MOVIES ON DVD.

[sab]

Tagged by projectjulie, per therapeutic prescription from runpunkrun who is helping me learn to ease back in to LJ society. To wit:

1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video:
Video: Countless. VCD: Countless. DVD: Two. (Starship Troopers, because thassalia still has it, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, because we bought it when J. was here.) The rest I've sold back to Amoeba and/or eBay.

2) The last film I bought:
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, natch.

3) The last film I watched:
National Treasure, thanks to Bron's rental. Satisfying! Surprisingly funny! With this sort of surreal overture toward "ancient American history" which is just so FUNNY in a country that's two hundred years young.

4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:

A) Starship Troopers -- sexy, funny, farcical, FULL of fabulous bugs and RICH with Paul Verhoeven's anti-war anti-fascism satire.
B) Cube (and Cube 2: Hypercube, and Cube Zero) -- I could spend all day in a dystopian post-industrialized prison full of BOOBY TRAPS and puzzles!
C) The Sound of Music -- best Nazi musical ever. And YES I'm including The Producers and Cabaret, smite me, strike me down, I love the curtain-wearing children and I ain't afraid to admit it. NO one solves a problem like Maria, and NO one has ever been so in love as Georg, who admits it's impossible to marry one woman when you're in love with someone else.
D) Primary Colors -- I don't care if John Travolta *is* a Scientologist; in this movie he's Clinton and I LOVE him. Not to mention Adrien wossname, not to mention Emma Thompson as picture-perfect Hillary, and, in the category of OH MY GOD SHE WAS FUCKING ROBBED AT THE OSCARS, Kathy Bates gives the performance of her career, and soundly sums up what it's like for an idealist who still belives in the Democratic Party despite being REPEATEDLY screwed over and disappointed, time and time again.
E) Until the End of the World -- this isn't out on DVD yet. I'm cheating at this meme. I don't care. Blame Australia.

Love,
me

Tag five people who have to do this meme:
runpunkrun, and, then, I miss hearing from gamesiplay, selenak, septicemic, and chr0me_kitten.

Comments

[empressaurelius.livejournal.com]

Aaah, Sound of Music-I haven't seen that movie since I was a little girl....I know most of the songs, of course-who doesn't?

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

Which Until the End of the World, the Wenders movie? That's not on DVD yet? *confused* *checks IMDB*

[samdonne.livejournal.com]

There's a Cube Zero. And you haven't shown it to me? The hell?

Also, my phone is still broken. It's really not funny.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

I *adore* Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Saw it first decades ago, and still find it as moving as I did then. The utter sangfroid of Sandy is still stunning, as is Miss Brodie's incapability of accepting it.

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

I love Cabaret, but I think I'm with you on SoM. To this day, if anyone starts singing "Do Re Mi," I'll launch into that series of random notes: "Do mi mi, mi so so, re fa fa, la ti ti."

I miss hearing from YOU, and fully support this plan of facilitating your return. Actually, though, I have already done the meme, though not so interestingly as you.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

I did as bidden, and would you believe I never saw The Sound of Music? (Due to memories of a German film about the same story, mostly.)

Primary Colours: rocks, and yes, Kathy Bates was robbed. Having met Clinton, I agree Travolta is great, and Emma Thompson always is.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I do still have Starship Troopers and I shall retain temporary ownership of it until I'm sure that it is in no danger of being sold:) hee. But you may come visit it whenever you like. No, seriously:) I'll bring it back the next time I see you if you'd like:)

[queenmab85.livejournal.com]

Yeah, isn't National Treasure good?? I was so surprised.

[empressaurelius.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/empressaurelius/179718.html?mode=reply

[projectjulie.livejournal.com]

see, you are so obedient! we do miss you around here. did you get my emails? did you? I don't like to bug you, but I really don't want to post the story until YOU (or your delegates) read it, because I NEED your brains. yes. email back to brown addy, btw, because that's the one I'm checking. now hoping to post on tuesday, when I will go to istanbul modern where they have free wireless (or so google tells me). love you lots and lots, even in silence.

[maudelynn.livejournal.com]

hey there :)
i noticed i am not on your flist anymore...did i offend you in some way?
take care
d