30 Day Movie Meme, Days 13-16
Jul. 31st, 2010 02:03 pm
Trying to get caught up here!( Days 1-12 )
Day 13 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure - I have LOTS of these. I like stupid comedies, and murder mysteries, and over-blown period pieces. For this one, I'm going with a 1976 film, Murder by Death (written by Neil Simon). It's a fabulously hilarious spoof of some of fiction's more famous detectives and things that annoy people who read murder mysteries. Dick and Dora Charleston (based on Nick and Nora, naturally - played by David Niven and Maggie Smith in fine style), Sam Diamond (based on Sam Spade, played by Peter Falk, with Eileen Brennan as his Gal Friday), Milo Perrier (based on Poirot, played by James Coco), Miss Jessica Marbles (based on "Aunt Jane" Marple, played by Elsa Lancaster), and Sidney Wang (based on Charlie Chan, played by Peter Sellers). It takes some familiarity with the genre, and you have to keep in mind when it was made. But I love it. It's so ridiculous, it's hilarious.
Day 14 - A movie that no one would expect you to love - One of the film types I listed is NOT Westerns. I'm not a big fan of shoot-em-up movies, but I like this one. It's Big Jake (made in 1971) and naturally, it stars John Wayne (with Maureen O'Hara for all of five minutes). The movie pretty much opens with the McCandles ranch being attacked by a band of out-of-work criminals, with plenty of on-screen and suggested violence. I think it's the motorcars in the movie, or the fact that it shows the Old West giving way to a Newer West. I'm not sure why, I just like it.
Day 15 - A character who you can relate to the most - Wendy, from Peter Pan. I can completely sympathize with being the only female, being the voice of reason, having to be the responsible one - and yet, having the imagination to still tell stories and imagine things like the mermaid lagoon. Work especially makes me feel like I'm stuck with the Lost Boys.
Day 16 - A movie that you used to love but now hate - This is hard because I don't change my opinion on a lot of movies. The best thing that I can come up with is Disney's The Fox and The Hound. I really liked it as a kid, and now every time I watch it, I bawl my eyes out when the widow has to take Todd to the sanctuary. I also really dislike the hunter/trapper, and sort of wish the bear HAD eaten him.