movie meme for maethe
1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Lots. Lots and lots. Five dozen? More? It's more than I can count without actually seeing them in front of me, certainly. I love movies and at present I am just like a kid in a candy store with the Netflix subscription I received for my birthday. A few representative selections...
The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)
The Two Towers (extended edition)
The Return of the King (extended edition)
The Hobbit (Rankin/Bass)
The Lord of the Rings (Rankin/Bass)
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
The Tenth Kingdom
Labyrinth
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Village
Underworld
Tale of the Vampire
Metropolis
Random Harvest
1776
Braveheart
Dave
The Mask of Zorro
The Great Escape
The Chosen
Grosse Point Blank
Better Off Dead
Akira
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Blade Runner
Star Wars (episodes 4-6, original and 'current version')
A River Runs Through It
Legends of the Fall
The Brotherhood of the Wolf
Real Genius
Conan the Barbarian
The Mummy
LA Confidential
Sleepy Hollow
Spiderman 2
Undercover Blues
Moulin Rouge
Bull Durham
Point of No Return
Spring Summer Fall Winter...and Spring
Gladiator
The Crow
The Last Samurai
The Dark Crystal
Vampire Hunter D
Princess Mononoke
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2) The last film I bought:
I've been trying to be good lately and let others buy me movies. By that definition, The Village is the last one. Otherwise... probably The Chronicles of Riddick. I have to admit...there are so many, it's hard to remember.
3) The last film I watched:
1776. I'm visiting my folks and it was their choice. Tomorrow I'll be watching either Hidalgo, Signs or The Fugitive. With my new Netflix subscription I've been watching a lot more movies than usual - though staying home to care for our newborn son has given me more time for that kind of thing than I had previously.
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
A River Runs Through It
"And so it is often those closest to us and whom we should know best that elude us. [...] But we can still love them. We can love completely, without complete understanding."
Legends of the Fall
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clarity. Such people become crazy... but they become legend."
The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson)
"Many are the strange chances of the world, and help shall oft come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter." -Mithrandir, The Silmarillion
Grosse Point Blank
"No meetings."
The Crow
"Abashed the Devil stood, and felt how awful Goodness was..."
Tag five people who have to do this meme:
I generally don't ask other people to do memes. If any of my friends are interested, I'm interested in what their movie repertoires and palates are like.
Edit: maethe, please drop me a line!