Seven Movie Questions

Hey folks,

So it looks like we’ve got another meme on our hands and I’ve been tagged to partake by Frank and Dan the man. Thanks, guys. I like you. Pretty straightforward stuff this time around, so let’s get to it!

1. What was your first movie-going experience?

Hard to say considering I was probably an infant, but I do recall running out of the theater, screaming at the top of my lungs when Daniel Stern got the tarantula put on his face in Home Alone and a second time when those giant crab soldiers turned up in The Neverending Story 2. The worst part about the crab soldiers incident was that I went to see the movie with my mom, so I peaced out and ran into the next theater where my dad was, who just happened to be watching The Silence of the Lambs. Needless to say, that wasn’t any better and I got redirected right back to the crab soldiers since my pops wasn’t too keen on me watching a guy’s face get eaten. Yeah, bad trip to the movies.

2. How many DVDs do you own?

Used to own a hundred or so, then they got jacked. Now I’ve got around 20 of my personal favs and that’s just fine. The strange thing is that I only miss a handful of those movies from my old collection, and most of those were TV shows anyway. God, I wish I still had Cowboy Bebop.

3. What is your guilty pleasure movie?

Yeesh. Maybe Freddy Got Fingered. What can I say, The Tom Green Show was a big deal for Middle School Aiden. I have a feeling that statement’s gonna come back to haunt me some day.

4. You’ve compiled a list of your top 100 movies. Which ones didn’t make the cut?

I’ll let you know when I make the list. Maybe Road House? I don’t know, hard question.

5. Which movie(s) do you compulsively watch over and over again?

The five movies I’ve literally watched dozens of times in my day are The Matrix, Dumb and Dumber, Memento, The Shawshank Redemption and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Great every time.

6. Classics you’re ashamed to admit you haven’t seen.

Gone with the Wind, even though it’s been sitting on my bookshelf above my TV for months now.

7. What movie posters are hanging in your room?

Now, in my cozy one-bedroom NYC apartment, it’s down to Cool Hand Luke and Harold and Maude. Back in college, it was Robocop, Reservoir Dogs and my cherished poster of Clint. Aiming to purchase La Femme Nikita and For a Few Dollars More at the moment, will worry about where the hell to put them later.

And as for the next two homeys I have to rope into this black hole of memery, I’m gonna go with Darren and Ruben.

Well, that’s a wrap. Now you can all rest easy, sweethearts.