Wednesday, June 01, 2005

I've been tagged

Kraz just tagged me. I've decided to play along. For 1 reason, I love movies. And for another, I'm at work ;-)

Here are the questions and here are my answers:

1. Films I own - Excluding the ones I've copied/pirated from Kraz and other sources, I own Wall Street, Natural Born Killers (You guessed right, I am an Oliver Stone fan), Kill Bill 1 & 2 (a Tarantino fan as well), and Romeo + Juliet

2. Last Film I bought - Romeo + Juliet. Just a couple of days back when i got my latest paycheck ;-)

3. Five films that I watch a lot or mean something to me
  1. The Beach - Now b4 everybody goes "WHAT!!!", let me say that it appeals to me because of the characters. And I haven't managed to get my hands on the book yet - so I don't know whether people who trash the movie as "a disgrace to the book" are right. But I hadn't liked DiCaprio after The Titanic (which IMHO was a Titanic let down). The Beach and The Aviator were what changed my opinion of him. Btw - all three movies have "The" in their title. Coincidence?
  2. Run Lola Run Absolutely fab concept. And gr8 entertainment. Rippin' - in short. And makes you wonder, "if I'd done that differently, would I be somewhere else, with somebody else, or even be somebody else..."
  3. Good Morning Vietnam Loved Robin Williams and this and became a lifelong fan. This was his 1st movie that I'd watched. A very different look at the Vietnam war. Something that reminds you that both sides were human.
  4. The World According to Garp Another fave Robin Williams movie. One of those rare movies that is a good adaptation of a book. In fact so good that I wonder which I like more!
  5. The Doors Val Kilmer is brilliant as Jim Morrison. He is so damn good that you'd find it difficult to believe that it isn't really Jim Morrison. A must see for anybody who at least likes Jim Morrison

Now to complete the game, I've got to pin the tag onto 5 people. I'm gonna play safe and pin it on people who have the least likelihood of skinning me alive for it ;-)

Cactus Jump

Phantasmagoria

A Cynic in Wonderland

Girl with Big Eyes

Hope none of you guys get mad at me. Anybody who is, I blame Kraz who tagged me ;-)
ubergeek, the

3 comments:

yesbob said...

the Beach ? the movie is not even a blot on the book ( i hope that came out as i meant it , as in book-wow-movie-ew )

ubergeek said...

Like i'd said, i haven't read the book. Not been able to find it whenever i've had the money to buy it. The one time i did spot it, I was flat broke ;-) So i wouldn't know if the movie was bad compared to the book. For someone who hasn't read the book, the movie seemed to be pretty good in parts

cactusjump said...

actually i much prefer the film to the book - there are some things that come out better visually, just as there are somethings better written. i thought the video game sequence in the film was awesome - don't remember if that bit was in the book, but the feeling must have been and that feeling was translated on screen most effectively.

i just wanted to tell you that i played along! then saw the comments and got talking..