10 Questions from Ren
I saw on a blog I've begun to read recently that author has 10 (I think weekly) questions her friend Ren asks her. I thought it was a really cool idea and was hoping to start something like that on my blog. The dilema was getting someone to ask the questions since I felt a bit odd asking myself the questions. Well, Ren has visited here and has posted some questions for me. Thanks Ren!! (Note to all: feel free to ask questions, either here or on my "non-movie" blog)
So here are Ren's questions:
1. So you like movies. Tell me, what do you think Is the best adaptation of a book to a movie that you have seen?
I have to be honest, most of the time that I'm seeing a movie...if I've read the book it was long before I saw the movie (for example the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or Hitchhiker's Guide). The only movies that had anything close in timing are the Harry Potter movies.
2. What movie did you pay to see and really wish you hadn’t and in fact, feel like they couldn’t pay YOU enough to ever see it again?
Groundhog Day wins that hands down.
3. That said, do you ever walk out of movies if you don’t like them?
You know, I just can't. I've walked out of a movie once in my life. I was in high school (which was quite a long time ago). Robin Williams was in it. I can't remember the name of it, but checked IMDB...I'm thinking it was The Survivors. It also takes a lot for me to not finish a movie. I keep watching. If I get into the story at all I have to finish, no matter how bad it is. There are 3 movies I haven't been able to finish: Toys (yep, another Robin Williams one), The Life Aquatic (which I actually knew I wasn't going to like, I just didn't know how much I wasn't going to like it), and What the Bleep Do We Know.
4. What is your favorite movie snack and why?
Raisinets and popcorn. Not separately, but in the same handful. I'm not really a big popcorn fan, but the combination of both works for me. Also, they have to be Raisinets...not the Sunmaid chocolate raisins or any of the other options that theaters offer.
5. Please, tell me three movies that I may not have seen but I really should because they are just that good…
Oh boy, let's see...that's hard to say. People are so different in their tastes! But if I picked 3 they would be:
Fargo. Funny, funny movie...darker, but funny. A kidnap for ransom story gone bad.
Amelie. It was just a nice, sweet story.
Closet Land. Very intense. Basically it's about a children's author who was getting interogated because it was thought she was putting political messages into her stories. Now, I saw it a long time ago...and it might not be as good as I remember...but it certainly made an impact on me.
...can it be 4 since the last one is iffy? If so: Whale Rider...oh, and Crash was quite good also. Ok, I'll stop.
6. From your current reviews, I see that you’ve been watching a lot of “Hollywood” movies, but you also watch foreign films too…but what do you REALLY like to watch?
You know, there really isn't anything in particular that I like to watch more than others. I guess if I had to pick I would tend to favor the independent dramas.
7. What would you like to see more of in movies?
You know what...I don't know...more originality. Which leads into my answer for #8
8. What would you like to see less of? And no fair saying Jennifer lopez, that’s how everyone answers!
Ok, then...Tom Cruise :0) And less remakes, especially all the tv show remakes. Really, people, did all of the fresh ideas run dry?
9. So, when you watch movies at home do you watch straight through or do you pause to get a drink, maybe make a phone call, watch a little tomorrow?
I need to watch a movie straight thru, and will ignore the phone if it rings. At home or out, I do everything in my power to not get up in the middle of a movie...down to always making a bathroom run right before the movie is supposed to start. Recently at the theater I made the error of getting a large coke when watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I spent the last 45 minutes desperately needing to go to the bathroom, but not wanting to get up. I never did get up, but had to make a mad dash to the restroom when it was over.
10. Read any good books lately?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Yeah, I'm a HP fan big time. And it's a book that I actually read. In the last couple of years I'm afraid that I haven't really read books, but have turned to audio books instead...the unabridged versions, though.
So here are Ren's questions:
1. So you like movies. Tell me, what do you think Is the best adaptation of a book to a movie that you have seen?
I have to be honest, most of the time that I'm seeing a movie...if I've read the book it was long before I saw the movie (for example the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or Hitchhiker's Guide). The only movies that had anything close in timing are the Harry Potter movies.
