It's taken me awhile to get around to fulfilling my taggedness from Neil, but here goes:

1) What is a movie that changed the way you think and act? Or just got you thinking, if the first question is too intimidating.

Geez, Neil! Quite the first question. After finishing the rest of the questions and coming back to it, I still don't know if I have an answer. Crash got me thinking, I suppose. Of course, my yoga video also changed my back, so that had quite an impact on my life. Go Denise Austin.

2) It's a late autumn evening and rainy and cold? What do you have for dinner/snack? What movie do you pop in the DVD player?

I might chop up some apples and cook them in the microwave with brown sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Some kind of coffee is almost a must, or perhaps hot white chocolate. If I didn't have a sweet tooth, which is almost like saying if I didn't have a tooth, I'd probably go for some kind of hot noodle something. Or fresh bread dipped in french onion or tomato soup. Heck, I don't know, I just like food. As for the movie... well, the truth is, I'm not a huge movie person, and I don't often watch them over, but I do like Love Actually a whole lot. We'll go with that for today.

3) You are off to wee Himalayan hamlet for a year, your laptop hard drive can hold one film. What will it be?

4) What movie made you laugh the hardest? What movie made you cry?

*Dumb & Dumber. "Harry, I took care of it!"
*Cannery Row made me bawl like a little baby. So did Life is Beautiful. And Amistad. And of course, Hotel Rwanda.

5) Favorite actor (female, male)?

For sheer power, Don Cheadle. To make me laugh, Steve Carell. To make me have to look away, Jamie Foxx. To make me want to be her when I grow up, Emma Thompson. I wish there were more talented actresses out there. Guess I'll just have to go back into acting and show 'em how it's done;)

6) What book or story would you like to see made into a film or what book do you love that could never be made into a film?

A Tale of Two Cities is an INCREDIBLE book that could either make a brilliant movie, if done well, or could be slaughtered at the hands of Hollywood movie-makers in an attempt to make it mass-accessible. But it would be really great if someone could actually pull it off.

7) What is a movie that immediately after you watched it, you wish you hadn't?

There was a summer where I found myself always watching horror/thriller films at some friends' apartment. I regret most of those, but the one that comes to mind is The Mothman Prophecies.

8) Do you read movie reviews? Before, after, never? Whose reviews do you find the best? Are you an analyzer?

Not really. A bit of an analyzer, as with everything, but really not that much.

9) What movie do you think is a must see, but that you can only recommend with caveats? What movie do you really like, but can only recommend with caveats?

Hotel Rwanda.

10) What movie do you most wish to share with your friends?

Hm. Haha, probably the home video of my pants falling down on performance night of the the play in 9th grade. It's pretty stinking funny.

Now tag at least 5 people.

Corrin
Heather R.
Erika
Justin
E'erbody else around here's been tagged...

nice movie picks! i suck! i still owe you money for the ticket! i am in a punchy mood! can you tell?!?!

Heather,
Emma Thompson! I love her too!