30 Day Movie Challenge

[eternity]

I'm still stuck on this favorite actor/actress business. I'm not going to just skip it and move on...so...crap.

[Ezee E]

Hasn't everyone been interpreting this category as "artistically inspiring" more than in some personal way? I think Death Proof's a real masterwork. Or I've just always dreamed of gang-banging a perv with my gurls.
Even so, what do you say is artistically inspiring about it then?

[B-side]

Hasn't everyone been interpreting this category as "artistically inspiring" more than in some personal way?

Yes and no. I didn't pick The Mirror in particular of Tarkovsky's work because it best displays his craft, but because I feel it best relays his fascination with nature and the ethereal in the real. A gust of wind, in the instance in the video I posted, is inspiring if only by its timing. It's somehow reassuring.

[Bosco B Thug]

Even so, what do you say is artistically inspiring about it then? It's a really ambitious, highly conceptual work. It has ridiculously exquisite cinematography, and the crash scene is one of (maybe the) most audacious things I've seen in the past decade.


Yes and no. I didn't pick The Mirror in particular of Tarkovsky's work because it best displays his craft, but because I feel it best relays his fascination with nature and the ethereal in the real. A gust of wind, in the instance in the video I posted, is inspiring if only by its timing. It's somehow reassuring. Totally, it's a beautiful film. A peaceful, reassuring film probably would have been best for this day... Death Proof definitely doesn't have much in that regard, but I can certainly say its tenderness and candidness about gendered inequalities and victimhood give it that bottom line, humanist inspirational quality.

[Russ]

24. Movie with your favorite soundtrack - For All Mankind


Documentary filmmaker Al Reinert commissioned Brian Eno to write the score for this film. Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks was the result. One of the most sampled songs from this soundtrack is Eno's An Ending (Ascent).



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[Skitch]

Are we differentiating between soundtrack and score?

Soundtrack - Trainspotting

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Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack:

Days of Eclipse

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[Russ]

Are we differentiating between soundtrack and score?
I should have been clearer. Eno was comissioned by Reinert to produce an album of music, based on the theme of the Apollo missions, that he could then use as accompaniment in his film. So, no, Eno did not produce a scene-specific score per se, he merely produced the soundtrack from which the filmmaker used excerpts. Scoring was a poor choice of words on my part.



Soundtrack - Trainspotting
Interestingly enough, one of Eno's songs from Apollo (Deep Blue Day) is featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack. :)

[Raiders]

Day 24 - Movie with your favorite soundtrack

Oh, why the hell not...

Wang Chung, To Live and Die in L.A.

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[megladon8]

Movie With Your Favorite Soundtrack:

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Listening to the Donnie Darko soundtrack nearly makes me weep.

Thoughts of lost youth. Remembering my early teenage years. Wishing I could go back and make better choices, be a better person.

[Russ]

DAY 25:
MOVIE WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY


25. Movie with the most beautiful scenery - The Fall



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[Kurosawa Fan]

Day 24: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

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[Melville]

Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Days of Heaven

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[Ivan Drago]

Playing catch-up. Day 23 was tough because I said my first answer for it a while back (Exit Through The Gift Shop).

Day 23 - Movie That Inspires You
Removed (Naomi Uman, 1999)

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Of all the experimental films I've seen this year so far, watching this for the first time opened my eyes to an even wider spectrum of the possibilities of filmmaking, and the reactions the medium can get out of its audience.


Day 24 - Movie With Your Favorite Soundtrack
Interstella 5555 (Kazuhisa Takenôchi, 2003)

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Daft Punk > All

Favorite Tracks: All of 'em.

If that doesn't count, then my runner-up:
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Chris Weitz, 2009)

Favorite Track:
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Others:
No Sound But The Wind - The Editors
Slow Life - Grizzly Bear
Hearing Damage - Thom Yorke
A White Demon Love Song - The Killers


Day 25 - Movie With The Most Beautiful Scenery
Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967)

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[Fezzik]

Movie with the most beatiful scenery: The Lord of the Rings

[Boner M]

Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Tropical Malady

[Raiders]

Day 25 - Movie with the most beautiful scenery

The Black Stallion

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[chrisnu]

Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Lawrence of Arabia

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[B-side]

Day 25 - Movie With The Most Beautiful Scenery

I have a few dozen good answers for this, but because I feel like Ford never gets any real appreciation for his technical abilities, I'm gonna go with She Wore a Yellow Ribbon:

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[Derek]

because I feel like Ford never gets any real appreciation for his technical abilities

Is the crack you smoke laced with denial or have you really just not seen the billions of words written in the last 75 years about how Ford shoots landscapes?

