I'd be freakin' GLUED to the set. Technically, "The Fourth Kind" wasn't really on the same alien invasion scale as the others, but everytime I watch it, I get spooked all to hell about those two clips where the aliens possess people. Some of the scariest shit I've ever seen.
4. "Toy Soldiers." They spend a long time establishing character, and then put those characters in an interesting, smart story about terrorists taking a private school hostage.
5. "Poltergeist." Scared the living poop out of me when I was a kid. Still sends chills up my spine today. I love how it takes an everyday thing like a bedroom closet and turns it into a portal to the spirit world. Just tons of awesome paranormal ideas in this one. A similar movie that has a great, spooky feel to it is "The Others."
6. "Twister." I love the characters and tornadoes are damn exciting! I grew up (and still live) in tornado alley, and they've always been very exciting for me. I'd totally go along on a run with Jo and her group. FOOD! STEAK AND POTATOES!!
7. "Paranormal Activity." Maybe one day this movie won't hold up so well, but for now, I still love it and can't stop watching it. The spooky shit going on in Micah and Katie's house could have just gone on and on and escalated for another couple hours and I still wouldn't have been able to stop watching. I LOVE spooky ghost stuff. And not just any spooky ghost stuff, but stuff like this.
8. "The Initiation" and similar slasher films, but especially this one. We got cable when I was 11 years old, and my parents put a box upstairs for us kids to watch with the instructions that we weren't to watch any bad movies. Well, of course, we snuck them after hours. My first slasher films were "Slumber Party Massacre" and "The Initiation," and years later "The Toolbox Murders" (the 1978 one) and "Confessions of a Serial Killer." I especially love the ones that have a soap opera-like backstory full of family secrets that come back to haunt everyone (everyone who doesn't get hacked to death, that is). They will always have a special place in my bloody little heart.
9. "The Omen," the original. The original and best anti-christ story. Why did they even bother remaking this? Especially when they weren't even going to try to top the kind of acting that Gregory Peck and Lee Remick can do? And that spooky nanny! It's awesome.
10. "Scream." The slasher film that redefined the genre by having an actual story where the characters were fully aware of slasher films! And it introduced me to my #1 Movie Boyfriend, sexy Skeet Ulrich, who made other movies that I love to watch on repeat like "Nobody's Baby" and "Chill Factor."
11. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (the original). I remember watching this when I was a teenager, on cable, when my entire family was out of the house. My siblings had gone to a concert and I can't remember where my parents went, but I know I was alone. That certainly didn't help. I remember being on the literal edge of the couch during the scenes where Leatherface was chasing the girl through the woods, bare inches behind her. Total nail-biting stuff. The second one was pretty intense too, with me on the edge of the couch again.
12. "Jurassic Park." Another sight I'll probably never get to see -- real live dinosaurs! And Jeff Goldblum is just plain awesome.
13. "Psycho" (original). Definitely deserves to be a classic, because it just is.
14. "The Uninvited" (2009), "Premonition," and "Silent Hill." Three fairly recent movies that had good stories and neat things to look at. (I just love houses by a lake and monsters wearing a pyramid helmet who live the days out of order. Yes, I can't decide how to list these, so I cheated.)
15. "Natural Born Killers." I love a good road trip killing spree movie. This one took it to a whole new level.
Honorable Mention goes to: "Mansquito"! Stupid monster movie, but Corin Nemec's in it and I just love him. He makes the whole movie watchable. Several Asian movies, especially their horror movies -- one that comes to mind off the top of my head is "Noriko's Dinner Table," which really isn't a horror movie, although it has a couple of suicide scenes in it that were pretty horrific. It was just a really memorable story about a group that takes in runaways and then puts them to work acting as families for other people who have no family left. Like, you could actually call up this business and tell them to send over people to pretend to be your family so you don't have to be alone on Christmas or whatever. A very original idea that presented lots of interesting takes on what family really means. Another one that springs to mind came out of Korea, "The Host," which is a classic monster movie about a beast coming out of the river and eating unsuspecting people. This one young teen gets taken by the monster, and then her family goes to amazing lengths to try to save her. Very memorable acting and special effects.
