Since All The Cool Kids Are Doing It…

Anomalous Material has yet again been tagged in a meme, this time by Univarn from Life in Equinox. For any newcomers to the meme game, once a person tags you (dang you, Univarn!!), you must reply to the same seven questions with answers of your own. And if you don’t, giant Graboids will burst through your floor and demolish you. And since I don’t have Kevin Bacon at my disposal, I think I’ll just answer the questions. Here they are:

1) What was you first movie-going experience?

Red: Yikes. This is a pretty hard question to answer. I kind of want to say Aladdin (1992), which would’ve put me at four years old. One of the last truly great animated movies that Disney pushed out, with The Lion King coming out two years after. Jafar turning into a snake was one of the most terrifying things of my early movie-going, and will be something I will never forget.

Castor: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) was my first movie-going experience. Accordingly, I don’t remember anything about the movie but you probably know that since I told you a week ago. (Memo: Internet meme are cool every now and then, but every week… It gets a bit redundant!)

2) How many DVDs do you own?

Red: 36, in which over 1/6 of those are The Lord of the Rings. I am not huge on buying movies. I would rather rent them or just go watch them in theaters. Unless it’s a movie that I looked forward to for a long time, when i do buy a DVD it’s usually previously viewed discs from Blockbuster. 5 movies for $20 compared to spending $20-25 fora new one? Yes please.

Castor: I have 44 DVDs. 43 of them in my possession. Code, you have my Letters from Iwo Jima! I have stopped buying DVDs long ago. Maybe someday, I will resume that but I’m not as materialistic as I once was so owning movie is near the bottom of my priorities. Also, it is fairly rare that I intentionally re-watch movies unless they are part of my guilty pleasures. I do buy pay-per-view every now and then, but thanks to Tivo, I can record those so it’s actually a very cheap method of owning a new release!

3) What is your guilty pleasure movie?

Red: Oh boy, do I have plenty. I do tend to find Rob Schneider or Eddie Griffin movies better than others. Movies such has The Hot Chick (2002), Undercover Brother (2002), The New Guy (2002) and to a point The Animal (2001) always get me laughing, and are very re-watchable. Undercover Brother was a goldmine for me for one-liners when I still had my hair grown out.

Castor: Ahaha Red, I cannot say the same thing about Rob Schneider. For the sake of entertainment (since that’s the point), I will name possibly one of my most embarrassing one: 13 Going on 30 (2004). Is it the kid’s fairy tale story? The way New York City is shot? The cheesy pop songs erupting every 10 minutes? I truly don’t know why… I’m not even a Jennifer Gardner fan!

4) You have compiled a list of your top 100 movies. Which movies didn’t make the cut?

Red: Quite a few. When I made my list, I had well over 150 movies from the past decade that could have been fit to be in.  Watching  a movie like Man on Fire the other day, I thought “How in bloody hell did I leave this movie off my list?”. Also, it was pointed out that I had somewhat ignored the sports genre, which is fairly odd because most people think of me as a sports geek…well….at least that’s one of many types of geek that my friends probably consider me. But if I wanted to squeeze a sports movie in, I would probably go with Remember the Titans. Flawed? Yes. Unforgettable? Even more so.

Castor: Tough question since I haven’t made a list of my top 100 Movies but I’m going to go with 25th Hour (2002) and Heat (1995). They are very good movies but I could see them being on the edge and getting cut. You know… so I can insert a Rob Schneider flick at #100

5) Which movie(s) do you compulsively watch over and over again?

Red: I do this quite a bit. There is no telling how many times I have watched The Lord of the Rings, especially in high school. Heck, I’ve watched the countless hours of special features on the extended versions several times, and it really does sadden me when I think about how many hours of my life have been spent watching what Peter Jackson gave us. It’s a good thing that that there aren’t two movies coming out in the next few years….

Castor: I don’t usually do this intentionally (as in firing up the DVD) but if I stumble upon any of the following movies on TV, there is very little chance that I will change the channel. Anchorman, Wedding Crashers, Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down, Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Batman Begins, Lord of the Rings, and probably a dozen more.

6) Classic(s) you’re embarrassed to admit you haven’t seen yet?

Red: There’s plenty of them. A lot of the 60′s and 70′s classics I still haven’t watched. Quite a few of Clint Eastwood’s movies are still awaiting me, as well as Meryl Streep’s. Which is quite surprising, because I consider her probably the greatest actress ever.

Castor: Way too many and I really need to work on seeing more black and white movies and other classics. Ben Hur (1959), Citizen Kane (1941), North by Northwest (1959), Sunset Boulevard (1950), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Chinatown (1974), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) are some among many others.

7) What movie posters do you have hanging on your wall?

Red: As of right now? None. I never put them back up when I moved into my new apartment last fall. But ones that I have and should be up are:

• Lord of the Rings (one for each movie)
• The Crow
• The Dark Knight (obviously a Joker one, framed art as well)
• 300 (“Tonight, we dine in hell!”…framed art)
• Iron Man (framed art)
• Let the Right One In

Those are the ones I currently have in my house. I probably have more from the late 90′s and early 00′s elsewhere, but wouldn’t have a clue as to what movies they might be.

Castor: I haven’t bought a movie poster in a very long time. The last one I bought is Quantum of Solace and it is still in its tube! Like DVDs, I’m not really spending money on that stuff anymore but maybe someday, I will get back to collecting some select movie posters on a (very) limited basis. What’s on the wall:

• Braveheart
• Saving Private Ryan
• Walk the Line
• Training Day
• Rescue Dawn
• Blackhawk Down
• Batman Begins
• Flag of Our Fathers
• 3:10 to Yuma

This concludes this 7 Movie Facts Meme about us. I suppose I have to tag other bloggers so I’m going to go with some new people for once (Forgive me usual suspects !!).

• Kirsten over at Funny Little World
• Nicholas over at Cinema Romantico
• Vanessa at The World According to Ness
• Kevin at The Pork Chop Express
• This Guy at This Guy Over Here
• Robert at His Eyes Were Watching Movies