In the misattributed words of W.C. Fields, "Anyone who hates children can't be all bad."
Sadly, his gravestone doesn't read "Better here than Philadelphia," either. :(
Also, I have to go to work pretty soon, so can someone finish this for me:
Kid at the Auto Races--Charlie Chaplin--A Countess from Hong Kong-- and your choices are:
a) Tippi Hedren
b) Sophia Loren
c) Marlon Brando
Surely, one of these must have been in a movie with someone in Avatar?
0. Auto Races (Chaplin)
1. Countess (Chaplin and Brando)
2. Godfather (Brando and Diane Keaton)
3. Annie Hall (Keaton and Sigourney Weaver as an uncredited extra)
4. Avatar (Weaver)
Best I can do is 4 jumps. I'd posit that almost any combination is probably possible if you allow enough jumps; it's restricting them that calls for anti-shenanigans measures. Maybe we should set the limit arbitrarily at 5, and then see if other people can come up with lower?
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0 - Auto Races (Chaplin)
1 - Countess (Chaplin & Tippi Hedren)
2 - Roar (Tippi & Melanie Griffin)
3 - Working Girl (Griffin & Sigourney Weaver)
4 - Avatar (Weaver)
0 - Auto Races (Chaplin)
1 - Countess (Chaplin & Sophia Loren)
2 - Brass Target (Loren & Max Von Sydow)
3 - Ghostbusters II (Von Sydow & Sigourney Weaver)
4 - Avatar (Weaver)
... and again, 4 jumps is the best you've done, which is why I wouldn't allow a person with no solution to demand that it be done in TWO jumps instead.
Well, I guess it can't be done.
Who's you favorite child actor?
EDIT: Oh wow, I was ninja'ed by Kajehase last night/yesterday morning/whatever.
I also liked Cries and Whispers and Persona and now I have exhausted my knowledge of Bergman films.
What's your favorite Fellini film that isn't 8 1/2?
And, yes, I am working back towards Woody Allen.
I don't know Doodle, they just keep growing up. That is, Jodie Foster.
What's your favorite post-communist movie? (Look, it's a genre.)
I, of course, will never say dasvadanya to Vladimir Ilich.
What's your favorite pre-Civil War US history movie?
Poster's choice: Favorite Fellini or favorite pre-Civil War.
I'd posit that almost any combination is probably possible if you allow enough jumps;
Yeah, it turns out Kevin Bacon ain't so special after all--If we can go from Chaplin to Cameron in 4, there's probably nowhere we couldn't go with 6.
Black Robe
Well it looked like history to me!
You seen The Lives of Others? I know, they're the wrong kind of commie, but awesome movie.
Favorite movie musical not based on a broadway show? (Probably been asked before, but look, you're not the only one who turned to beer tonight, OKAY?)
Princess Leia's mom was hawt!!
What's your favorite '30s film?
Excuse me while I go look up The Lives of Others
When was Metropolis screened? Fine then, M! Or maybe Gone With Wind.
Favorite Wim Wenders movie?
Or maybe Gone With Wind.
Boo!
Every time Scarlett's brat falls off the horse and dies...I laugh!!!
Doodle, this is the wrong thread to ask in, but have you ever read a comic called The Desert Peach by Donna Barr? I think you might sorta totally love it. It's about conflicted pacifist Nazis in north africa.
And look brats fall off horses and die the world over; that is, the book was more honest than the movie.
I never saw the movie, but the soundtrack to Until the End of the World was pretty awesome.
Mr. Nelson's question is still open.
To Sir With Love
What is the coolest spaceship?
The Heart of Gold from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. One of its designers was a super-intelligent shade of blue, for crying out loud.
Favourite movie based on a book published before 1930 (the book that is)?
If it weren't for that 'movie' thing, I'd totally have gone with the episode of Rome where Antonius and Cleopatra have gone a bit defaitistic and are having end-of-our-world orgies in the palace...
...now I'll go with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Cause who don't like seeing nazis get turned to mince by airplane-propellers?
Favourite movie based on a novel by John LeCarré or Len Deighton?
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I must admit I ahven't seen any of theDeighton Movies, yet (Two Palmer DVDs rest secure among my 'to watch' heap).
Carré: The Constant Gardener (although I have heard good stuff about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, I haven't seen it yet)
So: Movie that you, more than once, absolutely planned to see but still haven't?