But seriously, those shots are awesome. :) Yellow Ribbon is one Ford I really need to get around to ASAP.

[Russ]

Is the crack you smoke laced with denial or have you really just not seen the billions of words written in the last 75 years about how Ford shoots landscapes?

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[/your response is hilarious, but I got BS's back :)]

[soitgoes...]

Day 25 - Movie With The Most Beautiful Scenery

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Nostalghia

[B-side]

Is the crack you smoke laced with denial or have you really just not seen the billions of words written in the last 75 years about how Ford shoots landscapes?

Well, I guess he does get praise for shooting Monument Valley, but does anyone ever really take him into consideration for his ability to truly frame and stage a shot? Anyway, I was more referring to his abilities in general as opposed to being just that guy who shot films in Monument Valley a lot.

[soitgoes...]

That was the easiest rep ever Brightside. I guess I could have gone with The Mirror to really cater to your tastes.

[B-side]

That was the easiest rep ever Brightside. I guess I could have gone with The Mirror to really cater to your tastes.

Nostalghia is the one that currently sits in my top 10, though who knows what'll happen with rewatches. I'm trying to back off definitive favorites because my taste seems to evolve so often. Anyway, I've given out a lot of rep in this thread, so don't feel too special.;)

[soitgoes...]

Nostalghia is the one that currently sits in my top 10, though who knows what'll happen with rewatches. I'm trying to back off definitive favorites because my taste seems to evolve so often. Anyway, I've given out a lot of rep in this thread, so don't feel too special.;)
Whatever, you love me the most.

Nostalghia is the one that's settled the best, and I would place it in my top 10 right now too.

[B-side]

Whatever, you love me the most.

Nostalghia is the one that's settled the best, and I would place it in my top 10 right now too.

:pritch:

[DavidSeven]

Well, I guess he does get praise for shooting Monument Valley, but does anyone ever really take him into consideration for his ability to truly frame and stage a shot?

Um, I would think so. From his most famous movie:

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[B-side]

Right, yeah. I think those are great shots. The first and third being particularly iconic. Those two also happen to be recurring images in his filmography, so he was staging nearly identical shots for many years before that film. The mother seeing her kin off to war, and his melancholy use of doorways are rather trenchant and evocative images for Ford. It just feels like the location he used a mere 9 times throughout an incredibly prolific career gets more praise than his talent shooting it.

[Skitch]

I should have been clearer. Eno was comissioned by Reinert to produce an album of music, based on the theme of the Apollo missions, that he could then use as accompaniment in his film. So, no, Eno did not produce a scene-specific score per se, he merely produced the soundtrack from which the filmmaker used excerpts. Scoring was a poor choice of words on my part.

Interestingly enough, one of Eno's songs from Apollo (Deep Blue Day) is featured on the Trainspotting soundtrack. :)

Erm, no...theres a bit of a fine line between score and soundtrack sometimes, my question wasn't pointed at you in the least, sir. I completely understood your post. My question was just pointed generally at the thread. :) Sorry it seemed otherwise.

[Skitch]

Day 25: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring.

Easy pick for me!

[elixir]

Looks I'm going to have to be a bore and copy other people's answers for the previous two rounds. I'll post different clips to compensate!

Day 24, Movie With Your Favorite Soundtrack: Cold Water

Usually only a song or two will really work for me on a soundtrack (in a memorable way, I mean--I usually respond more to scores), so this recent watch of mine surprised me in its totally masterful use of music throughout its runtime. That party scene is tops.

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Day 25, Film With The Most Beautiful Scenery: Days of Heaven

This is really the only answer I can give. So gorgeous.

