Your Life Work: The Librarian

Yes! I love books AND people! But I evidently don't need a college degree. What a pain!

Movie Meme
1. Popcorn or candy?
2. Name a movie you've been meaning to see forever.
3. You are given the power to recall one Oscar: Who loses theirs and to whom?
4. Steal one costume from a movie for your wardrobe. Which will it be?
5. Your favorite film franchise is:
6. Invite five movie people over for dinner. Who are they? Why'd you invite them? What do you feed them?
7. What is the appropriate punishment for people who answer cell phones in the movie theater?
8. Choose a female bodyguard: Ripley from Aliens. Mystique from X-Men. Sarah Connor from Terminator 2. The Bride from Kill Bill. Mace from Strange Days.
9. What's the scariest thing you've ever seen in a movie?
10. Your favorite genre (excluding comedy and drama) is?
11. You are given the power to greenlight movies at a major studio for one year. How do you wield this power?
12. Bonnie or Clyde?
13. Who are you tagging to answer this survey?

Movie Meme

1. Popcorn or candy?
Mmmmm... candy! I eat popcorn too quickly and it pickles my tongue before we're out of the previews.
2. Name a movie you've been meaning to see forever.
Like, on endless repeat? Hm. Can't think of any that wouldn't drive me nuts. I've done pretty well using the powers of Netflix to catch up on movies I've wanted to see but couldn't find. Ok, to be specific, I've only been waiting a year, but I'm really eager to see 49 Up - it's unfortunately posted as "short wait" at the top of my queue right now.
3. You are given the power to recall one Oscar: Who loses theirs and to whom?
I don't usually watch enough of the movies to judge which person deserves it (at least I don't watch enough of them before the oscars that year, I am catching up on lots of good ones now that I have more time & money). But I was really rooting for Amy Adams to get best supporting actress for Junebug last year. I'm sure Weisz was good in The Constant Gardener, but wasn't she dead for half the movie? At least it wasn't as bad as Judi Dench getting it for 8 minutes in Shakespeare in Love
4. Steal one costume from a movie for your wardrobe. Which will it be?
Ha! I actually could immediately picture the article of clothing I wanted to wear. The red sweater Amelie wears when she slips the key in her pocket. It may not be as cool as some movie costumes, but I really wanted it. Actually, pretty much everything she wears would look good on me - I love the colors:

5. Your favorite film franchise is:
Batman. I might be tempted towards X-Men but I have to agree with Leigh Ann about the last one. Yech.
6. Invite five movie people over for dinner. Who are they? Why'd you invite them? What do you feed them?
Oh boy! This would make for a fun dinner table conversation: Emma Thompson, Lily Tomlin, America Ferrera, Queen Latifah, and Rodrigo Garcia. I think they are all intelligent, funny, talented people who would really bounce off each other well. They don't seem to take themselves too seriously, they explore a lot of interesting ideas in their work, and I want them to take over Hollywood. I'd definitely watch more movies if they did. What do I feed them? Hm. That's the question that makes me pause and think. Something that would keep them at the table a long time but not be stuffy. Maybe lots of hispanic food - I'd get Beatrice Colon to make arroz con gandules because hers is the best. I'd get Liliana Valdez to make Argentine empanadas, and I'd make Iris's pastelon casserole and some nice fajitas or something and serve it with lots of wonderful summer fruit and homemade ice cream. That's kind of what I feel like right now, but the Colons were just over here and Chrissy was complaining that I made sweet potatoe empanadas and they weren't like Liliana's. Eh.
7. What is the appropriate punishment for people who answer cell phones in the movie theater?They have to watch that Steven King cell phone horror movie on endless repeat forever when they die.
8. Choose a female bodyguard: Ripley from Aliens. Mystique from X-Men. Sarah Connor from Terminator 2. The Bride from Kill Bill. Mace from Strange Days. I want Trinity from the Matrix movies. She's cooler - or at least I like Carrie Ann Moss's face better than these. Forget it - I'll be my own bodyguard, thanks much.
9. What's the scariest thing you've ever seen in a movie? The scene with the little Vietnamese-American boy and the gun in Gurinder Chadha's What's Cooking still makes my heart beat too fast. I don't watch scary movies, ever, so I'll stick to the moment of completely realistic terror in a Thanksgiving drama/comedy.
10. Your favorite genre (excluding comedy and drama) is?To go with an unusual one, food movies. Mostly Martha, Tortilla Soup, Eat Drink Man Woman, Babbette's Feast, What's Cooking, Chocolat etc. Actually, I don't really like Chocolat - I think it's too heavy handed. But I like the chocolate scenes.
11. You are given the power to greenlight movies at a major studio for one year. How do you wield this power?
I hand it over to Emma Thompson, with the requirement that at least five be based on her favorite books. I love this woman's taste and sense of humor and I think she has a good sense for staying true to the heart of the story in books. Plus she understands the importance of a realistic-looking women and staying out of Hollywood so it doesn't eat your soul.
12. Bonnie or Clyde? Like "Larressha," n/a because I have not seen this film.
13. Who are you tagging to answer this survey? I want to tag my brother but he doesn't have a blog. Meh. He's been suggesting entertaining answers over my shoulder. So I'll try tagging Bethany