I Dig My Toes Into The Sand (Completion Edit)

1.) What was the first movie you saw in a theater and simply had to go back and watch again the next day? I’m not entirely sure if I’ve ever done this. There are a few movies I’ve seen more than once in the theater (The Matrix, The Matrix Revolutions, Spider-Man, X-Men, Tropic Thunder, etc), but I don’t think I saw them two days in a row. Spider-Man, maybe. I’m sure I have the movie tickets for that somewhere (or maybe I threw them away?), but I don’t know exactly.

2.) What movie do you know so well that you find yourself mouthing the dialogue silently along with the characters? I don’t usually mouth the dialogue along, but I do know the dialogue for The Wizard of Oz and The Bourne Identity pretty well (striking contrast, I know). Others too, in certain parts.

3.) What is the most unique movie-watching experience you’ve ever had? Kyle pointed out that I hadn’t answered this one. I fill out these surveys during the workday so a lot of times if I can’t think of something immediately, I’ll just leave it blank and come back to it. Sometimes I forget to come back to it, obviously. So my most unique movie-watching experience was probably when Kyle and I went and saw two movies in a row at the theater on his birthday. That was pretty fun and I’d never done that before.

4.) In terms of laughter, tears, fear, or anger, what movie triggered the strongest emotional response in you? Laughter is Zack and Miri, hands down. Fear is definitely The Ring (yes, really, don’t judge me – there were extenuating circumstances that made it scary, though admittedly it didn’t scare me until after leaving the theater – for the next four nights). Anger and tears are harder to determine the strongest emotional response. We Were Soldiers made me cry a lot because it dealt with the story back at home with the wives which is a lot more relatable to me than actual battles and whatnot. I cry somewhat easily otherwise, particularly if I care about the characters. And anger is probably the documentaries The Corporation and Maxed Out. Though Maxed Out made me cry too.

5.) Have you ever enjoyed a film remake? If so, which one(s)? Sure. I’m not particularly snobby about remakes. In fact, Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween was awesome.

6.) Are there certain directors, writers, or actors you trust more than others to make a film worthwhile? If so, which one(s)? Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu can do no wrong in my book. There are others, too probably.

7.) What movie has the finest first 15 minutes in cinema? No idea, though of course Saving Private Ryan comes to mind as being the most impressionable.

8.) What movie has the finest final 60 seconds in cinema? The Usual Suspects. I’m also a fan of the final minutes of The Red Violin.

9.) What is your favorite dialogue exchange in movie history? There are way too many to list.

10.) What movie has the cheesiest dialogue exchange in movie history? I don’t know. I seem to have missed out on the martial arts and buddy action films of the 80s, not that I’m complaining. I’m sure I’ve seen something incredibly cheesey, but I can’t recall one in particular at the moment.

11.) Do you have a favorite season or time of year for movie watching in the theater? I’m fond of all of them really. It used to be early May just because in college that was when so many of the movies I wanted to see were coming out.

12.) Are there any movies you can only watch at a certain time of year? Not really.

13.) What is the first movie you saw in theaters which you remember clearly? Toys. Actually, I’m pretty sure that was the first movie I saw in the theater period.

14.) Are there any movies you absolutely adored as a child that you can no longer stand as an adult? We didn’t really watch movies over and over when I was a kid because we didn’t get a VCR until I was close to my teens anyway, so if it was on television we probably watched it a few times, but it wasn’t anything obsessive and the same thing over and over again like Kendra is accustomed to with the whole advent of relatively inexpensive DVDs and such. So, no.

15.) Have you ever had a movie you thoroughly enjoyed that was ruined for you by becoming associated with someone? Spider-Man. Also, Star Wars III (or was it II?). Kevin ruined these for me. The first because he bought the DVD in full screen so when we watched it again after he bought it, it just sucked. And the second because it was supposed to be this big huge deal that he and I and Dennis would go see the much-anticipated movie in the theater downtown and it was going to be so fun and I was excited that we were all going to see it for the first time together, yada yada. He had seen it the night before with Dennis and his sister. Dennis was the one that fessed up to it – Kevin would have kept it under wraps forever if he could have, I’m sure. I was pissed because I felt like an ass for being so excited to see it and they already had and pissed that Kevin didn’t tell me he was going to go see it even though we had planned our outing for like a week.

16.) Is there a movie that you dislike entirely save for one redeeming or beloved scene? No. If I dislike it entirely, I doubt I made it to the one redeeming scene.

17.) Have you ever seen a movie that you were enjoying, only to have it utterly ruined for you in the last few minutes? Requiem for a Dream definitely doesn’t end on a happy note and while I will probably never watch it again because of that, I don’t think it ruined the movie. I think it was a great movie and would have been less of one without the last scene, frankly. In any case, no, I don’t think I’ve encountered this either.

18.) What is the worst film you have ever watched? Not sure on this one. It must have been so horrible I blocked it from memory.

19.) Have you ever purchased a movie before actually having watched the film before? Yes.

20.) What movie could you watch every day for the rest of your life? Probably one of the following, though I’d rather not test this: Sweeney Todd, The Fellowship of the Ring (I’m all about character development), The Wizard of Oz, and probably some others.

How was that for an incredibly boring survey? I like movies, but clearly they are not a driving force in my life or something I am overly opinionated about.

In other news, I didn’t get anything done yesterday because my roommate and her boyfriend were arguing in the front room. I thought it rude to go out there and mop while they were trying to figure out whether they should break up or not. I think he stayed the night because her car was still at home this morning even though she wasn’t, so I think they left for work in his car. They work together, which I think is pretty awkward. I’m really not a fan of him, but he made her cry and didn’tseem to care too much about it (from what I could tell through the walls), so there you go. I’m meeting with a lady tomorrow afternoon about renting out a room in her home, and I’m hoping she doesn’t have any drama. I’ve got enough of my own without being forced to eavesdrop on anyone else’s. Thank goodness for headphones and Ventrilo. (So yeah, I just played WoW all night. Such a geek, I know.)