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite scenery: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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[dreamdead]

Favorite scenery: Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)

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Awe-inspiring.

[Fezzik]

Favorite scenery: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Great choice!

[MadMan]

DAY 25:MOVIE WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

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Perhaps this hasn't been selected because its too obvious. Anyways, Apocalypse Now (1979) not only features amazing use of color, but the scenery is great, too. Originally I would have gone with LOTRs, but I already used that answer. Really any clip would do, honestly, although I guess this montage set to music from the movie does the job, I guess. My favorite use of scenery is probably when Lt. Willard and Chef encounter the tiger in the jungle, actually.

[Russ]

DAY 26:
MOVIE YOU'RE MOST EMBARRASSED TO SAY YOU LIKE

[B-side]

Isn't that essentially the same as "guilty pleasure?"

[Russ]

Maybe for some, but not for me. Definitely a fine line, tho.


26. Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like - A Serbian Film


NSFW

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[B-side]

I don't know, man. I really dislike this category, and "Guilty Pleasure." I don't feel guilty or embarrassed about anything I like.

[Raiders]

I'm not embarrassed about liking this film at all, but it is one I never like mentioning that I am a fan of because it requires so much defending and often is met with laughs and jeers...

Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls

(at work, so not going to be searching and posting a clip)

[Melville]

"Guilty pleasure" is a stock term I interpreted very liberally, but this one's pretty literal. Why would I be embarrassed to say I like something? Maybe if I were talking to a family member and I liked the movie because it appealed to my sexual fetishes or something.

[B-side]

"Guilty pleasure" is a stock term I interpreted very liberally, but this one's pretty literal. Why would I be embarrassed to say I like something? Maybe if I were talking to a family member and I liked the movie because it appealed to my sexual fetishes or something.

Yeah, pretty much. I kinda played ball with "Guilty pleasure," but this one just seems like an all too literal repeat of that.

[Melville]

26. Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like - A Serbian Film
I thought the movie was glossy schlock, an empty provocation filled with ridiculous things existing only to allow for greater shock value (e.g., the sexual super-serum). But the music is awesome.

[Mysterious Dude]

I enjoyed all of the Scary Movie's.

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[B-side]

I get some enjoyment out of them as well. The sheer irreverence and ridiculousness appeals to me. Granted, they can be cringe-worthy, but overall I guess I get a bit of a kick out of them.

[dreamdead]

Hmm. Dislike the category, but I will second Raiders's choice. Showgirls it is.

[Fezzik]

Day 26: Movie I'm embarrassed to say I like: 50 First Dates. Its bad. I know its bad. I can feel its badness wash over me, but I love Drew Barrymore, and she and Sandler have good chemistry together (I also like The Wedding Singer but am much less embarrassed about that).

[StanleyK]

Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Aguirre: The Wrath of God

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All Tarkovsky or Malick films also apply.



Movie I'm embarrassed to say I like: The Empire Strikes Back

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It's actually none, for the obvious reasons I've stated before, and Brightside and Melville just reiterated. Just to play the game, I'm going with a Star Wars film, only because if I tell people I like that or Titanic they might get the wrong idea about what kind of cinephile I am.

[chrisnu]

This probably fits the category, although I'm not embarrassed by it:

Day 26: Movie I'm embarrassed to say I like: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

NSFW

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[Scar]

Movie I'm embarrassed to say I like: The Empire Strikes Back

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:|

[Spinal]

I also chose a Star Wars film for this category. But it was The Phantom Menace.

[StanleyK]

:|

As I said, I'm not at all embarrassed to say I like it. It's just that Star Wars is, like, the epitome of mainstream commercial fare which I rail on all the time; as such, I feel a bit inadequate praising its fifth installment.

[Scar]

As I said, I'm not at all embarrassed to say I like it. It's just that Star Wars is, like, the epitome of mainstream commercial fare which I rail on all the time; as such, I feel a bit inadequate praising its fifth installment.

Fifth chapter perhaps, but second installment.

[Melville]

DAY 27:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE VILLAIN

Noah Cross in Chinatown

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Could have easily gone with Blue Velvet or 2001, but their villains are less villainous.

