My second post in response to being tagged, thanks to the Canadian wanderer (I think that’s a fairly close approximation of to rastiadu karaya right?). So here goes for an expose of my rather poor taste in movies. Oh yeah can someone please explain to me what a meme is?
1. Popcorn or Candy
- Candy every time, bags and bags of M&Ms.
2. Name a movie you’ve been meaning to see forever
- Willow, yeah you heard me, Willow. Put this down to playing the game as a kid on my Nintendo back in the day and an unhealthy obsession with fantasy based movies, games and books.
3. You are given the power to recall one Oscar: who loses theirs and to whom
- I don’t really follow the Oscars but….I would probably take the Best Actor and Best Movie Oscars from Tom Hanks and Forrest Gump and give it to Morgan Freeman and Shawshank Redemption.
4. Steal one costume from a movie for your wardrobe. Which will it be?
- Costume? What about what some of the outfits from Lock, Stock, Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch, or maybe even Layer Cake…would those funky, slick outfits fit the bill?
5. Invite 5 movie people over for dinner, who are they? What would you feed them?
- Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption is one of my favourite movies)
- Nandita Das (stole this one off you Rastiadu!)
- Edward Norton – absolutely brilliant actor
- Natalie Portman (hotness, and more hotness)
-Jet Li (ask for some punching points)
Homemade chicken curry and parippu anyone?
6. Your favourite film franchise is?
- My geeky side loves the “original” Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Also like Deepa Mehti’s Fire, Earth and Water, especially Fire and Water.
7. What is the appropriate punishment for people who answer cell phones in the movie theatre?
- Phone set on high vibrate (if there is such a thing) and shoved where the sun don’t shine
8. Choose a female bodyguard
- Princess Leah in the famous gold bikini and a lightsabre…cough….cough…possibly too much information there.
9. What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever seen in a movie?
- Hayden Christenson in Star Wars who single handedly nailed the last nail in the Star War’s coffin. Oh yeah and on a more serious note…the fuck upped backstabbing in Closer, makes me never want to have a serious relationship.
10. Your favourite genre (excluding comedy and drama)
- Fantasy movies (not the sex kind you pervs!) and martial arts.
11. You are given the power to greenlight movies at a major studio for one year. How do you wield this power?
- umm…greenlight a movie I guess? Well greenlight some movies that are actually somewhat intelligent…shoot the person who proposes the next Scary Movie.
12. Bonnie or Clyde
- who?
Who do I tag?….hmmm….Evil, who doesn’t seem to read this blog anymore..shock..horror! bastard….

I found Closer quite depressing too. The soundtrack was worth it though!
Meme, its a term that was coined by Dawkins, I think he came up with it in The Selfish Gene. Basically it’s an idea or a concept or it can even be a cultural thing, but is a self-replicating unit of transmission.
Comment by Darwin — December 14, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
Totally agree with you about Morgan Freeman and Shawshank Redemption. I am a big fan of the guy.
Comment by Niroshan — December 14, 2006 @ 2:41 pm
Yum.
The outfits from those movies were great. Even Sienna Miller had some ensembles to die for in Layer Cake. And I’m gonna go on a wild hunch here and assume you’re not eyeing the chav-chic that quite a few of the gangstas were running around in. Although, Brad Pitt was an incredibly hot pikey in Snatch (can’t say the same about his gawd awful accent though).
Canadian wanderer eh? Hardly, I have definitely not done enough exploring of thise great country to be called that. Yet. There’s still time
Comment by rastiadu karaya — December 14, 2006 @ 10:10 pm
Shawshank Yeahhhh !! Get busy Livin, Get busy Dyin !!
Comment by dogfight — December 15, 2006 @ 3:26 am
Darwin - bloody hell, considering The Selfish Gene was one of my favourite books in college I should be a tiny bit ashamed of myself for not remembering that….definitely laying off the booze for a bit!
Niroshan – yep, he is very cool and understated, which I like
Rastiadu – you gotta give Brad some kudos, he’s not just a pretty boy…I guess that definition wasn’t as funny as I thought it might be eh? (couldn’t resist the ‘eh’)
Dogfight – wasn’t that put forward as a choice?
Addendum to the post:
For dinner I would invite one more person, Jenny Agutter, and bring her over for a night cap…that is Jenny as she appears in Logan’s Run, absolutely mouthwatering. It’s the big, doe eyes, those always get me, every time….big…..doe….eyes….sigh….
Comment by N — December 15, 2006 @ 6:32 pm
u would love the Thyroid clinic at the hosp.. women with Graves’ got beeeeg eyes
Comment by S — December 16, 2006 @ 2:50 pm
Whenever anyone mentions Jenny Agutter I always think of Jeff from the UK Coupling. She was his ultimate fantasy, but from when she did “Walkabout.”
That was such a great show, too bad it’s gone
Comment by rastiadu karaya — December 16, 2006 @ 5:04 pm
S - err…no thanks
Rastiadu - I remember that episode, Coupling (The British version) was one of my favourite tv series…didnt they have a debate on whether Agutter ever was in a movie where she kept her kit on?
Comment by N — December 17, 2006 @ 12:48 am
lol.. seriously u wud pick up bigtime at an endocrine clinic.. short chicks with long legs and big eyes.. ur type right?
Comment by S — December 18, 2006 @ 3:19 am
lol… just a thought..the waiting room was full of short chicks with long legs and big eyes..ur type right?
Comment by s — December 18, 2006 @ 3:24 am
I’m sure they would’ve debated that at sometime or another. She came up quite a bit in that show…if I do recall correctly, she even made a guest appearance, in one of Jeff’s fantasies didn’t she?
I need to go and rewatch those DVDs.
Comment by rastiadu karaya — December 18, 2006 @ 1:49 pm
No no no
I do read ur blog u not!! it’s just till my freaking work calms down a bit :S lol
any ways glad ur hitting the town this time
but sorry i wont be joining on 31st night
But you can tag me man.. but i am soooooo not going to ahve tie for this quiz!!! actually.. on second thought.. screw work.. im going to do this quiz
Comment by Evil Lankan — December 22, 2006 @ 3:34 am