30 movies

Well this is a 30 day movie quiz that I got online but rather than spreading it over 30 days I decided to do them all in 1 post. Feel free to try to answer the questions for yourself on your blogs or pages!




01 - Your favorite movie
Purple Rain
Now it must sound funny when I say that this is my favorite movie when there are so many great movies out there but when I think of all the movies I have ever seen and whether I would rather watch them or Purple Rain, the answer remains clear. I can watch this movie over and over again and I always enjoy it. It is actually a pretty decent movie and an important part of today's pop culture. It inspired many people from it's fashion to it's style of how it was filmed as a concert movie. Always my favorite in my heart. The best was when I bought it on Blu-Ray and saw the improved quality :)

02 - The last movie you watched
The Beach
It was on tv and we decided to watch it. Actually I have never seen it before! I enjoy watching Leonardo DiCaprio in movies because he is a great actor so I knew it would be good. Well it was a pretty intense movie, I'll admit that!

03 - Your favorite action/adventure movie
The Pirates of the Caribbean series
Even though I fell in love with this series of films back in 2004 when the first one came out, I have to stay true to my old favorites. They will always have a place in my heart.

 














04 - Your favorite horror movie
The Saw Series
Well I am a big fan of horror movies, it is one of my favorite genres to watch. And Saw is my favorite above all... the most gory and gruesome stuff you could ever imagine.

 









05 - Your favorite drama movie
Titanic
This was kind of a hard one because I'm not really drawn to drama movies but I guess Titanic is a Romance/Drama... one of the best and it will remain timeless. I saw it in 1998 with my mom when she dragged me to see it with her when it first came out. And then I saw it in 3D in April 2012 for the 100 year anniversary of the sinking and the movie did not look aged or anything, it looked just as good as the movies they put out now.

 














06 - Your favorite comedy movie
Austin Powers 3 - Goldmember
I enjoy all 3 Austin Powers movies (and hope for more in the future) but out of all of them, the third one "Goldmember" stands out from the bunch. It is just so funny. The first time I saw it I almost peed myself laughing so hard at some of the gags in the film.

 














07 - A movie that makes you happy
The 40 Year Old Virgin
What a funny movie. I still laugh at all the jokes every time I see the movie.

 














08 - A movie that makes you sad
Changeling
I think I first caught this movie on tv. I had vaguely heard about it but, man... what a sad story and a true one, at that. The true story of a mother who searches for her missing son and then is reunited with him finally....... but it's not him. So she is deemed crazy and placed in a mental institution! What a tear jerker!

 














09 - A movie that you know practically the whole script
Secret Window
When I was in high school I had a crazy obsession for Johnny Depp and all of his movies. My friend and I took it upon ourselves to begin memorizing the scripts of Pirates of the Caribbean and Secret Window because we had the bright idea of finding a camera, a cast, and costumes in order to record our own version of the film... I think we ended up with a cast but the problem of finding a video camera back in that day was the real problem! So it never ended up happening... oh well! Would have been fun.

10 - A Movie from your childhood
Aladdin
When I was a kid, the big Disney movies came out on video cassette tapes in huge boxes and it cost around $30 for one. My mother would buy me one of those every year for my birthday. She bought me Pinocchio, Cinderella, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin, and some others. Of all those movies I had, I seemed to enjoy Aladdin the most. I still have those special VHS tapes around!

11 - Your favorite movie from your childhood
The Wizard Of Oz
When I was a kid, every year around a certain time, they would play The Wizard Of Oz on TV and I would always look forward to it. It was such a magical movie and so whimsical, how could any kid resist? I still enjoy watching it today.

 














12 - Your favorite animated movie
Beauty And The Beast
I don't normally watch too many animated movies but this is one from my childhood that is an important movie because it gives a good lesson about life and I always cry at the end when they break the curse and he turns into a prince... so heartwarming!

13 - A movie that you used to love but now hate
Avatar
Ok so Avatar seemed like the best movie ever with all the hype it had been given and the fact that it took so long to develop the right technology to make it. I went to see the movie with a friend when it was in theaters. We saw it in IMAX 3D and paid a good $20 to see it and wear those dumb goggles for a whole 3 hours with a headache forming as the movie carried on. I'll admit, I thoroughly enjoyed it at the time. It was great and really beautiful with a good storyline. The 3D effects were beyond belief, with things jutting out at you and feeling like you could almost touch the flowers and other scenery. It was a great movie to see 3D. Now after all the hype and everything, you take that same movie and you bring it to your home to watch on your normal TV... the movie loses all of it's charm. Rather than being an amazing experience, it becomes a boring 3 hour long movie with nothing special to it. Some movies are just better with the whole theater experience.