[amberlita]

Movie I'm most embarrassed to say I like: Red Sonja

Still, it has an Ennio Morricone score, and it is awesome.

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Movie with favorite villian: I'd probably choose Die Hard or Leon: The Professional. Can't decide.

[chrisnu]

Movie with my favorite villain: Mrs. Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate

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[Ivan Drago]

Movie You're Most Embarrassed To Say You Like:
Dude, Where's My Car? (Danny Leiner, 2000)

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Yep. I. . .I got nothing, guys. Let me know if this next one counts or not:


Movie With Your Favorite Villain:
Tony Montana, as played by Al Pacino in Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)

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[Russ]

"You know Billy, what worries me is how your mother is going to take this."


27. Movie with your favorite villain - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest



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[Fezzik]

Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain:

Tough one..but I'm gonna have to go with Die Hard.

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[B-side]

DAY 27:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE VILLAIN


Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren/Hammid, 1943)

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[Ezee E]

Day 23: Movie that inspires you
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Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese

Day 24: Movie with my favorite soundtrack:
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Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery
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House of Flying Daggers

Day 26: Movie you're most embarassed to say you like:
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Multiplicity

[soitgoes...]

Movie with your favorite villain:

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Peter and Paul.

[MadMan]

Day 26th: Movie You're Embarrassed to Admit You Like:

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Several picks fit this category. However, this film takes the cake just because its beyond a guilty pleasure. Jon Vought's terrible accent. J-Lo clearly being miscast. Ice Cube doing his own thing, which is awesome. The CGI, which was dated the minute it was featured in the movie. All leading up to one craptastic, cheesy, entertaining movie.

Day 27th: Movie With Your Favorite Villain

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Yes there are a number of qualifiers for this category. However I've decided to go with Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. He's indestructible, can crush people's necks with his teeth and chew threw steel. Sure he goes good in the end, but that was only because Bond used super extreme strength charisma to convince him that his employer was going to screw him over.

[megladon8]

Catching up...


Movie With the most beautiful scenery...

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Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like...

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Movie with your favorite villain...

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[Mysterious Dude]

My favorite villain:

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Norman Bates in Psycho (1960).

[Derek]

Movie With the Most Beautiful Scenery

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Movie You're Most Embarrassed to Say You Like

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Movie With Your Favorite Villain

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[Raiders]

Favorite villain:

Danny Glover's mysterious, charming drifter in To Sleep With Anger.

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[StanleyK]

Pretty sure the best concrete villains are Noah Cross or HAL-9000, but to avoide repetition I'm going with one where the main antagonistic force is an institution:

Movie with my favorite villain: The Passion of Joan of Arc

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[chrisnu]

DAY 28:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE HERO

Ed Crane in The Man Who Wasn't There

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[Russ]

"So far to you I may
For tonight me to say
Muchachita mia cara verá
On my day say I...goodbye"


28. Movie with your favorite hero - Lemonade Joe



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[B-side]

DAY 28:
MOVIE WITH YOUR FAVORITE HERO


Johnny from Naked (Leigh, 1993)

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[Fezzik]

Day 28: Movie with my favorite hero: Wall-E

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[Mysterious Dude]

I'm going to be a little conservative and define "hero" as someone who I would consider to be a hero in real life: Marge Gunderson in Fargo.

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[Spinal]

I'm going to be a little conservative and define "hero" as someone who I would consider to be a hero in real life:

Yeah, I think 'hero' is something distinct from 'protagonist'.

[StanleyK]

Movie with my favorite hero: The Big Lebowski

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Runner-ups: Andrei Rublev, Schindler's List, Sherlock Jr.

[StanleyK]

Johnny from Naked (Leigh, 1993)

How is this dude a hero? Literally the first thing he does is rape a woman, and it's downhill from there.

[Ezee E]

How is this dude a hero? Literally the first thing he does is rape a woman, and it's downhill from there.
Brightside likes to be 'unique' with his picks.

[Derek]

Brightside likes to be 'unique' with his picks.

MOVIE WITH MY FAVORITE HERO: Bleak Moments (Mike Leigh, 1971)

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Oh yeah, someone just got Brightsided!

But seriously, I'll go with Holiday w/Hepburn's Linda Seton.

