I love movies. My work colleagues give me looks when I mention plans to catch a movie on a weekday night, but I have no issues in making an evening out of it. Purchase a movie ticket, spend the intervening hour or so before the movie perusing the book store, buy some popcorn, and then watch the movie.
I don’t just see the good movies; I get my share of the bad (anyone else see the remake of The Fog?). But I prefer to watch good movies, despite what NE thinks.
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As part of the mix CDs I’ve been making since college, I’ve included pertinent movie quotes that match the theme or mood of the CD. Some I’ve found on-line, others I had to capture from the movie myself; over time, I have amassed quite a collection.
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Challenge: Below are five movie quotes. See if you can identify the movie and the character speaking the lines. Naming the actor/actress as well is not necessary, but does earn you cool points.
Attach your guesses as comments. The first to figure out all five will get something in return.
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[audio:01_FascinatingStories.mp3]
As Good As It Gets, Fascinating Stories
[audio:02_WomenSkillfull.mp3]
Dangerous Liasons, Skillful Women
[audio:03_FormandNothingness.mp3]
Ghost Dog, Form and Nothingness
[audio:04_ Prayers.mp3]
Way of the Gun, Prayers
[audio:05_MyWay.mp3]
Sin City, My Way
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UPDATE: Tess was the first to answer these all correctly (well – technically, NE was – but she is such a movie fanatic that I made her answer in e-mail). For her efforts, Tess will get a tailor-made mix CD. I went ahead and updated the quote descriptions to show the answers.
My Way – Sin City?
Facsinating Stories – As Good As it Gets
Skillful Women – Dangerous Liasions – love that film
Form & Nothingness – Ghost Dog, The Way of the Samurai
Prayers – The Way of the Gun
My Way – Sin City
Damn, that was fast.
But you need the character names as well.
FAbulous game.. nope didnt get a one. . but then i don’t go to many movies..
Character names, you said not necessary but I like brownie points so let me see readjust the thinking cap and get back to you/
Ignore me, I can’t read (or type). I got so excited with your little contest I seem to have made my own rules.
1) Melvin – Jack (Here’s Johnny) Nicholson
2) Isabelle – Glenn Close
3) Ghost Dog
4) Damn, this movie was so disturbing, now I’m having flashbacks – it was Parker
5) Marv
You got it, Tess. Nicely done. What is so disturbing about Way of the Gun? Underappreciated film in my opinion. Not a great film, but it has some great scenes, including the best opening scene I have ever seen. Perhaps I’ll put that quote up sometime…
I’ll e-mail you to discuss your prize.
The title is from Rocky Horror. Do I win anything? ;)
That depends – can you dance the Timewarp?
Absolutely ;)