Anywho, I could probably go on forever since I love talking about movies, but I won't, 'cause I gotta eat sometime. ;)
Using only the song titles of ONE ARTIST, answer these questions. Pass it on to at least 10 people and include me. You can't use the artist I did. Try not to repeat a song. It's a bit harder than you think. Post as "My Life According To (band name)."
Are you male or female? She Don't Know Me
Describe Yourself: Just Older
How Do You Feel? Misunderstood
Your Religion? Living in Sin
Describe Where You Currently Live: Welcome to Wherever you Are
Your Favorite Form Of Transportation: Homebound Train
Your Best Friend: Never Say Goodbye
Your Ex: You Said You Couldn't Live Without Me, So Why Aren't You Dead? (Not really, it's just a great title)
What Is Life To You? We Rule the Night
Your Fear: Whole Lot of Leaving Going On
What Is The Best Advice You Have To Give? Stick to Your Guns
Your Motto: We Weren't Born to Follow
I don't tag peeps, so do it if you are so inspired. :)
The rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen films you've seen that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what films my friends choose.
My choices aren't going to be super brainy or anything because the movies that usually stick with me are ones that show me amazing sights I probably will never get to see in real life, which usually means movies with lots of special effects, and movies that have a story that I find clever. Some movies were chosen because they have sentimental value. Others because they scared the crap out of me. All of these are movies that I can, and do, watch over and over.
Honestly, I don't care if people read this list and think I'm a total airhead for not having stuff like "Citizen Kane" on it. I like what I like and that's that.
These aren't in any particular order; I'm too lazy to go beyond thinking them up.
1. Various holiday movies with a great Christmas feel to them, such as: "It's a Wonderful Life," "A Christmas Story," & "Home Alone" (I can cheat too, Angela!). My mom LOOOOVED "It's a Wonderful Life," and cried at the ending every time. Now I do it.
2. "Ringu" and its American remake, "The Ring." There are very few movies that have actually spooked the hell out of me, and this Japanese movie and its remake did just that. I had nightmares for weeks. Do you know how infrequently that happens?
3. "Independence Day," and other alien invasion movies like "The Fourth Kind" and "War of the Worlds." Is it really possible that I'm going to get to see an alien invasion on this scale in real life? Probably not. This is going to sound cowardly of me, but I would be so excited for an alien invasion as long as some city far from me could be the one that's attacked, and I would just get to watch it all on TV. XD I'd be freakin' GLUED to the set. Technically, "The Fourth Kind" wasn't really on the same alien invasion scale as the others, but everytime I watch it, I get spooked all to hell about those two clips where the aliens possess people. Some of the scariest shit I've ever seen.
4. "Toy Soldiers." They spend a long time establishing character, and then put those characters in an interesting, smart story about terrorists taking a private school hostage.
5. "Poltergeist." Scared the living poop out of me when I was a kid. Still sends chills up my spine today. I love how it takes an everyday thing like a bedroom closet and turns it into a portal to the spirit world. Just tons of awesome paranormal ideas in this one. A similar movie that has a great, spooky feel to it is "The Others."
6. "Twister." I love the characters and tornadoes are damn exciting! I grew up (and still live) in tornado alley, and they've always been very exciting for me. I'd totally go along on a run with Jo and her group. FOOD! STEAK AND POTATOES!!
7. "Paranormal Activity." Maybe one day this movie won't hold up so well, but for now, I still love it and can't stop watching it. The spooky shit going on in Micah and Katie's house could have just gone on and on and escalated for another couple hours and I still wouldn't have been able to stop watching. I LOVE spooky ghost stuff. And not just any spooky ghost stuff, but stuff like this.
