muneca_brava | Entries tagged with film is the love of my life

I. I started taking driving lessons. I only have 6 hours with an instructor and the rest with my mum, and I am not really enjoying it, to say the least. I know everyone struggles with this but I just get so frustrated when I can't do something despite practising like crazy. I went to drive today and almost ran over two pedestrians. :S

II. This weekend I'm going on another film weekend, same concept as that week I did this summer. The theme is romantic comedy so it should be fun. I'm a bit worried though, because the end of the semester is fast approaching and I haven't really done/finished anything yet. I've only been watching films for my thesis, which means I haven't written anything yet, I only have a vague idea for my film&narrative paper (I'm thinking of writing something on Tarantino). There is another class where we are allowed but not obliged to make our own short film and I didn't think I'd do it, but like yesterday I agreed to maybe do it after all with a few other people. But it's very last-minute and I am starting to freak out.

And add to that the fact that I still don't have a clue what I want to do next year. I really want to go abroad for a semester or a year but I don't know doing what. If I stay here I want to get a job or study something else but only if it really interests me. I'm not doing something economic or whatever just because it would make it easier to get a job because I would just hate every second of it.

III Because I tend to only post about tv shows, some other things I have been enjoying lately:

Music: Stars! I've been listening to them for a long time but I am having a total revival lately. Some favourites are: Barricade, Personal, Your Ex-Lover is Dead, One More Night

Books: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Pretty well-known, but if you haven't read it yet and are into historical fiction: buy it. Now. It's tudor-era, about Thomas Cromwell and spans the period of Henry's struggle to marry Anne Boleyn. It's marvellously written; she can make you laugh or cry in a single paragraph. The ladies are also excellent; I admit I am a bit biased about this period because I love it so, and Anne Boleyn is one of my very favourite historical figures, but how Mantel writes her is amazing. But the best character is probably Mary Boleyn who only shows up now and then but is wonderful.

Movies: I watched Clue the other day and it is hilarious! People kept telling me it was terrible but I still wanted to watch it because of the concept and also Tim Curry. And I love it, idec how ridiculous it is!
I went to see Tintin because those comic books are my whole childhood (I think I read them like over a 100 times). I gotta say I was severely underwhelmed though. Action-adventure movies aren't really my thing anyway and this was just all chases and epicness and the characters were just there to move the plot forward. Which isn't that different from the comics but there it works better?

Is there anything I should be watching in the cinema these days? I hardly ever go anymore. Hell, I hardly watch movies made after 1960 (other than...Asian longtake cinema? :p)
And if you have any music or book recs, feel free to share!

1. Pick 16 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb (or Wikiquote) and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it correctly and the name of the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb/Wikiquote search functions.

I've tried to pick somewhat well-known and mostly (but not all) recent movies, AND I obviously only picked quotes in English (which helped to narrow down the choice :D)

1. But I got a word of warning for all you would-be warriors. When you join my command, you take on debit. A debit you owe me personally. Inglorious Basterds, guessed by

sunnytyler001

<2. Purple in the morning, blue in the afternoon, orange in the evening. Requiem for a Dream, guessed by

hanelissar

3. Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time. Casablanca, guessed by

mizzy2k and

sunnytyler001

4. I married you even though I didn't love you. But you knew that. Aren't you as much to blame for what's happened as I?The Painted Veil guessed by

hanelissar and

sunnytyler001

5. The story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life Atonement, guessed by

sunnytyler001

6. Listen kid, I'm not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get. Reservoir Dogs, kindof recognised by

swift_tales

7. Are you trying to save my soul?The Fallguessed by

mizzy2k and

penny_lane_42

8. A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be. A Single Man guessed by

sunnytyler001

9. What do you see when you look at me? A grumpy old man who never answers questions? Who mixes everything up? Who's kept busy by getting his meals? That's not me. Me... I wear shorts. I'm nine years old. I can run faster than the train. I can't feel my aching back anymore. I'm fifteen. I'm fifteen and I'm in love. Mr Nobody, guessed by

indybaggins

10. Listen, if somebody gave me the choice right now, of to never see you again or to marry you, alright, I would marry you, alright. And maybe that's a lot of romantic bullshit, but people have gotten married for a lot less. Before Sunrisen guessed (kind of) by

breakattiffanys

11. Where is this love? I can’t see it, I can’t touch it. I can’t feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can’t do anything with your easy words. Closer, guessed by

breakattiffanys

12. You'd better start believing in ghost stories, XX. You're in one.Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, guessed by

hanelissar and

sunnytyler001

13. I owe you nothing. And you are nothing to me. Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love.Moulin Rouge!, guessed by

sunnytyler001

14. Y'all got on this boat for different reasons, but y'all come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything, I know this - they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'. Serenity, guessed by

hanelissar and

penny_lane_42 and

sunnytyler001

15. Never judge things by their appearance... even carpetbags. I'm sure I never do. Mary Poppins, guessed by

mizzy2k,

johnmayergirl23 and

penny_lane_42 and

sunnytyler001

16. A boy's best friend is his mother. Psycho, guessed by

hanelissar,

johnmayergirl23 and

penny_lane_42

I. I'm really enjoying my classes this year. I only have four, three hours each, and three of those are film classes. So my homework mainly consists of "watch as many movies as you can". I don't have as many problems with those kinds of assignments :)

