Sunday, January 2, 2011

HOLIDAY MOVIE QUIZ

aka PROFESSOR HUBERT FARNSWORTH’S ONLY SLIGHTLY FUTURISTIC HOLIDAY MOVIE QUIZ


Another great quiz by Dennis Cozzalio.










1) BEST MOVIE OF 2010
Giorgos Lanthimos' DOGTOOTH.









2) 2ND-FAVORITE POLANSKI
FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967).











3) JASON STATHAM OR DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON

I love both these guys' on screen persona but I prefer The Rock more by just a smidge.











4) FAVORITE MOVIE THAT COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A GENRE HYBRID

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND









5) HOW IMPORTANT IS FOREKNOWLEDGE OF A FILM'S PRODUCTION HISTORY? SHOULD IT FACTOR INTO ONE'S REACTION TO A FILM?
No it shouldn't factor into one's reaction in my opinion. Should be a general rule of thumb that you judge a film by what the final product is. What's on the screen.











6) WILLIAM POWELL & MYRNA LOY 
    OR CARY GRANT & IRENE DUNNE?
Def Cary & Irene.













7) BEST ACTOR OF 2010
Edgar Ramirez in CARLOS












8) MOST IMPORTANT LESSON LEARNED FROM THE PAST DECADE OF WATCHING MOVIES
We've got to make cinema more diverse in front of & behind the camera. There's been decent progress over the past decade but I would hate to reach 2020 and have the industry be pretty much as it is now. 














9) LAST MOVIE SEEN 
(DVD/BLURAY/THEATER)

At home on bluray: CASINO JACK (2010)
Theatre: RABBIT HOLE (2010)













10) MOST APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT 
           FOR DIRECTOR TOM SIX
force him to make an animated Human Centipede for Disney?












11) BEST UNDER-THE-RADAR MOVIE ALMOST NO ONE ELSE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SEE
For 2010? This cute little Aasif Mandvi movie called TODAY'S SPECIAL was criminally under seen. It got dumped onto Netflix.











12) SHEREE NORTH 
        OR ANGIE DICKINSON?
sweet Sheree 💗











13) FAVORITE NAKEDLY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MOVIE

Orson Welles's  F FOR FAKE (1974).













14) MOVIE WHICH BEST EVOKES A SPECIFIC REAL-LIFE PLACE

ALL THE REAL GIRLS ('03) for Asheville, NC.










15) BEST DIRECTOR OF 2010
Giorgos Lanthimos for DOGTOOTH.








16) 2ND FAVORITE 
     FARRELLY BROS MOVIE
STUCK ON YOU (2003).
coming only after their debut DUMB & DUMBER (1994).












17) FAVORITE HOLIDAY MOVIE
GREMLINS (1984).










18)
BEST ACTRESS OF 2010

Jeon Do-yeon for SECRET SUNSHINE.













19) JOE DON BAKER 
             OR BOE SVENSON?
Joe Donnie Bakes Cake.













20) OF THOSE NOTABLE FIGURES IN THE WORLD OF MOVIES WHO DIED IN 2010, NAME THE ONE YOU'LL MISS THE MOST

Leslie Nielsen..   
:'-(










21) THINK OF A MOVIE WITH A NOTABLE MUSICAL SCORE & DESCRIBE WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE WITHOUT THAT ACCOMPANIMENT

I think if you removed E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL's music it would be way too scary & just emotionally overwhelming. It'd be like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN but with a cute alien.












22) BEST SCREENPLAY OF 2010
EVERYONE ELSE by Maren Ade.










23) MOVIE YOU FEEL MOST EVANGELISTIC ABOUT RIGHT NOW

The Ross brothers' documentary "45365"!!








24) WORST / FUNNIEST MOVIE ACCENT EVER
Keanu Reeves' British accent in DRACULA (1992)
movie is sort of a masterwork though even with that hilarious misstep.












25) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY OF 2010
TRUE GRIT.. Deakins is a genius.












26) OLIVIA WILDE 
      OR GEMMA ARTERTON?
I love both of these radiant women. Both extremely talented with otherworldly beauty.. If forced to pick, I supposed I'd go with Gemma. But I'm not sure of myself.









27) 3 BEST OLD MOVIES YOU SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2010

THE NEON BIBLE (1995)

STARDUST MEMORIES (1980)

and IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS ('95)












28) BEST ROMANTIC 
    MOVIE COUPLE OF 2010
Chris & Gitti in EVERYONE ELSE.











29) 
FAVORITE SHOCK 
               / SURPRISE ENDING
I'm torn between the ending of Philip Kaufman's INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) and the original PLANET OF THE APES (1968).. those reveals are both still incredibly effective to me.











30) BEST CINEMATIC REASON TO HAVE STAYED HOME AND READ A BOOK IN 2010

off the top of my head; M. Night Shyamalan's inept adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender series.. Maddening & head scratching.
Great director paired with great source material. WTF happened?!












31) MOVIES IN 2011 COULD MAKE ME MUCH HAPPIER IF THEY'D ONLY...
Cast Ben Mendelsohn in everything.






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