I’m keeping it short and sweet tonight. Do you know which movies spawned these taglines?
- Makes Ben Hur look like an epic.
- A different set of jaws.
- All it takes is a little Confidence.
- In space, no one can hear you scream
- They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- It’s time for the odd to get even.
- There can be only one.
- One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero.
- You won’t know the facts until you’ve seen the fiction.
- You know the name. You know the number.
- Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe!
- Are you in or out?
I suspect this tells you a lot about me and my taste in movies. I love light, fun movies. I’ll watch emotional dramas, but if I have the choice I’ll always choose something fun over a film that makes me think. What about you? Do you look for self-improvement or escapism in your movie theaters?
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1. ?
2. ?
3. That one about the singing Irish blues band?
4. Aliens
5. Blues Brothers
6. The Shining
7. Revenge of the Nerds (Side night: Have you watched this recently? It’s super rapey.)
8. Highlander
9. Cool Runnings
10. Pulp Fiction
11. One of the Bond films?
13.
12. Men in Black
Yeah, I watched Revenge of the Nerds not too long ago and I remember thinking that, if I were Betty, I would have punched Lewis in the crotch and reported him to the police.  Apparently the message they are trying to send to underdogs is that a girl will forgive you for spying, spreading naked pictures of her around and tricking her into having sex as long as you are really good in bed.
I’ve actually had a really intense debate about RoTN and the lack of consent in the moon bounce scene. That scene pretty much ruined the movie for me.
The whole carnival scene is really problematic, since the Nerds are giving away pie plates with naked pictures of the cheerleader in them. I hadn’t seen the film in years until they started reshowing it on HBO and I was appalled by so much of it. I turn off the channel now if it comes on.
Escapism. On the rough side of always.
Speaking of fun + light movies, Vision Quest (1985, suck it, youngs!) is on. Matthew Modine, Forrest Whittaker and Madonna. I’m in 80’s heaven.
Crazy for you — uh huh uh — crazy for you…
Thanks, now that song is stuck in my head.
That song always makes me think of slow dancing with a boner pressed against my thigh.
Ahhh, youth.
I’m not even going to bother to try and and guess these, since I’m bad at movies.
I generally watch movies to escape or to learn new things, which make an odd combination, I know. If I’m not watching some quirky French indie fantasy film, then I’m watching a documentary on cow stomachs.
No, really.
For me, escapism is fantasy, sci-fi, literary historical works, and EVERY SINGLE REMAKE OF A BOOK BY THE BBC EVER.
*ahem*
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. RHPS
4. Alien
5. The Blues Brothers
6. The Shining
7. Revenge of the Nerds
8. Highlander
9. Cool Runnings
11. Shit. One of the Bonds. A Dalton or Brosnan one?
12. MIB
I watch waaaaay too many movies.
1.  life of brian?
2. RHPS
3.?
4.Alien (no S)
5. Blues Brothers
6. the Shining
7.Revenge of the Nerds ?
8.HIGHLANDER!!!!!
9.Cool Runnings
10. ?
11.?
12.MIB
13. Oceans 11?  (i know it’s an Oceans but not which one)
You’ve bested me again, Glittercannon. Nicely played.
I totally did not realize that SaraB had made this list until i hit submit and a said hey these are alot of movies that She likes.
i need a glittercannon battle cry!!!
Oooh, I thought I’d know more of these.
4. Alien or Aliens
5. Blues Brothers
6. The Shining?
9. Cool Runnings
12. Men in Black?