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how will you know to trust our opinion as balanced, informed, wise,
intelligent, genius even. For example, imagine if it turned out that Adam Sandler
was our dream movie husband, that would be grave news. Therefore we have
decided to give you a movie-inspired lowdown of our lives:
IMOGEN
My movie husband:
This decision was particularly angst-inducing. Do I stick with my
childhood love for Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands (framed picture on my
bedside table aged 5)? Do I marry Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You-
as Kat says “I love you, I need you, oh baby oh baby”? Eventually, I’ve walked
up the aisle with Ryan in Blue Valentine. I feel he will really appreciate such
a prestigious prize, he often gets overlooked. My reasoning: he is the kindest
man on celluloid wearing plaid shirts and leather jackets, who plays the
ukulele, and loves dogs. Watching him walk down that road in the closing
credits was almost too much to bear.
My film best friend:
Well again it wasn’t easy to narrow it down to one person. I want a
gang: Ducky (Pretty in Pink), E.T., Madonna (Desperately Seeking Susan), Bill
and Ted (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure), Grosie Josie (Never Been Kissed),
Bliss and/ or Juno (Whip It/Juno- basically Ellen Page). However, if I had two
necklaces, each one with a pendant of a jagged half of a heart with BEST FRIEND
etched deep into the surface, then I would have to give it to Kevin McCallister
in Home Alone 1 & 2. He’s mighty clever (he captured two criminals who have
evaded the cops not once but twice), funny (I am referring to pretty much any
moment in the film but comic heights are reached in the Plaza hotel in Home
Alone 2), angsty (he could do with a good friend, his parents blame him because
he’s the youngest child, Buzz is awful and his cousin drinks Pepsi so he wets
the bed), and importantly, Kevin is very trustworthy with strong morals (for
example, when helping Mr Duncan of Duncan’s Toys or the Pigeon Lady from
Central Park).
My favourite film soundtrack:
Once I accidentally ordered the soundtrack for A Knight’s Tale
rather than the DVD. This actually turned out to be a happy surprise bringing
me right back to the dance to David Bowie’s Golden Years. However, its got
Robbie Williams on it thus disqualifying it from making the countdown. Madonna
was in her heyday in the 80’s and Desperately Seeking Susan is exemplary.
Everyone has a cool quota and Madonna maxxed hers out in that decade (Into the
Groove, Like A Virgin, Papa Don’t Preach, Holiday, Material Girl etc etc). The
best thing about 500 Days of Summer is the soundtrack. High notes include
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths, Bad Kids by Black
Lips and best of all You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates. Sadly they also included some saccharine twee
covers. So therefore, my favourite is the soundtrack for Harold and Maude. It
is entirely composed of songs by Cat Stevens, the wisest singer there is. Every
song is like a lesson, in a good sense. If you Want to Sing Out, Sing Out is
simple but beautiful.
If I was in Sex and the City who would I be?:
Just kidding
Favourite Film of 2011:
Another Earth. My writing can’t do justice to how much I loved this
film. It was unfathomably good.
VINNY
Film
husband: When I was 16 I was obsessed with Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko, he
was my ideal man. Brooding, seriously fit and accompanied by a Echo and the
Bunnymen soundtrack. However now I am an elderly 21 year old, I feel it is
inappropriate so be mooning after adolescent males.
In saying this my next choice is Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo in Baz
Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet who is also quite young. Also a brooding male,
accompanied by Radiohead’s Talk Show Host and smokes. I think it’s not only his
ridiculously beautiful face but also his near insane, all consuming love for
Juliet that makes him my film husband. Plus I just Wikipedied Leo and he was 22
when they made Romeo + Juliet so I don’t feel like such a pervert anymore.
Film soundtrack: The Royal Tenenbaums. Lots of Velvet Underground and Nico, the most uplifting track by Paul Simon ‘Me and Julio Down By the School Yard’ and Bob Dylan. Captures the undulations of family life pretty well, and creates leaves you feeling content by the end of the wild. Plus they have new recording of classic tracks by the Mutato Muziko Orchestra, for example ‘Hey Jude’ which are really amazing. However High Fidelity comes in a close second, with similar music from the 60-70, again featuring the Velvet Underground. I think I just really like the Velvet Underground.
Funny: In the Loop. Although I don’t really understand that much about politics, despite sharing a room with a dedicated socialist at University, I still find this film funny every time. I love the derisive British humour regarding American politicians, makes me feel strangely proud of our country. Armando Ianucci is a genius. Or to chose a lower calibre film, Mean Girls. I love Gretchen Wieners.
Sad: I
came pretty close to crying in Harry Potter when Dobby died but managed to
restrain myself (I was with my parents on a Saturday night). Requiem for a
dream made me feel pretty miserable too in a different way, more that I wanted
to lie down in a darkened room for a long time. I guess that was to be expected
as it was a film about heroin addiction which ends leaving you feeling like there is no hope for humanity.
Worst:
I have never actually seen Marley and Me but I don’t like dogs, or silly films
made only to gross at the box office. So maybe that would be the worst film.
However if it was a film I have actually seen then possibly Valentine’s Day
(racist, offensively poor script and again, solely for making money), Twilight
: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (I feel asleep) or Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus.
The latter I started watching as a joke around 1am on some unknown
channel, but it was literally awful. They used the same clip of a squid
attacking a boat about five times to signify the impending peril of the
submarine crew at the hands of the Giant Octopus, whilst Mega Shark flew out of
the sea and destroyed what looked like a Boeing 747. There is just no way a shark,
be it ‘Mega’ could jump that high.
Favourite
Harry Potter film: Prisoner of Azkaban. I like the film because
- It doesn’t feature Voldemort too much,
as by the third film the old ‘Here Comes Voldemort Script’ needed a night
off and you get to learn more about Harry’s parents.
- It does feature Gary
Oldman, who is amazing as Sirius and actually quite scared me the first
time I saw it
- It is hilarious. The gags
between Ron, Harry and Hermione are so great in places. Old HP jokes are
so much better than later ones as they are kinda immature and remind me of
being a young, carefree, HP loving kid.
