Weekend Musings

Movies

1. What's your favorite movie genre?

Comedies or historical dramas (but not with the costumey stuff--I'm not a fan of Merchant-Ivory shows, for instance).

2. Name five movies you'd recommend to friends?

"Heathers", "Chicago", "Monty Python's Life of Brian," the "Matrix" trilogy (I'm counting that as one), and "Young Frankenstein."

3. Do you ever watch a movie simply because of the actor in it? If so, who?

Not anymore; I'd like a good plot...having said that, if it's on TV, I'll sometimes stop for a second and see what movie it is. ;-)

4. If a movie you're planning on seeing is based on a book, do you read the book? Are you generally disappointed with one or the other?

If I haven't already read the book, I probably will afterwards, unless it's a killer (like anything Hemingway!). I've mostly been disappointed with the movie, but not always.

5. If you've ever watched a movie based on a true story, have you ever then looked to see how closely the movie followed the actual events?

Only to the extent of reading reviews, unless I happen to know about that period already.

6. Do you ever watch indie movies or do you stick with only the mainstream?

Where I live, we don't get indies at the theater. I sees so few movies that this is probably a non-issue anyway, but most of them are mainstream.

7. Do you collect the movies on DVD that you've really enjoyed to watch again?

Nope.