Having finished “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data” and enjoyed the results, I’m moving on to a new list:
76 Fun Icebreaker Questions (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)
Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.
If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.
What is your favorite film?
These days, whichever one Basil puts in the open thread.
Aside from those, I’d say “Cyrano de Bergerac” with Jose Ferrar.
I recently read the script from the play the movie’s based on, and the parts they change actually make it better.
If you do nothing else, at least catch the “No, Thank You” speech.
There’s something about “On The Waterfront” – Brando, Stieger, Malden, Cobb, Eva Marie Saint, the soundtrack…I always watch it whenever I spot it…Oh, and I can’t resist “The Fifth Element” for the obvious reasons.
“Favorite” is far too difficult. And a premise I reject since different ones are favorites in different ways. As with books, songs, and actresses, I prefer the old format of “what ten would you want with you on a desert island?”
Now, allowances being made for the fact that I have ten favorite movies, I will venture:
“To Kill a Mockingbird”
It’s not much as a comedy, though…
I haven’t seen anything as an adult to displace my childhood favorites: Disney’s Snow White, The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, anything with Fred Astaire. I’m a sucker for a musical comedy; at least, the old-fashioned ones. Movies are escapism – brilliant dramas I avoid like the plague. Who wants to be depressed by one’s entertainment?
Holy Grail, Casablanca and Bringing up Baby.
I always placed “The Philadelphia Story” a notch above “Bringing Up Baby.” Some great one-liners and repartee; chemistry between three great actors, not just two; and not as frenetic, but with touching character revelations and development.
35mm
Hacksaw Ridge: Love story, family conflict, war story, ‘coward of the county’ gets Medal of Honor…battle scenes are realistic and sometimes brutal. Not for everyone. Liked it better than ‘Private Ryan’.
The Wild Bunch directed by Sam Peckinpaw and possibly the greatest western ever made. It even answered that age old question. Q: What’s in Agua Verde? A: Mexicans…what else!
Airplane!
Lebowski
Animal House
Either “L.A. Tool and Die” or “El Paso Wrecking Corp.” Richard Locke was a god.