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Sunday, April 29, 2007
meme from maria
I am feeling kind of meme-ish. And still quite sick, with a very sore throat. And plus anything that helps me put off cooking supper is a Good Thing.
The idea of this meme-thing is that you (or, in this specific case, I) go to the IMDB and pick seven or however many of my favorite movies, and then post some keywords from each and see who can guess what the movies are. NO FAIR going to the imdb and doing a keyword search to find the answers.
Edited to add: I'll italicize the ones that have been correctly guessed, because I am so white and nerdy (when my friends need some code, who do they call? I do ht-M-L for them ALL.).
OK, here goes.
- Death of Wife / Poignant / Senior Citizen / Starting Over / Zoo
- Sister Sister Relationship / British / Suitor / Estate / Opposites Attract
- Shock Therapy / Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship / Loner / Ivy League
- Correspondence / Deafness / Mother Son Relationship / Single Mother (Kind of an indie movie; stars Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer. If you don't know this movie you need to rent it ASAP. It's a beautiful movie.) (OK, this is "Dear Frankie", and it's a movie that I recommend to just about everyone.)
- Romantic Comedy / Ice Skating / Hockey / Olympics
- Broadway Musical / Anvil / Love / Marching Band
- Based On Poem / Historical / 1890s / Australian Bush (1982. It's a horse movie.) (You ladies must not have oohed and aahed over "The Man From Snowy River" at slumber parties like I did. :)
- Arranged Marriage / Synagogue / Ukraine / Father Daughter Estrangement
- Handicap / Falsely Accused / Left Handedness / Dog / Neighbor / Lawyer / South
- Composer / Vienna Austria / Domineering Father / Jealousy
OK, have at it.
Comments
2) Pride and Prejudice
I'll have to ponder a bit more over the others.
Posted by: Maria at April 29, 2007 11:39 PM
5. The Cutting Edge?
6. The Music Man?
10. Amadeus
Posted by: Kat with a K at April 30, 2007 09:27 AM
Ok. I am NOT looking at the others answers. I think 2 is P&P. Is 10 amadaes?
Posted by: debi at April 30, 2007 02:38 PM
8. is Fiddler on the Roof (yeah, big surprise I get that one.) Is 3. Good Will Hunting?\
Why do I not remember an anvil in The Music Man?
Posted by: dichroic at April 30, 2007 11:52 PM
Yes, Fiddler is right, but no, number 3 is not Good Will Hunting.
In The Music Man, there's an anvil salesman named Charlie (I think) who is in the train scene at the beginning, and then later shows up trying to warn the town about Harold Hill. Marian Paroo attempts to, um, distract him, in a very humorous scene set to Bizet played on the victrola by Marian's plotting mother. Later on Charlie drops the anvil on his foot.
Posted by: Rachel at May 1, 2007 09:09 AM
Is #1 Return to Me?
I'm at a loss for the rest.
Posted by: jenn at May 1, 2007 04:51 PM
Wait, is #3 A Beautiful Mind? They were married, though...And I don't remember if they showed the shock treatment in the movie.
Posted by: jenn at May 1, 2007 04:55 PM
Jenn, you are right on both counts. :) (yes, the shock treatment is in the movie.)
Posted by: Rachel at May 1, 2007 04:57 PM
9> To Kill a Mockingbird. (Actually, I idn't even know there was a movie version.)
Posted by: dichroic at May 2, 2007 11:40 PM
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is correct. The film, while it leaves out a lot of details from the book (necessarily due to length -- for instance you never get the family history like you do in the novel; I don't think the children go to church with Calpurnia either) is I think my favorite film adaptation ever. Yes, even more than P&P, because there are a couple of characters in P&P who don't feel quite right to me, when compared to their book selves. TKAM has Gregory Peck as Atticus and a couple of absolutely perfectly-cast unknowns as the two children. It was made in the 60's. I'm trying not to overhype it so you won't be disappointed if you watch it, but you really should, and see what you think. :)
Posted by: Rachel at May 2, 2007 11:50 PM
The irony inherent in that post is that the two that you had to tell your readers the titles of (Dear Frankie, and The Man from Snowy River) are also two of my favorites and I would have guessed them had you not decided to declare them. Hmf. ;)
Posted by: CountryGoalie at May 5, 2007 11:41 AM
I stole your meme. *shifty-eyes*
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/Affected/60986/movie+meme.html
Posted by: CountryGoalie at June 28, 2007 10:56 AM
