I'm back on the air!

[shirenomad]

Naturally, I had to be on the Madcow server, which meant I got an extra 24 hours of downtime... that was annoying, to say the least. But I'm caught up on all your happenings, and now I can get back to reporting on my exciting life!

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...hmmm...

...oh, I know! Meme!

From wattsu:

1. Pick one dozen movies that are ones that you have special feelings about.
2. Pick a few lines of dialogue that mean something to you.
3. As people guess the film, strike out that entry.
4. If possible, after the film is guessed, explain why that movie made the list.

1) "Sometimes I guess there's just not enough rocks." (Forrest Gump; thunderphoenix)
2) "I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope." (The Shawshank Redemption; thunderphoenix)
3) "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." (Dead Poets Society; imaginari)
4) "You make me want to be a better man." (As Good As It Gets; thunderphoenix)
5) "Now... where was I?" (Memento; imaginari)
6) "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has." (The Princess Bride; thunderphoenix)
7) "It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing." (The Fellowship of the Ring; thunderphoenix)
8) "We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented." (The Truman Show; thunderphoenix)
9) "She steals your name. If you forget it, you'll never find your way home." (Spirited Away; bugen)
10) "You never forget kids like Emily or Andy, but they forget you." (Toy Story 2; imaginari)
11) "Sooner or later you're going to realize, just as I did, that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." (The Matrix; thunderphoenix)
12) "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." (The Usual Suspects; imaginari)

Comments

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Lesse.
1) "Sometimes I guess there's just not enough rocks."
Forrest Gump.
2) "I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."
The Shawshank Redemption.
3) "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."
Don't know here.
4) "You make me want to be a better man."
As Good As It Gets.
5) "Now... where was I?"
Not here, either.
6) "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."
The Princess Bride.
7) "It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing."
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
8) "We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented."
I wanna say The Matrix.
9) "She steals your name. If you forget it, you'll never find your way home."
Don't know here.
10) "You never forget kids like Emily or Andy, but they forget you."
Don't know.
11) "Sooner or later you're going to realize, just as I did, that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."
Oh, wait. THIS is The Matrix. I don't know what that other one was, then.
12) "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
I've heard this quote before, but I don't know where it's from.

[shirenomad]

1) Forrest Gump: Yeah, it's cheesy, but I associate it with my first girlfriend, so it's a nostalgia thing.
2) The Shawshank Redemption: I like comeuppance movies. I like caper movies. I like heartfelt movies. And Morgan Freeman rocks. 'Nuff said.
4) As Good As It Gets: Why the hell did they give Best Picture to Titanic that year? At least they admitted where the best acting was. Great semi-dark comedy on its own; with Nicholson, Hunt, and Kinnear, it was amazing.
6) The Princess Bride: Do I even need to explain myself? BEST. COMEDY. EVER. (And for the record, I chose this quote BEFORE I saw chime's list.)
7) The Fellowship of the Ring: Everyone else is using Return of the King, but my favorite remains the first, for having the most coherent plot and never drowning out the human (err, hobbit) elements in big-ass battles.
11) The Matrix: We sometimes forget that the sequels disappointed us so because the original rocked so much. One of the true breakthroughs in digital effects, and an interesting take on an old philosophical concept.

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

Aw, crud. I just remembered that 8 is The Truman Show.

Bingo!

[shirenomad]

8) Some people don't like this one, but I was kinda wowed to discover that Carrey could actually, you know, act. And it also called the reality TV craze when it was still in its infancy.

Re: Bingo!

[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

"it also called the reality TV craze when it was still in its infancy."

Ya know, I never thought of that. That's kind of creepy, now that I think about it.

[bugen.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing #9 is Spirited Away.

[shirenomad]

9) Spirited Away: I saw this movie first in Japan. Raw. (That means no dubbing and no subtitles, for the uninitiated.) I didn't understand half of what was going on, and it STILL blew me away. It was just that visually gorgeous.

[mountainranger.livejournal.com]

Except for my happenings...I friended you, but big mean Republican CMZ didn't friend me back. Oh well, I see how it is. :P

Well, see, your life is really boring. :P

[shirenomad]

Seriously, though, no offense, but I don't feel I know you as well as the people I have on my list, and adding you would mean you'd get to read some of my more personal entries. I'll think it over, though.

Re: Well, see, your life is really boring. :P

[mountainranger.livejournal.com]

Not many people know me too well. That's certainly your right, and I didn't mean to pry.

[imaginari.livejournal.com]

3. Dead Poets Society?
5. Memento
10. Toy Story 2
12. The Usual Suspects

[shirenomad]

3) Bittersweet piece that shows Robin Williams's acting chops. And as someone who could have gone the truly elite road for high school, I can appreciate what the students went through.
5) The most brilliant script ever. While deftly handling an unconventional presentation, it slips you hint after hint about what's really going on while never actually giving away the final stunner until the end.
10) Yeah, The Incredibles was good stuff. So was Finding Nemo, for that matter. But Toy Story 2 remains my favorite Pixar movie. And probably my favorite sequel, period, building everything we learned in an already great movie and coming up with an even better concept for a new plot.
12) Did I mention I like caper films? I guess this counts as one. Tension was great, excellent last minute surprised that doesn't seem forced at all, and incredible acting by Kevin Spacey.

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

ARRGH! I KNEW number 12 sounded familiar!