I actually have a QUESTION FOR LOVERS OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOODCINEMA!! ! I know there are some of those on my flist!
My thesis is going to be on the theme of the hysterical/paranoid woman in 1940's Hollywood. I am looking for any titles you can think of of movies made in the forties (or even thirties or fifties would be okay) with a woman character who goes (somewhat) insane. Gothic melodrama, genre Rebecca, Secret Beyond the Door, Suspicion, Gaslight etc. is the most common. So any wife who thinks her husband is trying to kill her, who is haunted by her predecessor, who hallucinates, etc.
Thanks!

II.So last week, I was bored and wanted to watch something. I could have chosen the next episode of Six Feet Under (I'm in S4), pick up The West Wing again etc. Instead, I decided I wanted something cheesy and entertaining and decided to give The Vampire Diaries a try.
We're about a week and a half later and I'm almost done with season 2.
I don't LOVE the show like I love some others - in fact there are times I hate it - but I just can't. stop. watching.

Some reactions so far:
( Possible spoilers up to 2x17 )
So, anyone want to talk to me about this show?

Hello! Again it's been ages since I posted. I'm just not around Lj that much lately :/. I do spend a lot of time on Tumblr so if you don't follow me yet, I am here.

I don't have that much to report :P. Summerfilmcollege was lots of fun as expected! We watched a lot of movies ranging from great to incomprihensible. My favourites were Letter to Three Wives, A Zed and Two Noughts by Greenaway and Carravagio (starring a Sean Bean who looked just like Jaime Lannister, making for some bizarre twists in my mind).

The last few weeks have not been very eventful. I should be studying but predictably am reading fic and tumblring instead. I plan to start tomorrow though.

Tv-wise I have watched the first episode of The Hour and it looks like a lot of fun (starring Romola Garai and Ben Whishaw so not much could go wrong to begin with. STUNNING PEOPLE).
I am very slowly watching Six Feet Under - I started weeks ago and have only seen about 6 episodes. So I'll post a reaction maybe when I finish S1.

The show of my heart atm is definitely Leverage which everybody should be watching already because it is stunning in characters, funniness and continuity.

I am still reading A Storm of Swords. Loving it lots more than CoK, and I can't wait to finish it :D

II.Meme because who am I and what is Lj for? :) My fandoms can be found HERE.
Give me a fandom and I will tell you;
The first character I fell in love with:
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
The character everyone else loves that I don't:
The character I love that everyone else hates:
The character I used to love but don't any longer:
The character I would shag anytime:
The character I'd want to be like:
The character I'd slap:
My five favorite characters:
My five least favorite characters:
My deep dark fandom secret:

I.My laptop has been fixed! I wish I could say this means I am back, but I'm leaving again tomorrow :P. I'm going to the Summerfilmcollege, where we spend a whole week in a cinema going to lectures and seeing a LOT of films, from 9 am to about midnight. I participated two years ago and it was one of the best times of my life, so I'm really looking forward to doing it again! It's in Antwerp, and a friend of mine is letting me stay at her student's room...thing for the week (she isn't there, she's at home with her parents). It will be exhausting but fun. :D

I'm not taking my laptop though, because I won't have time to us it anyway. So it's a week without internet for me. Hopefully nothing too exciting happens while I'm gone.

II. I did quite a lot of reading this last week and I finished A Clash of Kings!
( SPOILERS! Don't click if you haven't read it/have only seen the show )

I'm starting on those top fives today.

First up: Top Five Movies asked by

space_dementia6
( Pretty movies under the cut )

II. I've bought Game of Thrones and I'm really enjoying reading it so far. I will probably share my thoughts when I've finished. I'm trying desperately to avoid spoilers but it is actually quite hard. :/

III. And I've started watching Skins. Three episodes in and I really like it. But I've heard that gen2 is not good at all? Should I skip straight to gen3 or try it? Anyone have any advice?

I. Hi!! It's been a while. I'm in the middle of exams. It's not going that well (shocker!) and I'm going a bit crazy over it. Because for once, it's mostly because I just don't have enough time. Not to say I don't also spend too much time on the internet (mainly Tumblr).

II.I saw the movie Garden State yesterday and was a bit disappointed by it, actually. Mainly because I know several people who love it so I was expecting a bit more than I got. Not that I disliked it either - it had some great bits like the screaming-in-the-rain thing, but idk. It felt like there was this emotional depth or this ~message on life that it was trying to bring across but every time it got close for me it just fell flat. And the ending was not what I was expecting either.
Still, it was cute and definitely had some moments that I loved.

