So, I got tagged by Fletch at Blog Cabins for this meme – and the rules are pretty explanatory, so let’s just get crackin’, eh?
The Rules
1. Pick one film to represent each letter of the alphabet.
2. The letter “A” and the word “The” do not count as the beginning of a film’s title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don’t know of any films with those titles.
3. Return of the Jedi belongs under “R,” not “S” as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with “S.” Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under “R,” not “I” as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Conversely, all films in the LOTR series belong under “L” and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under “C,” as that’s what those filmmakers called their films from the start. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Use your better judgement to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.
4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number’s word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under “T.”
5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type “alphabet meme” into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.
6. If you’re selected, you have to then select 5 more people.
A ll the President’s Men
B ig Lebowski, The
C lueless
D ark City
E quilibrium
F railty
G hostbusters
H eathers
I ntermission
J acket, The
K indergarten Cop
L ethal Weapon
M ay
N il By Mouth
O cean’s Eleven
P ulp Fiction
Q uills
R eservoir Dogs
S earchers, The
T erminator 2: Judgment Day
U mbrellas of Cherbourg
V for Vendetta (remember, remember the fifth of November? Ahem.)
W itness
X anadu
Y oungblood
Z oolander
I own most of these movies. Not all of them, just some of them – I’ll let you decide which I own and which I don’t, which I suppose depends on your opinion of how good/bad my taste is. Trufax.
Tags!
and..
Whoever else wants to do it!
Have fun, guys.
November 5th, KICKASS!
Hahah, J.D. :D
Annie Hall
Blues Brothers, The
Citizen Kane
Die Hard
Enter the Dragon
Fargo
Ghost
Halloween
Innerspace
Jaws
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Liar, Liar
Monster House
Nightmare on Elm Street, A
O
Pyscho
Quantum of Solace
Rocky
Serial Mom
Total Recall
Under Suspicion
Varsity Blues
Waiting for Guffman
XXX
Year of Living Dangerously, The
Zulu
I love Equilibrium made your list. And Frailty, too. It was such an underrated movie.
I remembered the fifth of November. :-p
I love Equilibrium made your list. And Frailty, too. It was such an underrated movie.
I love, love, love Equilibrium. And Frailty is often passed over and I’m not sure why – it has some really good talent and is overall, just a really good story. Loved it.
I also liked Frailty. It was a precursor to Dexter in a lot of ways. It was a nasty film, but a good one.
I never watched Equilibrium and have little interest to.
I never watched Equilibrium and have little interest to.
But…but…IT HAS CHRISTIAN BALE.
AND SEAN BEAN.
Shirtless Christian Bale, at that!
Wait…you’re not into that sort of thing, are you?
omfg! shirtless Christian Bale!!!
Jesus Christ, why didn’t you say!?!?
:-/
omfg! shirtless Christian Bale!!!
Jesus Christ, why didn’t you say!?!?
:-/
Can I add that it has Sean Bean reciting Yeats, which might quite simply be made of awesome, in my humble opinion?
Come on, you have to submit to the lure of gun-kata. And William Fichtner. And SAMURAI SWORDS.
You know you want to!
(And shirtless Christian Bale. :p)
Pass.
Pass.
OH FINE BE THAT WAY.
You ruin all my nice plans!
SHIRTLESS CHRISTIAN BALE OMG.
*always there 4 U*
Neato and will do! (Gah, I’ve been a bad blogger lately, but been busy…)
Can I ask how good “Nil By Mouth” and “Quills” are? I’ve been meaning to watch them, but I’d like to get a general feel first.
Allison, I’ve been bad too, no worries. :p I have a stack of movies here to do and I haven’t even popped them in the DVD player yet!
Nil By Mouth is really good, in my opinion, but you should really be prepared for it to be really dark and really depressing. It’s a great movie but I kind of had to prepare myself for the depressingness before hand.
Quills is the same way except it’s much more disturbing, I think. I’m not a huge fan of the Marquis de Sade in the first place, but it can get a little rough at parts. It’s worth watching for Joaquin Phoenix and Kate Winslet, though – and Geoffrey Rush is really, really good.
Yo,
I was tagged with you by Fletch.
My list is up.
Thanks
Piper, everyone got tagged, damn!
Thanks for the note. :D
Okay, cool then. I’ll keep those in mind for when I think I can handle them (knowing me it’ll be at, like 2:30 in the morning when I most certainly cannot handle them, but think that I can).
I’ve actually seen a lot of movies lately though, so the bad blogging is just on my part in that sense.
Oh yeah, did you hear the recent news about Phoenix?
Allison, haha! And I did hear the news about Phoenix. I’m torn about it; in one sense, I’m missing Old Man Eye Candy, but in the other sense? He hasn’t looked very Eye Candy in a long time. More like Old Man Hobo. So I’m torn. COME BACK, HOT JOAQUIN.