MR. HAND’S SPRING 2005 POP MOVIE POP QUIZ

originally posted
MARCH 25, 2005
[old stuff from the now gone "Refined Picture Show" blogspot]


Another great quiz by Dennis Cozzalio.

1) 

THE ONE MOVIE YOU'D 

DROP EVERYTHING JUST 

TO SEE AGAIN
Park Chan-wook's OLDBOY (2004). 

and on the biggest screen.

2) THE ONE MOVIE YOU NEVER 

WANT TO SEE AGAIN UNDER ANY 

CIRCUMSTANCES
BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER (2003) 

3) THE MOST TREASURED 

DVD IN YOUR PERSONAL 

COLLECTION
Malick's BADLANDS (1973). 
I had to order it special $80 from a private foreign seller on Ebay!

4) 

THE MOST COVETED DVD 

YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO 

YOUR COLLECTION
I wish I owned a copy of the Criterion Collection of 

John Woo's THE KILLER (1989). Every time I find 

a copy online they're selling it for 300 damn dollars.

5) BEST NYC MOVIE?
TAXI DRIVER (1976)

& then PELHAM ONE TWO THREE or Q THE 

WINGED SERPENT as a close 2nd tie double feature.

6) BEST LA MOVIE?
either

TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985)

or Boorman's POINT BLANK (1967)

7) BEST MOVIE EVER MADE IN OR 

ABOUT YOUR HOME STATE, 

OR COUNTRY?

Wes Anderson's BOTTLE ROCKET (1996). 

The Lone Star State. Texas.

8) HUMPHREY BOGART 

        OR JIMMY CAGNEY?
Love them both, but Bogie was the man.

9) BEST MOVIE REMAKE?
John Carpenter's THE THING 

(1982). A remake of Hawks' & Nyby's 

THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)

10) THE ONE MOVIE YOU'D 

LIKE TO SEE REMADE, 

& BY WHOM (DIRECTOR, CAST)
I would like to see a spoof remake of THE 

THING WITH TWO HEADS (1972) by 

Adam McKay! The director of ANCHORMAN. 

Especially if it stars Tracy Morgan and 

David Koechner in the Rosey Grier and 

Ray Milland parts 😅

11) BEST INTEGRATION OF AN 

EXISTING PIECE OF MUSIC INTO 

A MOVIE

Off the top of my head, the trippy version of 

"The Funeral March of Queen Mary" in A CLOCKWORK 

ORANGE (1971) and Barber's "Adagio for Strings" 

in PLATOON (1986).

As far as pop music goes, I love the way Scorsese used The Stones' "Tell Me" in MEAN STREETS. It flows perfectly with the way Harvey Keitel dance floats across the club with the fixed angle at his back. Not sure if this was achieved with a snorricam or a rolling platform; but it's hypnotic.

12) MOST UNWELCOME 

POP SONG TYPICALLY USED 

IN A MOVIE MONTAGE
use of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" in 

every Family film, rom-com, & their adverts.. 

it's more than corny.

13) MOVIE THAT MADE YOU WANT 

TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, OR THE WORLD
Spike Lee's 4 LITTLE GIRLS (1997) made me want to 

combat racism in all its forms. In any small or large 

way that I can.

14) KATHERINE HEPBURN 

     OR CAROLE LOMBARD?
Kate all the way!

15) YOUR FATHER'S FAVORITE MOVIE
I can only vouch for what I recall him watching 

the most when i was younger & especially for

the era of when home DVR became a thing.

but if i had to guess, i'd say THE COWBOYS 

(1972)

16) 

MOTHER'S FAVORITE MOVIE
(same criteria as with my pop's at #15)

I believe it's MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS 

17) 

THE MOVIES' MOST HANDSOME 

LEADING MAN OR CHARACTER 

ACTOR, & THE ROLE WHICH MOST 

PERFECTLY FEATURED HIM
Of the "classic" era I'd say Paul Newman in 

COOL HAND LUKE (1967). In more contemporary 

cinema I'd have to go with Denzel Washington in 

THE HURRICANE (1999).

18) 

THE MOVIES' MOST BEAUTIFUL 

LEADING LADY OR CHARACTER 

ACTRESS, AND THE ROLE 

WHICH MOST PERFECTLY 

FEATURED HER
Ingrid Bergman in STROMBOLI (1950) for the classic 

period & I'm torn between Naomi Watts in 

MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) & Angela Bassett in 

WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT for modern era

19) JIMMY STEWART 

      OR CARY GRANT?
Sorry, Cary. I go with Jimmy on this one.