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[Ivan Drago]

Movie With Your Favorite Hero:
Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)

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[B-side]

How is this dude a hero? Literally the first thing he does is rape a woman, and it's downhill from there.

I didn't know we were using the term literally. I thought we were using it as a stand-in for protagonist, same as villain for antagonist, but I guess I was wrong.

[Dukefrukem]

Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress

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Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor

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Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in

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Day 23: Movie that inspires you

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Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack

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Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery

(I'd like to encourage you to skip to 0:59 for maximum enjoyment)
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Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like

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Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain

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[Dukefrukem]

Movie with my favorite Hero

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[Russ]

29. First movie you ever remember watching - Song of the South


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30. Last movie you watched - Paco and the Magical Picture Book


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Finished!

[Melville]

Movie with my favorite Hero: Fargo, for the scene Isaac posted

First movie I remember seeing: Batman (the first movie I remember seeing in theaters. I wouldn't be able to guess what the first movie I saw on vhs or beta was.)

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Last movie I watched: The Brood

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[Spinal]

Day 16: Favorite book adaptation Walkabout
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation The Ninth Gate
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure Repo! The Genetic Opera
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest Tokyo Story
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress Queen Margot (Isabelle Adjani)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor The Elephant Man (John Hurt)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in A Town Called Panic
Day 23: Movie that inspires you Ikiru
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack The Passion of Joan of Arc
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery Orlando
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain 2001: A Space Odyssey
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero Hoosiers
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching Star Wars
Day 30: Last movie you watched (500) Days of Summer

[Raiders]

First movie I remember watching: The Land Before Time
Last movie I watched: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

[Fezzik]

Did i miss the annoucement for Days 29 and 30? Ah well:

Day 29: First movie I remember watching: Star Wars (In a DRIVE IN theatre, opening weekend baby. I roll old school :p)

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Day 30: Last movie I saw: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

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[Ivan Drago]

First Movie You Remember Watching:
Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991)

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[chrisnu]

First Movie You Remember Watching: Oliver and Company

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Day 30: Last movie you watched: True Grit (2010)

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[Hugh_Grant]

Day 23: Movie that inspires you: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack: A Matter of Degrees (Uncle Tupelo, The Pixies, Yo La Tengo, Miracle Legion, Eleventh Dream Day, Throwing Muses, Lemonheads, etc.)
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Deja Vu (1997, Henry Jaglom)
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: In the Company of Men
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero(ine): Bend It Like Beckham
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: The Big Fix
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Barney's Version

[DavidSeven]

Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: In the Company of Men

Great pick.

[Mysterious Dude]

First movie I remember watching: See, Sing & Play

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Once, when I was a little too old to watch this movie, I was bored and decided to put it in the VCR anyway. My mom came in and said, "You're watching this? This is the first movie I ever got for you!"

[Boner M]

Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: Love Actually (ala the 'guilty pleasure' pick; no embarrassment, esp. since I think the film's a pretty great deconstruction of romcom giddiness)
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: Spoorloos
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero(ine): Pump up the Volume
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: The Neverending Story 2 (scared shitless for the most part)
Day 30: Last movie you watched: The Insect Woman

[B-side]

29. First Movie You Remember Watching - Uh... Mrs. Doubtfire (Columbus, 1993)?
30. Last Movie You Watched - Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Parajanov, 1965)

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[Ivan Drago]

Final entry with recap:

Day 1: Favorite film: Magnolia
Day 2: Least favorite film: Selena
Day 3: Favorite comedy: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Day 4: Favorite drama: In The Mood For Love
Day 5: Favorite action: Planet Terror
Day 6: Favorite horror: Jaws
Day 7: Favorite animated feature: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Day 8: Favorite thriller: Memento
Day 9: Favorite musical: The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Day 10: Favorite foreign film: Contempt
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie: Space Jam
Day 12: Favorite love story: Punch-Drunk Love
Day 13: Favorite chick flick: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Day 14: Favorite documentary: Exit Through The Gift Shop
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation: Amadeus
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation: A Clockwork Orange
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure: Kung Pow! Enter The Fist
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress: Black Swan (Natalie Portman)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: The Shining (Jack Nicholson)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in: Pleasantville
Day 23: Movie that inspires you: Removed
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack: Interstella 5555
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Play Time
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: Dude, Where's My Car?
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: Scarface (1983)(Tony Montana)
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero: Batman Begins (Batman)
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Quite a variety.

