All about movies
Name movies that you have seen more than 10 times
Bridget Jones’ Diary, School of Rock, Freedom Writers
Fave line:
[BJD] Bridget Jones to Daniel Cleaver: “If staying here means working within 10 yards of you, frankly, I’d rather have a job wiping Saddam Hussein’s arse.”
[SOR] Dewey Finn: ”I have been touched by your kids… and I’m pretty sure that I’ve touched them.”
[FW]: Erin Gruwell: “You can’t teach them, you don’t even, like them.” Bob Gelford: “What has teaching got to do with liking them?”
Name a movie that you have seen multiple times in the theater
- Love Actually, Mr Bean’s Holiday
Name actors & actresses that would make you more inclined to see a movie
- Hugh Grant, Tom Cruise, Jack Black, Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Catherine Zeta Jones, Jodie Foster
Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie
- Julia Roberts, Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy
Name a movie musical that you know the lyrics to all songs featured
- Prince of Egypt
Name a movie that you would recommend everyone to see
- School of Rock, Bridget Jones’ Diary, About a Boy, Music & Lyrics, Born in Brothels, Freedom Writers, Pursuit of Happyness, The American President, Slumdog Millionnaire, 10 Promises To My Dog
Name an actor that started in another medium but has surprised you with his/her performance
- Shu Qi – once hardcore porn star now Cannes Festival judge
Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just have not yet gotten around to it- ET, Sound of Music, The Exorcist, Top Gun, Psycho
Ever walked out from a movie?
- Yes, during “Music & Lyrics” when my boss rang me on my mobile.
Name a movie that made you cry in the theater
- [Nu Ren, Si Shi] or Summer Snow (1995). Josephine Siao Fong Fong plays a housewife who struggles to look after her family and her senile father-in-law. We were taking care of my gravely ill grandfather then so it struck a chord.
What is your favourite/preferred genre of a movie?
- Romantic comedies
What movie do you wish you had never seen?
- Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny. Absolute bollocks though I love Jack Black.
What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
- Schindler’s List – the red tint treatment in a b/w film
What is the scariest movie you have ever seen?
- Sixth Sense, Hard Candy, The Omen
What is the funniest movie you have ever seen?
- Bridget Jones’ Diary, Love Actually - dry British wit