III.I've finished S4 of The West Wing. (powering through very fast lately!). I've seen the first few episodes of S5 and I'm trying very hard not to look for differences in the writing, but I know I'm prejudiced because I know Sorkin left. So I'm not sure if I'm projecting or if it really is a lot worse, but so far I've really not been liking S5 at all.

The last time I talked about TWW was in the middle of S3, so I'll ramble out a few reactions to S3 and 4:
( Spoilers up until the S4 finale if anyone even cares )

IV. Five Questions from that meme, asked eons ago by

mollivanders
( another cut to spare your flist )

I. The Five Acts meme thingy was amazing. People wrote me some great comment!fic which basically made my whole day yesterday, it was glorious.
Go check them out! The whole entry is here.

Fics that were written for me:
THE CUTEST Andrew/Jesse waking up fic by

slowdead (who then didn't stop writing Andrew/Jesse fic which was even more awesome XD)
Two River/Doctor fics: a kissing during argument one by

capeofstorm and a secret relationship one by

define_serenity
A Logan/Veronica future!fic secret relationship (kind of) by

cross_rubicon
Never Let Me Go, a Mark/Eduardo fic with BOTH getting back together AND waking up together (with a second waking up drabble attached!) by

thisissirius ♥

I LOVE YOU ALL

I also wrote a Remus/Sirius fic for

mollivanders. Because apparently that is still the only pairing I am capable of writing.

II.I'm doing movie night tomorrow and looking forward to it quite a lot. Me and two of my friends are doing this project where I introduce them to the classics (with a running Hitchcock theme) because they don't study film and haven't seen many classics. It kind of started because it turned out they had never heard of Humphrey Bogart, which made me all indignant, so now I'm ~educating them. loll. Unfortunately, they want to make me watch Twilight in return, which, just. No.
Two weeks ago we watched Psycho and Casablanca. I'm trying to decide what Hitchcock to go with this week - we've done The Birds, so probably either Vertigo or Rear Window.
It is so much fun! We're getting Chinese and then crashing with movies, perfect end to the week. Too bad I have to go to school for an afternoon first:/.

I. I'm still watching The West Wing and genuinly enjoying it a lot. I'm almost finished with S2 now. I love all the characters a lot and feel very guilty that in my first post I called Sam boring because I love him and he is adorable and funny, actually. CJ is consistently my favourite, and I really enjoy the Josh/Donna banter and Toby being unhappy all the time. And Ainsley Hayes is awesome as well. I don't have much more to say on it, really.

II. I tried watching The Borgias but I didn't finish the first movie-length episode even though Cesare was great and I have an eternal affection for Jeremy Irons because of Brideshead Revisited despite the crazy and disturbing shit he sometimes says. I also JUST realised I hadn't included Brideshead in my intro post, which is a disgrace. So let it be noted it is one of my favourite things in the world. (miniseries mostly, obviously also the novel, the movie less so).

Anyway, I think I may someday go back to The Borgias just because I am interested in the character of Chesare and in François Arnoud - but for now I'm holding off.

III. And this week in the category of LIFERUINERS WITH RIDICULOUS FACES WHO CANNOT POSSIBLE BE THIS ADORABLE ALL THE TIME:

- I watched Zombieland even though I hate horror movies, because it starred two of my favourite people. It was really good! The horror was over the top enough to not freak me out, and it was funny and a lot of fun. Someone's ear is in danger of having hair brushed over it is one of the most adorable lines ever in the world. Everyone should really watch this movie! It had zombie!Bill Murray! Woody Harrelson shoots zombies while riding a rollercoaster! Emma and Jesse are just as awesome and adorable as you would expect of them!

- And I FINALLY got to go see Never Let Me Go in the cinema (which is always awkward when you start bawling and then try to be subtle about it but then the bloody lights go on as soon as the credits start rolling and everyone sees what a sap you are). Anyway, it was everything I hoped it would be and more. Carey Mulligan was really great, and the girl they cast as her younger self had a freakish resemblance. Andrew Garfield pretty much had me grinning like a lunatic everytime he was on screen (when he wasn't making me bawl). I'm pretty sure many of you have seen it but if you haven't yet, watch this movie! If it's possible, because for some reason it is only showing in like 4 tiny cinema's in Belgium? It stars Keira Knightley and Spiderman AND had great reviews, programming people, what is your problem?
Also, my mum remarked that "that guy playing Tommy is kind of handsome, isn't he". YOU DON'T SAY. I love it when she likes things/people I have been fangirling over for months without realising it :P.

IV. I've also started making icons again, because Doctor Who was too pretty not to. It's keeping me entertained and this time I might actually post them :/. Maybe.

Hi! I'm procrastinating instead of thesiswriting, so here's a fun meme about books and movies, stolen from

shah_of_blah:

Books
( click to read about reading )

Dvds/movies (I changed the questions on this one a bit to make it more interesting)
( In which I fail at making choices )