[MadMan]

Day 1: Favorite film: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Day 2: Least favorite film: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Day 3: Favorite comedy: The Big Lebowski
Day 4: Favorite drama: The Life Aquatic (2004)
Day 5: Favorite action: Die Hard
Day 6: Favorite horror: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature: Finding Nemo
Day 8: Favorite thriller: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Day 9: Favorite musical: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Day 10: Favorite foreign film: Le cercle rouge (1970)
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie: The Land Before Time
Day 12: Favorite love story: Casablanca
Day 13: Favorite chick flick: When Harry Met Sally
Day 14: Favorite documentary: Bowling For Columbine
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation: 12 Angry Men
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation: Jaws
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation: The Lost World (1997)
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure: The Golden Child
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest: Up
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress: Rear Window (Grace Kelly)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: The Searchers (John Wayne)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in: The LOTRs trilogy
Day 23: Movie that inspires you: The Big Lebowski (1998)
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Apocalypse Now (1979)
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: Anaconda (1997)
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: The Spy Who Loved Me (Jaws)
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero: Jurassic Park (Dr. Grant)
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Beauty and the Beast/The Land Before Time
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Cleaner (2007, Harlin)


Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero

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Jurassic Park (Dr. Alan Grant)

This scene has one of my favorite lines from the movie: "Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration I've decided not to endorse your park."

Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Beauty and the Beast/The Land Before Time

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Land Before Time was the first movie I remember seeing, on video. Beauty and the Beast was the first movie I recall seeing in theaters.

Day 30: Last movie you watched: Cleaner (2007, Harlin)

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Which was actually quite good.

This got kind of tedious after a while, so I'm glad we're finished.

[Skitch]

Day 29: First movie you remember watching: The Rescuers
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Inception

[Dukefrukem]

Day 29: First movie you remember watching: All Dogs go to Heaven
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Ugetsu

[Russ]

Day 1: Favorite film – The Man Who Planted Trees
Day 2: Least favorite film – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Day 3: Favorite comedy – It’s a Gift
Day 4: Favorite drama – The Straight Story
Day 5: Favorite action – The Stunt Man
Day 6: Favorite horror – Freaks
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Mind Game
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Body Double
Day 9: Favorite musical – Little Shop of Horrors
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Stroszek
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – The Wizard Of Oz
Day 12: Favorite love story – Breaking the Waves
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Imitation of Life
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Vernon, Florida
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – The Boys in the Band
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – Little Big Man
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Boom!
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – Gallipoli
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - Yearning – Hideko Takamine
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – Being There – Peter Sellers
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – Ashes and Snow
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – American Movie
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – For All Mankind
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – The Fall
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – A Serbian Film
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Lemonade Joe
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – Song of the South
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Paco and the Magical Picture Book

[StanleyK]

Favorite film: Persona
Least favorite film: A Walk to Remember
Favorite comedy: Dr. Strangelove
Favorite drama: Werckmeister Harmonies
Favorite action: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Favorite horror: Elephant
Favorite animated film: My Neighbor Totoro
Favorite thriller: The Son
Favorite musical: Rabbit of Seville
Favorite foreign film*: The Thin Red Line
Favorite kid's film: The 400 Blows
Favorite love story: In the Mood for Love
Favorite 'chick flick': Punch-Drunk Love
Favorite documentary: Window Water Baby Moving
Favorite play adaptation*: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Favorite book adaptation: Solaris (2002)
Least favorite book adaptation: Twilight
Film that is my 'guilty pleasure'*: Titanic
Film that made me cry the hardest: Schindler's List
Movie with my favorite actress: Cries and Whispers (Liv Ullmann)
Movie with my favorite actor: Happy Together (Tony Leung)
Movie I wish I could live in*: Koyaanisqatsi
Movie that inspires me: The Mirror
Movie with my favorite soundtrack: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Movie I'm embarrassed to say I like*: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie with my favorite villain: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Movie with my favorite hero: The Big Lebowski

First movie I remember watching: No idea... perhaps Disney's Tarzan

Last movie I watched: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


* means there is no truthful answer.