20) YOUR FAVORITE ACTOR 

ALMOST NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT
Paul Schneider! He's so great in David Gordon Green's 

movies.

21) 

YOUR FAVORITE ACTRESS 

ALMOST NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT
This adorable girl from RAISING VICTOR VARGAS

named Melonie Diaz.. She should be a household name.

22) THE MOVIE YOU LOVE 

THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS 

TO HATE
Joe Dante's LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (2003). 

People seem to be mad it's not a SPACE JAM (1996) sequel?

23) THE MOVIE YOU HATE 

THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS 

TO LOVE
THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (1999).. It's laughably bad. 

I can't figure out why it's so revered among movie nerds.

24) 

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT 

RELATED TO BEING AT THE MOVIES
I have many! But here's 2 in particular:

First one is my JURASSIC PARK themed birthday party 

in 1997. Before cake & presents, my parents took me 

and a large group of kids to see Spielberg's dinosaur 

romp at the theater. It was my second time to see it, 

but none of them had yet. Getting to hear & see their 

reactions to all the scares was exhilarating! It 

kicked ass.

The second memorable moment is of my late cousin 

Isaac taking me to see AUSTIN POWERS 2 when 

he was visiting from Corpus Christi. Summer of 

1999.

His & my younger siblings stayed home and fell asleep 

while I got to go out to a late night movie for the first 

time. It made me feel like a big kid to hang out so late 

one-on-one with my much older & cooler cuz; plus the 

movie cracked us up. It's not a great film like the first 

one by any means, but the memory of seeing it that 

night is special to me. It's the last memory I have 

of one of cousin Isaac's visits. He passed away a 

year and a half later

25) 

YOUR MOST UNPLEASANT MOMENT 

RELATED TO THE MOVIES
Again, BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER (2003). 

The movie was so mind-numbingly stupid and on top 

of that; after I got out I found out my grade school gf 

was cheating on me.

26) MOST REVOLTING EATING 

SCENE IN A MOVIE
The giant eating & vomiting fat guy Terry Jones plays 

in Monty Python's MEANING OF LIFE (1983). It 

remains the only Python bit I squirm-laugh at. It's 

brilliant but also just a gross nightmare for me 

'personally. It makes that spaghetti scene in GUMMO 

(1997) look like normal dining. What's almost funnier

 is when I've tried to describe the details of this Python

 gluttony scene to anyone, I actually find myself 

laughing more at the concept than the actual 

execution. haha. 'But having to really sit through the

 thing just does something to my gag reflex.

27) JOAN CRAWFORD 

         OR BETTE DAVIS?
Bette! Especially when she was younger.

28) 

FAVORITE SPORTS MOVIE
RAGING BULL (1980)

29) 

YOUR FAVORITE SEX SCENE
The shower sex that leads to the bedroom in AMERICAN 

WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981). set to Van Morrison's 

"Moondance".
Jen Agutter is a goddess.

30) 

FAVORITE MOVIE CAR CHASE
first chase scene in RONIN (1998)

31) 

FAVORITE DEATH SCENE
McCabe stumbling into the snow 

in MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971).

32) 

FAVORITE MOVIE GROSS-OUT
dude's head repeatedly popping open in BAD TASTE 

(1987) and him trying to cram a piece of brain back in.

33) 

FAVORITE MOVIE RATING
R for Restricted.

34) 

FAVORITE MOVIE THEATER
Angelika Film Center @ Mockingbird Station! Dallas

(This honor goes to the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin TX now, but at the time of this quiz I had not been there. + Angelika is still cool - 4/17/17)

35) 

FAVORITE MOVIE SNACK
Milk Duds combined with buttery popcorn!

& a combo gets stuck to the roof of my mouth & then I just 

walk around with it stuck there for the rest of the day

36) 

FAVORITE MOVIE SPEECH
Toshiro Mifune's rant about "Who made 

the farmers such beasts" in 

         SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)

37) 

FAVORITE MOVIE ABOUT MOVIES
Tim Burton's ED WOOD (1994).

38) 

FAVORITE HAMMER HORROR
Of the few I've seen; HORROR OF DRACULA 

39) FAVORITE 

KURT RUSSELL DISNEY MOVIE
does FOX AND THE HOUND (1981) count?

40) YOUR FAVORITE DEAN 

JONES DISNEY MOVIE

I think THE LOVE BUG (1968) is the only 

one of his I've seen & I didn't like it. haha. 

So none as of right now.

Quiz courtesy of SLIFR University