1. Star Wars trilogy (THX remastered edition, on VHS) 2. Indiana Jones trilogy on VHS 3. Lord of the Rings theatrical DVD boxset 4. '24' Season Two 5. Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2 6. Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" 7. The Fifth Element 8. Leon: The Professional 9. Zu Warriors 10. When Harry Met Sally 11. Kate & Leopold 12. As Good As It Gets 13. Aladdin 14. The Incredibles 15. Read or Die OAV 16. Wasabi 17. Lilo & Stitch ~ ~ ~
2) The last film I bought: Disney's "Aladdin"
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3) The last film I watched: "X-Men". Ian McKellan rocks my greyclad world. He officially outclasses Hannibal Lecter as the most charismatic villain on the silverscreen.
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4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
1. Star Wars. My first memories of assimilating English are from watching Return of the Jedi on rental VHS and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on afternoon TV. Laser swords and spaceships. It's totally radical.
2. Lord of the Rings. The first time I saw Gandalf's cart rolling through Hobbiton while the "Concerning Hobbits" melody played, I had this huge swelling feeling inside me. I was almost moved to tears, so vivid and accurate was the imagery--straight out of the book, each swaying wisp of grass dancing in perfect counterpoint to each meticulous syllable upon the pages of Tolkien. Symmetrically, the emotionally charged orchestral swell of the "Concerning Hobbits" theme at Aragorn's coronation in RotK as the host of thousands bowed to the hobbits gave me a lump in my throat. It was a monumental moment, one that equaled the scene from A New Hope as Luke gazed over the dunes at Tattoine's twin sunset shimmering into dusk.
3. Indiana Jones. Best chase scenes EVER. John Williams at the top of his game. Spielberg before he went all sterile-dystopic-future on us. Han Solo carrying his own movie, saving girls and kicking fascist butt. This is why Harrison Ford was the top paid actor in Hollywood.
4. Silence of the Lambs. My first true appreciation of the "villainous protagonist" archetype. Exquisite acting by Hopkins and Foster. Prepared me to appreciate Magneto and Saruman.
5. Sailor Moon. My first contact with anime. It led into Evangelion and Fushigi Yuugi and the rest just fell into place. Beneath the trappings of cookie cutter monsters and campy antics, it is a story of heroic archetypes and broad human themes--courage, friendship, sacrifice, and redemption. Like Star Wars, this was wholesome epic storytelling before the modern age of tailoring entertainment to the needs of brute marketing. Ironically, both Smoon and SW helped launch the trend of pervasive marketing in their respective genres of entertainment.
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Date: 2005-05-17 02:56 pm (UTC)1. Star Wars trilogy (THX remastered edition, on VHS)
2. Indiana Jones trilogy on VHS
3. Lord of the Rings theatrical DVD boxset
4. '24' Season Two
5. Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2
6. Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow"
7. The Fifth Element
8. Leon: The Professional
9. Zu Warriors
10. When Harry Met Sally
11. Kate & Leopold
12. As Good As It Gets
13. Aladdin
14. The Incredibles
15. Read or Die OAV
16. Wasabi
17. Lilo & Stitch
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2) The last film I bought: Disney's "Aladdin"
~ ~ ~
3) The last film I watched: "X-Men". Ian McKellan rocks my greyclad world. He officially outclasses Hannibal Lecter as the most charismatic villain on the silverscreen.
~ ~ ~
4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:
1. Star Wars. My first memories of assimilating English are from watching Return of the Jedi on rental VHS and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on afternoon TV. Laser swords and spaceships. It's totally radical.
2. Lord of the Rings. The first time I saw Gandalf's cart rolling through Hobbiton while the "Concerning Hobbits" melody played, I had this huge swelling feeling inside me. I was almost moved to tears, so vivid and accurate was the imagery--straight out of the book, each swaying wisp of grass dancing in perfect counterpoint to each meticulous syllable upon the pages of Tolkien. Symmetrically, the emotionally charged orchestral swell of the "Concerning Hobbits" theme at Aragorn's coronation in RotK as the host of thousands bowed to the hobbits gave me a lump in my throat. It was a monumental moment, one that equaled the scene from A New Hope as Luke gazed over the dunes at Tattoine's twin sunset shimmering into dusk.
3. Indiana Jones. Best chase scenes EVER. John Williams at the top of his game. Spielberg before he went all sterile-dystopic-future on us. Han Solo carrying his own movie, saving girls and kicking fascist butt. This is why Harrison Ford was the top paid actor in Hollywood.
4. Silence of the Lambs. My first true appreciation of the "villainous protagonist" archetype. Exquisite acting by Hopkins and Foster. Prepared me to appreciate Magneto and Saruman.
5. Sailor Moon. My first contact with anime. It led into Evangelion and Fushigi Yuugi and the rest just fell into place. Beneath the trappings of cookie cutter monsters and campy antics, it is a story of heroic archetypes and broad human themes--courage, friendship, sacrifice, and redemption. Like Star Wars, this was wholesome epic storytelling before the modern age of tailoring entertainment to the needs of brute marketing. Ironically, both Smoon and SW helped launch the trend of pervasive marketing in their respective genres of entertainment.
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