Pretty good game overall. Some categories were kind of lame, but most were fun to think about.

[Fezzik]

Recap:

Day 1: Favorite film – In the Mood For Love
Day 2: Least favorite film – Catch and Release
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Young Frankenstein
Day 4: Favorite drama – Casablanca
Day 5: Favorite action – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Day 6: Favorite horror – Jaws
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Ratatouille
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Dead Again
Day 9: Favorite musical – Singin' in the Rain
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Chungking Express
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Day 12: Favorite love story – Lady and the Tramp
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Notting Hill
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Hoop Dreams
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – The Philadelphia Story
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – The Lord of the Rings
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – Simon Birch
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Serendipity
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – Old Yeller
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - The Devil Wears Prada (Meryl Streep)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Jimmy Stewart)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – The Princess Bride
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – Beauty and the Beast
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – The Lord of the Rings
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – 50 First Dates
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – Die Hard
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Wall*E
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – Star Wars
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

This was a lotta fun, guys. We gotta do more stuff like this.

[Mysterious Dude]

The last movie I watched: The Emperor and the Assassin

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A slightly more realistic version of Hero (with less emphasis on fake martial arts).

[B-side]

Day 1: Favorite film – In a Year with 13 Moons (Fassbinder, 1978)
Day 2: Least favorite film – n/a
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Annie Hall (Allen, 1977)
Day 4: Favorite drama – Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975)
Day 5: Favorite action – The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)
Day 6: Favorite horror – The Driller Killer (Ferrara, 1979)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Mind Game (Yuasa, 2004)
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Eyes Wide Shut (Kubrick, 1999)
Day 9: Favorite musical – Invitation to the Dance (Kelly, 1956)
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – City of Pirates (Ruiz, 1984)
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – The Steamroller and the Violin (Tarkovsky, 1961)
Day 12: Favorite love story – Faces (Cassavetes, 1968)
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Clueless (Heckerling, 1995)
Day 14: Favorite documentary – F for Fake (Welles, 1974)
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – Fando y Lis (Jodorowsky, 1968)
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – Up in the Air (Reitman, 2009)
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Freddy Got Fingered (Green, 2001)
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – n/a
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - The Passion of Anna (Bergman, 1969) - Liv Ullman
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Herzog, 1972) - Klaus Kinski
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – The Mirror (Tarkovsky, 1975)
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Window Water Baby Moving (Brakhage, 1962)
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Ford, 1949)
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – n/a
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren/Hammid, 1943)
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Naked (Leigh, 1993)
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – Mrs. Doubtfire (Columbus, 1993)
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Parajanov, 1965)

[Spinal]

Day 2: Least favorite film – n/a
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – n/a
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – n/a


Congrats on completing the 27 Day Movie Challenge!

[B-side]

Congrats on completing the 27 Day Movie Challenge!

I'd like to thank the Academy. And my absent father for instilling a cold resolve in me.

[Raiders]

Day 1: Favorite film – The Conversation (Coppola, 1974)
Day 2: Least favorite film – K-PAX (Softley, 2001)
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Play Time (Jacques Tati, 1967)
Day 4: Favorite drama – Only Angels Have Wings (Hawks, 1939)
Day 5: Favorite action – Exiled (Johnnie To, 2006)
Day 6: Favorite horror – Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – WALL-E (Stanton, 2008)
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Shock Corridor (Fuller, 1963)
Day 9: Favorite musical – Pennies from Heaven (Ross, 1981)
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Au hasard Balthazar (Bresson, 1966)
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – Puss 'N Booty (Tashlin, 1943)
Day 12: Favorite love story – Hana-bi (Kitano, 1997)
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Pride & Prejudice (Wright, 2005) [cheating]
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Sherman's March (McElwee, 1986)
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – A Thousand Clowns (Coe, 1966)
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – The Ascent (Shepitko, 1977)
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – The Bonfire of the Vanities (De Palma, 1990)
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – The Phantom (Wincer, 1996)
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – Born Into Brothels (Briski & Kauffman, 2004)
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - Code Unknown (Haneke, 2000) - Juliette Binoche
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – The Conformist (Bertolucci, 1970) - Jean-Louis Trintignant
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Zemeckis, 1988)
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Whisper of the Heart (Kondo, 1995)
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – To Live and Die in L.A. (Friedkin, 1985)
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – The Black Stallion (Ballard, 1979)
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – Showgirls (Verhoeven, 1995)
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – To Sleep With Anger (Burnett, 1990)
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – The General (Keaton, 1926)
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – The Land Before Time (Bluth, 1988)
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Wright, 2010)

