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[filkertom]

Nicked from smallship1:

1. How many films do I own on DVD/video?
   • DVD, at least 250. Counting things I've got on retail VHS, upwards of 450. Counting things taped off of TV back when I watched, including MST3K, I shudder to contemplate.
2. What was the last film I bought?
   • Lloyd Webber's/Schumacher's Phantom of the Opera.
3. What was the last film I watched?
   • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
4. What are five films that I watch a lot, or that mean a lot to me?
   • The Lord of the Rings -- without question, my favorite film ever, the adventure that grabbed my heart from the first frames and has held it ever since.
     
   • Fantasia -- superb animation, the best of classical music, the unfettering of the imagination... what's not to love?
     
   • Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster -- decades before MST3K, I was practicing for it with this film. See, there's a scene not too long before the end, when Godzilla, Rodan, and baby Mothra sit down together and have a talk about whether or not they should fight Ghidrah. The Mothra Twins translate, but I used to come up with my own version, making my little sister laugh like a nut.
     
   • Inherit The Wind -- a social issue still near and dear to my heart, showcasing the finest acting you will ever see.
     
   • Singin' In The Rain -- another movie about possibilities, doing things in film that hadn't been done before, and even showing that beauty is only skin-deep (all praise to the exquisite Jean Hagen), and also filled with catchy tunes, great comedy, and some of the best characters ever.

Have at it.

Comments

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

Inherit the Wind is good. I am tickled, as I remarked in another context, by the coincidence of Tracy and March opposite each other--imagining the scene: "You want evolution? I'll show you evolution!" *gulp gulp ooh aaargh eek* and so on.

There's probably a song in there somewhere...

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

And today is the anniversary of the arrest of John Scopes. And the travesty of Kansas Board of Education doing away with the teaching of evolution in that state.

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

And I have no desire to belittle that in any way. I was talking about a film I enjoyed. Why, what are you guys talking about?

[skull-leader3.livejournal.com]

The arrest & trial of John Scopes for the crime of teaching evolution, in defiance of a Tennessee state law, was the real-life basis for Inherit the Wind. The character of Drummond was modeled after Scopes' defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, while Brady was modelled after the real life prosecutor, orator and one-time Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryant.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Three of your five are way up on my list -- Fantasia, Inherit the Wind and Singin' in the Rain. That Jean Hagen lost the Oscar that year is a crime. I've never seen the LotR movies, and just have no interest in 'em. Mark me down as a fannish heretic, I guess... :)

Off to my LJ to work on my list!

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

I think I love you. I can count on the fingers of one hand the sci-fi people who know and treasure "Singin'" as much as I do, and that includes the Rev.Doc above.

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

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<<See, there's a scene not too long before the end, when Godzilla, Rodan, and baby Mothra sit down together and have a talk about whether or not they should fight Ghidrah. The Mothra Twins translate, but I used to come up with my own version, making my little sister laugh like a nut>>

Oh, I remember that scene! Do tell! Do tell!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Oh, different every time. Detroit's Channel 7 showed it a fair amount on thier 4:30 movie (back when local stations did stuff like that). Sometimes a poker game, sometimes a tea party, sometimes complaining about their aches and pains....