14 - Your favorite quote from any movie
From Titanic - "I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go."
And then shortly after, she peels his dead hand off of hers...
I think it's a pretty big quote in the movie world and it has been parodied to death. It is a sad moment and I always cry a bit when Rose is begging a frozen Jack to wake up but it is clear that he is no longer living. So she lets go physically but never mentally and that is shown later when she takes his last name as her own, never letting go. The big question though is... why couldn't they just pile together on the raft... there really was enough room so I don't understand why he floated in the water alongside the raft when he could have just lay on top of her or something. I think that using their body heat together like that would have benefited the both of them but hey, I guess Jack had to die for the sake of the storyline.

 









15 - The first movie you saw in theaters
Air Bud
Well I mean, what else are you going to let a kid see?

 














16 - The last movie you saw in theaters
Django Unchained
Very good movie even though it was 3 hours long!

 












17 - The best movie you saw during the last year
Skyfall
No doubt about it, I am now a full fledged Bond fan after this movie. I had admired the Bond Franchise before when I had first seen Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace but Skyfall is the one that has actually pushed me to catch up and watch all the Bond movies from the beginning. It was so action packed and exciting that it made me want more Bond... can't wait to see what's in store for the next Bond film.

 














18 - A movie that disappointed you the most
Magic Mike
So I read about this movie a couple of months before it came out, reading interviews with Matthew Mcconaughey about what it was like to "bare all" and whatnot. So I'm getting a little bit interested but not to the point of seeing it in theaters. Then people are saying "omg you have to see this movie! There's naked guys!!!" so I say ok let's go see some naked guys. We go see the movie... it is long, it is boring, there is not much of a story line and it was hard to get into it at first. Then I was finally getting into the movie and out of nowhere it ends all of a sudden with a very open ending, leaving me to ask "huh!?"
And on top of it all, there was NO nudity!!! Not that I really want to see any nudity but I went to see it on account that I had been promised that there would be and I felt that I had been lied to. Well what a waste of time. I am shocked that so many people enjoyed the movie and say that it is a good film. I guess they are very desperate to see anything they can.

 














19 - Your favorite actor
Johnny Depp
It's a close call because I also very much enjoy Gerard Butler's acting as well but I have to stay true to Johnny Depp because I think he was my first real celebrity guy crush and I still have interest in seeing his movies. Maybe there is no intense obsession like before but I still admire him as an actor.

 










20 - Your favorite actress
Angelina Jolie
I don't follow very many actresses as much as I do actors because I can crush on actors and not actresses but I do like Angelina Jolie and I think she is a very good actress and very beautiful.

 














21 - The most overrated movie
Twilight
I've never seen the movies so maybe I shouldn't judge. But I am pretty sure they are overrated.

 














22 - The most underrated movie
There's Something About Mary
I just caught this on tv recently. It's been a while since I had seen it but oh man, is this a great movie or what! It is just so good. They don't make great movies like that anymore. That have such great story lines yet are so simple at the same time. I think it's a classic!

 














23 - Your favorite character from any movie
Austin Powers
He's the best character because he is so funny and Mike Myers plays him so well. Also it's fun because he's based off of James Bond so that's a bonus too. Plus the character has credibility because he has lasted for a span of 3 movies which is longer than most characters out there who have only been played for 1 or 2 films. And he's been in music videos!

 






24 - Favorite documentary
Supersize Me
Of course I don't watch many documentaries... who does? This one came on TV and I was really interested to see it because of all the hype it got when it was in theaters. Wow what a crazy guy for doing that to his body for the sake of his film. However it is a good lesson for people out there who are eating Mcdonald's all the time.

 














25 - A movie that no one would expect you to love
Showgirls
My boyfriend had this movie and one day I was bored and decided to watch it and it was a really great movie. When I told him I like the movie he was shocked because there is a lot of nudity in the movie and he thought I wouldn't like it but the story is great.

 












26 - A movie that is a guilty pleasure
Dumb and Dumber
I like watching this movie whenever it comes on TV. It is actually a pretty good movie that doesn't get the respect it deserves. Another classic!

 














27 - Favorite classic movie
An American in Paris
I really respect Gene Kelly's work. He was a great dancer and a good actor. I like classic stuff like this movie. There's a lot of beautiful dance routines that speak more than words when you are trying to convey an emotion in a movie.

 













28 - Movie with the best soundtrack
Sweeney Todd
The songs are just so catchy that I couldn't help but love the soundtrack. I can watch this movie over and over again.