Jonh Carter
Favorite Movie Based off a kid's TV Series.
More links!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Removing link. Where's the trailer for the film? Well, here's a collection of funny scenes.
Barry Lyndon Which is the only Kubrick film I didn't enjoy--but I admit I should revisit it.
The Constant Gardener I have loved Rachel Weisz, of course, since she played the Commissar in Enemy at the Gates. Here she is playing another leftie. [Drools]
Back to Wim Wenders for a second.
[Consults imdb]
Okay, my ex-girlfriend, the same one mentioned in the Life Aquatic post in the other awesome movie thread, was a big Wim Wenders fan, but it turns out that she only ever successfully made me watch a few of his movies:
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Pro-soccer player, on a weekend off, wanders aimlessly about Germany and kills a woman. Based on a true story, I think. At least, that's what I remember. I liked it.
Paris, Texas I love Harry Dean Stanton. I liked it.
The End of Violence Okay, so I saw this one when it opened, one of my first dates with already mentioned ex-girlfriend, had hawt sex afterwards, and still hated this movie.
City of Angels Hee hee! Yeah, this movie's good. It's got Nick Cave and Peter Falk in it.
Buena Vista Social Club This movie was rad. I bought some of the albums these guys made after being rediscovered.
Even if all of Wim Wenders's other movies were artsy-fartsy crap, his career was worth it for just this one.
I declare that Mr. Scholz has defaulted on asking a new question.
I shall ask a new question:
What's your favorite rock'n'roll biopic?
Stretching the definition of biopic a bit - Backbeat, about the Beatles time in Hamburg, focusing mostly on Stuart Sutcliffe and his relationship with Lennon and Astrid Kirchner.
Favourite movie with Ian Hart in it?
Dudley Smith in L.A. Confindential (and in the books even more than in the movie).
Go from L.A. Confidential to Beverly Hills Chihuahua in as few jumps as possible?
Oh, man! That one was specifically for you, Jason; IMDB lists Drew Barrymore as the star of BHC!
And LA Confidential is **** awesome, by the way.
L.A. Confidential--Russell Crowe--3:10 to Yuma--Christian Bale--The Prestige--Piper Perabo--Beverly Hills Chihuaha
I had to look up BHC and I am not at all certain that it can't be done with fewer jumps.
Who's cooler, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, or Danny DeVito?
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I suppose Russell Crowe is probably the "coolest" (although Kevin Spacey *DID* play Bobby Darin in a biopic, so he's got some big smooth cred).
Scariest alien other than the Alien from Alien (I will not accept any claims that any alien was ever scarier than that one; it's just not possible - I literally feared that thing was chasing me halfway to my bus stop every day for like a year and a half after seeing that movie)?
The various id-monsters from Forbidden Planet.
Favourite dramatic part played by an actor or actress better known as a comic?
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Pshaw! Danny DeVito would kick all their asses combined.
I liked him in ESotSM, not so much in Shutter Island and after that my mind draws a blank.
Favorite '80 buddy cop flick?
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A lot of good ones to choose from, but I think I'll go with the OG of '80s buddy cop flicks: 48 Hours
Most epic verbal beatdown in a movie (anything from a profanity-laced tirade to simple yet crushing one-liner like "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.")?
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Full Metal Jacket and the Jelly Doughnut!
Best Vietnam War movie?
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Deer Hunter.
Favourite movie wedding-scene?
Favourite movie wedding-scene?
The one in Sixteen Candles where the bride ODs on muscle relaxers.
Favorite John Cusack movie, other than Grosse Point Blank?
I have only seen her in a few movies, but the best one I saw was Toys (I do not mean Toy Story 2).
Favorite Jackie Gleason movie.
THE HUSTLER.
Favorite big screen Stephen King Movie adaption? (going from The Hustler which co-starred Piper Laurie, who played Carrie White's mother in DePalma's adaptation of Carrie)
Full Metal Jacket and the Jelly Doughnut!
Best Vietnam War movie?
Hee hee!
In answer to ShinHakkaider's question:
Leaving aside The Shining, I'll go with Stand by Me, which made quite an impression on me as a lad. Along with The Outsiders, it's where I picked up my first pointers on juvenile delinquency.
Favorite Corey Feldman movie?