2. What movie did you pay to see and really wish you hadn’t and in fact, feel like they couldn’t pay YOU enough to ever see it again?
Groundhog Day wins that hands down.
3. That said, do you ever walk out of movies if you don’t like them?
You know, I just can't. I've walked out of a movie once in my life. I was in high school (which was quite a long time ago). Robin Williams was in it. I can't remember the name of it, but checked IMDB...I'm thinking it was The Survivors. It also takes a lot for me to not finish a movie. I keep watching. If I get into the story at all I have to finish, no matter how bad it is. There are 3 movies I haven't been able to finish: Toys (yep, another Robin Williams one), The Life Aquatic (which I actually knew I wasn't going to like, I just didn't know how much I wasn't going to like it), and What the Bleep Do We Know.
4. What is your favorite movie snack and why?
Raisinets and popcorn. Not separately, but in the same handful. I'm not really a big popcorn fan, but the combination of both works for me. Also, they have to be Raisinets...not the Sunmaid chocolate raisins or any of the other options that theaters offer.
5. Please, tell me three movies that I may not have seen but I really should because they are just that good…
Oh boy, let's see...that's hard to say. People are so different in their tastes! But if I picked 3 they would be:
Fargo. Funny, funny movie...darker, but funny. A kidnap for ransom story gone bad.
Amelie. It was just a nice, sweet story.
Closet Land. Very intense. Basically it's about a children's author who was getting interogated because it was thought she was putting political messages into her stories. Now, I saw it a long time ago...and it might not be as good as I remember...but it certainly made an impact on me.
...can it be 4 since the last one is iffy? If so: Whale Rider...oh, and Crash was quite good also. Ok, I'll stop.
6. From your current reviews, I see that you’ve been watching a lot of “Hollywood” movies, but you also watch foreign films too…but what do you REALLY like to watch?
You know, there really isn't anything in particular that I like to watch more than others. I guess if I had to pick I would tend to favor the independent dramas.
7. What would you like to see more of in movies?
You know what...I don't know...more originality. Which leads into my answer for #8
8. What would you like to see less of? And no fair saying Jennifer lopez, that’s how everyone answers!
Ok, then...Tom Cruise :0) And less remakes, especially all the tv show remakes. Really, people, did all of the fresh ideas run dry?
9. So, when you watch movies at home do you watch straight through or do you pause to get a drink, maybe make a phone call, watch a little tomorrow?
I need to watch a movie straight thru, and will ignore the phone if it rings. At home or out, I do everything in my power to not get up in the middle of a movie...down to always making a bathroom run right before the movie is supposed to start. Recently at the theater I made the error of getting a large coke when watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I spent the last 45 minutes desperately needing to go to the bathroom, but not wanting to get up. I never did get up, but had to make a mad dash to the restroom when it was over.
10. Read any good books lately?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Yeah, I'm a HP fan big time. And it's a book that I actually read. In the last couple of years I'm afraid that I haven't really read books, but have turned to audio books instead...the unabridged versions, though.
posted by TiggerLarue at 11:29 PM
5 Comments:
Yay Ren for asking you questions too! I'm a big Harry Potter fan as well and really enjoyed the latest book. Looking forward to the movie this fall too!
yay! thanks for answering. i answer my them myself too over at my silly bloggy thing in case you want to find out what i've been watching. i can't promise more questions (jodi usually has to remind me for her) but i'm sure i'll toss some your way again OR, you can always answer jodi's too!
I have to agree with you, the raisins in chocolate subtitutes suck. *wow* that was a lot of ssssss's.
so another question for you....
given the movies you have seen, and given the opportunity, what movie would you want to star in and what role would you play?
oh, and by the way, "closetland" is an excellent but brutal sort of movie. but alan rickman is my very favorite actor. he directed a lovely quiet film called "the winter guest" that i highly recommend.
I love Alan Rickman too!!!!! I could listen to his voice for hours. I just want him to talk to me!
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