8. "The Initiation" and similar slasher films, but especially this one. We got cable when I was 11 years old, and my parents put a box upstairs for us kids to watch with the instructions that we weren't to watch any bad movies. Well, of course, we snuck them after hours. My first slasher films were "Slumber Party Massacre" and "The Initiation," and years later "The Toolbox Murders" (the 1978 one) and "Confessions of a Serial Killer." I especially love the ones that have a soap opera-like backstory full of family secrets that come back to haunt everyone (everyone who doesn't get hacked to death, that is). They will always have a special place in my bloody little heart.
9. "The Omen," the original. The original and best anti-christ story. Why did they even bother remaking this? Especially when they weren't even going to try to top the kind of acting that Gregory Peck and Lee Remick can do? And that spooky nanny! It's awesome.
10. "Scream." The slasher film that redefined the genre by having an actual story where the characters were fully aware of slasher films! And it introduced me to my #1 Movie Boyfriend, sexy Skeet Ulrich, who made other movies that I love to watch on repeat like "Nobody's Baby" and "Chill Factor."
11. "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (the original). I remember watching this when I was a teenager, on cable, when my entire family was out of the house. My siblings had gone to a concert and I can't remember where my parents went, but I know I was alone. That certainly didn't help. I remember being on the literal edge of the couch during the scenes where Leatherface was chasing the girl through the woods, bare inches behind her. Total nail-biting stuff. The second one was pretty intense too, with me on the edge of the couch again.
12. "Jurassic Park." Another sight I'll probably never get to see -- real live dinosaurs! And Jeff Goldblum is just plain awesome.
13. "Psycho" (original). Definitely deserves to be a classic, because it just is.
14. "The Uninvited" (2009), "Premonition," and "Silent Hill." Three fairly recent movies that had good stories and neat things to look at. (I just love houses by a lake and monsters wearing a pyramid helmet who live the days out of order. Yes, I can't decide how to list these, so I cheated.)
15. "Natural Born Killers." I love a good road trip killing spree movie. This one took it to a whole new level.
Honorable Mention goes to: "Mansquito"! Stupid monster movie, but Corin Nemec's in it and I just love him. He makes the whole movie watchable. Several Asian movies, especially their horror movies -- one that comes to mind off the top of my head is "Noriko's Dinner Table," which really isn't a horror movie, although it has a couple of suicide scenes in it that were pretty horrific. It was just a really memorable story about a group that takes in runaways and then puts them to work acting as families for other people who have no family left. Like, you could actually call up this business and tell them to send over people to pretend to be your family so you don't have to be alone on Christmas or whatever. A very original idea that presented lots of interesting takes on what family really means. Another one that springs to mind came out of Korea, "The Host," which is a classic monster movie about a beast coming out of the river and eating unsuspecting people. This one young teen gets taken by the monster, and then her family goes to amazing lengths to try to save her. Very memorable acting and special effects.
Anywho, I could probably go on forever since I love talking about movies, but I won't, 'cause I gotta eat sometime. ;)
Using only the song titles of ONE ARTIST, answer these questions. Pass it on to at least 10 people and include me. You can't use the artist I did. Try not to repeat a song. It's a bit harder than you think. Post as "My Life According To (band name)."
Are you male or female? She Don't Know Me
Describe Yourself: Just Older
How Do You Feel? Misunderstood
Your Religion? Living in Sin
Describe Where You Currently Live: Welcome to Wherever you Are
Your Favorite Form Of Transportation: Homebound Train
Your Best Friend: Never Say Goodbye
Your Ex: You Said You Couldn't Live Without Me, So Why Aren't You Dead? (Not really, it's just a great title)
What Is Life To You? We Rule the Night
Your Fear: Whole Lot of Leaving Going On
What Is The Best Advice You Have To Give? Stick to Your Guns
Your Motto: We Weren't Born to Follow
I don't tag peeps, so do it if you are so inspired. :)