29 - A movie that changed your opinion about something
Click
Even though it's a comedy movie by Adam Sandler it still gives out an important message... it showed that sometimes it might be tempting to go through life as quickly as possible, ignoring the people and things that you love and not taking the time to appreciate life and what is around you. But it is more important to live each day to the fullest because time goes too fast already as it is, so it is important to cherish every moment even if it is boring or annoying. You only get so much time and then before you know it, everything is gone and so are you.

 














30 - You least favorite movie
The Tourist
Wow this movie looked very promising in the trailers and commercials! 2 big movie names, Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie! My favorites finally are in a movie together, couldn't get any better than this, right!? Wrong! Terrible storyline, terrible script, terrible movie! What a shame to give 2 great actors like that a script that goes nowhere and boring and underdeveloped characters to play. And the ending was just like a WTF moment. For the sake of their careers, the only good thing is that it's a very forgettable movie.... but I regret that I own it!

Review of Django Unchained

We tried to see the new movie "Django Unchained" last week on the 1st of January but ended up walking right out before it began on account of there only being first row seats left. There would be no way I would sit in the front row. I saw Quantum of Solace when it was out in 2008 in the first row and until I saw it on TV recently I had no idea what had happened in the movie. I don't even understand why theaters have seats that close to the screen to begin with! But anyways, my boyfriend really wanted to see the movie and I had heard it was very good so we decided to give it another try and we went to see it today. We went to the first showing they had that was at 12:35 so I didn't think it would be too packed. We got seats right on the second to the last row in thee back and we were right in the middle. Great seats, worth the wait. I was so comfortable the whole time especially since no one sat next to me so I had loads of space to stretch out and put my stuff around.

Now about the movie! The movie takes place in Southern United States in the 1800's right before the civil war. It is a story about African American Slavery. It started out very good with a nice old fashioned sounding Django theme song. I liked the old fashioned feel that the song had. It was perfect to set the mood. The action was very quick to start, with Django, an African American slave, being freed by a mysterious man claiming to be a dentist in the middle of the night. The man is Dr. King Schultz who is really a bounty hunter. He takes Django under his wing in hopes of finding some wanted men that Django would recognize because he did not know what they looked like himself, also Django tells him of his wife who he was separated from and wishes to recover. After finding the men Schultz is after, he asks Django to continue with him and decides to help him recover his lost wife. It is a strange sight to see for most people they encounter, as Django is allowed to do everything that an African American would normally not be allowed to do at that time in history. They find out where she is and construct a plan to get her back from the people who have her. The man who has her is Calvin Candie, a very rich man with lots of land and lots of property. As the plan is rolling along smoothly they almost have her but one of Candie's confidantes figures out what Schultz and Django are after and informs Candie, ruining the whole deal. After a bit of trouble, they manage to finally come to an agreement and it seems as if they have succeeded. To seal the deal, Candie demands that Schultz go shake his hand as to follow with Southern tradition, yet Schultz is very hostile towards Candie and refuses. What is such a simple request from Candie is blown out of proportion by Schultz so much, to the effect of Schultz actually shooting Candie in the chest rather than being forced to shake his hand. After this turn of events Django is in big trouble because Candie's men shoot down Schultz, killing him, and then begin to turn fire to Django and his wife. Django manages to shoot all of his attackers but then finds himself without anymore bullets and unable to get more from his hiding spot, he is trapped. He is forced to give himself up and then is sent to be tortured. It seems as though all is lost for Django. He is sent to his punishment but figures out an escape, goes back to Candie's villa, kills everyone who had wronged him, and finally gets his girl!

It was such a unique kind of movie and the story unfolded so perfectly with everything transitioning flawlessly. What a great storyline and series of events. Yet it makes you realize how hard life was in the 1800's and how they treated minorities.

I really liked the songs in the movie. They were very fitting. There were even rap songs in the movie, something you would never expect in this kind of film.

There was also great humorous moments in the movie. It is so different from most of the movies that are put out, especially in this kind of theme. Most movies in this theme are so dramatic and serious but this one took out a few moments to have a comedic side and kind of break up the tension that movies of this theme usually bring.

I swear that every single minute in the entire 3 hours of the movie's running length was interesting and action packed and I did not once look at the time or wonder when the movie was going to end, actually when it ended I was so upset, I wanted more!!!

When I walked out of the theater I turned to my boyfriend and said "Now that guy sure knows how to make a movie!!!" because Quentin Tarantino is so very talented and so ahead of the times when it comes to film making. He is just above par and raises the bar for other directors out there.

And also I'd like to mention that the actors of the movie are amazing too! Leonardo DiCaprio never fails and Jamie Foxx is great.

I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good storyline!