[elixir]

Day 26, Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: This is still a stupid category.
Day 27, Movie with your favorite villain: Sweet Smell of Success
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero: The Long Goodbye
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Day 30: Last movie you watched: Intolerable Cruelty

[megladon8]

Not going to bother catching up with the YouTube clips. I'll just post my full list:

Day 1: Favorite film – Blade Runner
Day 2: Least favorite film – The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Day 3: Favorite comedy – Young Frankenstein
Day 4: Favorite drama – Casablanca
Day 5: Favorite action – Die Hard
Day 6: Favorite horror – The Haunting ('63)
Day 7: Favorite animated feature – Beauty and the Beast
Day 8: Favorite thriller – Se7en
Day 9: Favorite musical – Moulin Rouge!
Day 10: Favorite foreign film – Le Samourai
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie – The Iron Giant
Day 12: Favorite love story – The Fountain
Day 13: Favorite chick flick – Bringing Up Baby
Day 14: Favorite documentary – Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Song About His Father
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation – Ran
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation – American Psycho
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure – Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest – The House of Sand and Fog
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress - Baby Face (Barbara Stanwyck)
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor – The Royal Tenenbaums (Gene Hackman)
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in – Princess Mononoke
Day 23: Movie that inspires you – Superman
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack – Donnie Darko
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery – Once Upon a Time in the West
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like – A Night at the Rosbury
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain – The Shining
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero – Superman
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching – The Adventures of the American Rabbit
Day 30: Last movie you watched – Subspecies

[chrisnu]

Day 1: Favorite film: Mulholland Dr.
Day 2: Least favorite film: Caligula
Day 3: Favorite comedy: The Big Lebowski
Day 4: Favorite drama: Persona
Day 5: Favorite action: Once Upon a Time in the West
Day 6: Favorite horror: Funny Games
Day 7: Favorite animated feature: Finding Nemo
Day 8: Favorite thriller: The Killing of the Chinese Bookie
Day 9: Favorite musical: Nashville
Day 10: Favorite foreign film: Ikiru
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie: The Straight Story
Day 12: Favorite love story: In a Lonely Place
Day 13: Favorite chick flick: Johnny Guitar
Day 14: Favorite documentary: Grey Gardens
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation: A Streetcar Named Desire
Day 16: Favorite book adaptation: Barry Lyndon
Day 17: Least favorite book adaptation: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Day 18: Film that is your guilty pleasure: Spaceballs
Day 19: Film that made you cry the hardest: Mulholland Dr.
Day 20: Movie with your favorite actress: A Woman Under the Influence
Day 21: Movie with your favorite actor: Last Tango in Paris
Day 22: Movie you wish you could live in: The Fall
Day 23: Movie that inspires you: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Day 24: Movie with your favorite soundtrack: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Day 25: Movie with the most beautiful scenery: Lawrence of Arabia
Day 26: Movie you're most embarrassed to say you like: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Day 27: Movie with your favorite villain: The Manchurian Candidate
Day 28: Movie with your favorite hero: The Man Who Wasn't There
Day 29: First movie you ever remember watching: Oliver & Company
Day 30: Last movie you watched: True Grit (2010)

There was a second round of the 30 Day Movie Challenge. Do we want to do that one as well?

[Mysterious Dude]

There was a second round of the 30 Day Movie Challenge. Do we want to do that one as well?
I vote yes.

[Dukefrukem]

Yes!