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trinityvixen

30 Day Movie Challenge - Day 11-13

Feb 01, 2011 10:27

I'm never good at posting to LJ on the weekend. I got swept away with volunteering and classwork and far too much movie watching and video game playing. On the up side, I got a fairly well-argued paper written and I watched The Running Man and Robocop for the first time in far, far too long. I don't know if I've told this story a million times or ( Read more... )

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fairest February 1 2011, 15:49:01 UTC

The Last Unicorn is the movie that made me consider doing this meme, in spite of the fact that I couldn't speak at length about pretty much any question other than favorite animated movie. I've thought a lot about why I like it so much and want eventually to post about it. :)

Edited for unicorn icon.

trinityvixen February 1 2011, 17:40:30 UTC

I have an enduring affection for the movie, though absolutely no desire to sit and watch it. Mostly, I think, because it's so melancholy, unlike all the other movies I watched over and over as a kid where good triumphs and is happy forever and ever.

gryphonrose February 1 2011, 18:04:05 UTC

Excellent film, that. We own it, and watch it every so often with the kids, who also love it. I need to go back and reread the novel at some point.

trinityvixen February 1 2011, 19:13:48 UTC

It is an excellent story, it's just so heart-breaking. It's like, yay, evil is defeated and good triumphs, and the unicorns are free, but the unicorn is all sad and waaaaaah...

gryphonrose February 1 2011, 18:03:22 UTC

Favorite movie from childhood: honestly, I didn't watch many movies as a kid. I'll probably have to go with Star Wars, just because I still remember going to see that for the first time (at the drive-in!) and being utterly awed.

Favorite animated movie: I have to pick one? The Disney Robin Hood is still one of my faves, definitely. Kung Fu Panda is right up there too, though.

Movie I used to love but now hate: I don't know that there are any currently, but I certainly went through that with Wizard of Oz. Loved it when I first saw it, got incredibly sick of it living in Kansas, but finally burned through that disgust and discovered it again in grad school.

trinityvixen February 1 2011, 19:16:20 UTC

I loved Robin Hood as a kid. I remember being confused by the popularity of that old website/internet meme, "The Hamster Dance" because it was just sampling songs from Robin Hood and I couldn't believe that was news to anybody. Kung Fu Panda was better than I believed it could be, so there's that.

Ugh, though, The Wizard of Oz. I couldn't use that because I hated it as a kid and I still haven't gotten over my dislike/indifference to it. It was the only movie my babysitter bothered to put on. If I never saw it again, it might still be too soon. Which is funny because I'm sure I've seen every movie on just this post more times, and yet I can still watch them. I never cottoned to The Wizard of Oz. I don't know why. I don't really love the story, matter of fact.