Meeeeeme

[andrewducker]

I was tagged by mb2u for this.  Which, I have to say, is a novel way of spreading memes.  I hope it doesn't catch on.

1) Total number of films I own on DVD/Video
350-400 - I can't count them all, as some of them are on shelves in eduard_green's room and he's not up yet.  Oh, plus all of DS9, Babylon 5, Buffy and the first couple of seasons of Angel, first 4 seasons of The West Wing and the odd music video collection.

2) Last film I bought
Return of the King - extended edition.  I don't tend to buy videos now I have a Screen Select subscription - £15 for 3 movies at a time.  Plus a DVD burner :->

3) Last Film I watched
Hitchhiker's Guide.  About which I have already made my feelings clear.  Last great film was Downfall, which you should all go and see, at once.

4) Five films that mean a lot to me - in no particular order, and these aren't my 'best films' films, just ones I feel particularly attached to.
1) The Lion King - I've yet to manage to watch it without a certain moistening around the eyes.
2) Pink Floyd's The Wall - not only do I love the music, but it's an amazing example of a film that really gets inside a characters head - and all with only 3 lines of dialogue.
3) Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 - technically not quite as good as the first one, I fell in love with its vision of Hell as an infinite series of hallways and corridoors, overlooked by a reconfiguring geometric perfection.  First horror film I ever saw - and the Cenobites are some of my favourite 'evil'.  Shame about all the sequels beyong this point.
4) Natural Born Killers - simply one the best cinematic experiences of my life.  The incredible cutting between different film stocks, the lack of any attachment to realism in its visuals and the best soundtrack to any movie ever make this an amazing example of how far you can push the medium.
5) LA Story - possibly the perfect modern-day fairy tale.  A fond, but still cutting, look at an unreal Los Angeles and the eccentrics who inhabit it.

5) Nominate 5 people to take this meme next
in_thy_bounty
broin
heron61
kimberly_a
spidermonster

Comments

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

I hope that it doesn't catch on either, as refusal often offends....

[andrewducker]

Pretty much exactly how I felt. The quiz was close enough to something I _would_ do that being asked wasn't a problem. But if these become common I'm just going to ignore them (as I do most memes).

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I'll do this later and shock you with my tawdry tastes

[flickgc.livejournal.com]

Indeed - it wasn't something I would have done, so I didn't. tbh, there aren't many meme things that I *do* bother doing any more....

[andrewducker]

Personally, I usually skip down the moment my eyes detect the typical 'bold question followed by a paragraph of answer' format.

I'll change your name to someone elses...

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

You may know this already, but Kirsty returned to Hellraiser in HR:Hellseeker (HR6). I haven't seen any of them beyond #4, but I'm reliably informed that she eventually married the guy she was with in the first film. However some years down the line, he cheats on her and she's killed in a car accident (after he gifts her the box - hugely tactless!), but she bargains with the cenobites (again) to exchange her soul for his and she's back in the world of the living and he's dragged off to Hell.

The one bright spot in all of this rubbish, is that apparently there's a scene between Kirsty and Pinhead where they discuss Frank, Julia & Larry. I might rent it just for that. Slim pickings.

I was also hugely inspired by Hellbound and it's a crying shame the series has got so awful when it had so much potential early on.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Aaaaand here's a rather candid interview with the writer of HR:7, which rather sadly confirms that the producers of the last few films didn't know or care what they were doing making HR films, beyond $$$$ of course.

However, on a more positive note, bloodydisgusting.com reported fairly recently that Mr Barker has got back the rights to Hellraiser (and Candyman) and is considering what to do with the movie franchises. In book form, he finally rids us of Pinhead in one of his upcoming short stories.