Motion Picture Meme - 15 in 15

[altivo]

I'm not a paid account, so I can't post polls here. If you're interested in today's poll about silent films of the 1920s, feel free to pop over to my LiveJournal entry to see or answer it.

Instead, here I'll put a meme I picked up from my friend Charlie on Facebook.

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no... more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose...

(Tagging is optional, as far as I'm concerned, but I'd like to see what you pick. If you post the list to your own journal or another place, please leave a link to it in a comment.)

I couldn't come up with 15 films myself in less than 15 minutes. I'm far from a motion picture junkie or even a fan. I see perhaps three films a year in the theatre, if that. I did come up with a list after thinking about it for a day, and I'll post that in a comment so as not to influence you. No peeking now!

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[rebelsheart]

The Hunt for Red October
Ladyhawke
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Kaena: The Prophecy


Those are four that will stick with me. I remember seeing the other two Lord of the Rings movies, the Star Wars prequel trilogy (Best line: So this is how democracy dies... with thunderous applause.), Star Trek VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X, but those first four stick with me.

I distinctly remember Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast, mostly thinking how beautiful it was.

[frith]

I distinctly remember Disney's Rescuers Down Under and how I was struck by the artful marriage of slick 80's computer-generated backgrounds and action animation with 60's era bare-boned color palettes and raw xerox inking. Post-modern Disney!

[altivo]

We really like both the Rescuers films, for both the clever characterizations and the scenery. Some of the Australia backgrounds are spectacular.

[altivo]

Disney's Beauty and the Beast is a horrid disruption of the actual fairy tale, but the musical numbers are indeed good. Besides, I just love Beauty's horse, Philippe.

I agree that the first Lord of the Rings film was the best. After that it was all downhill. I've seen Ladyhawke twice, and fell asleep partway through it both times. About all I remember is that big Friesian stallion (which is why I bothered to try the second time.) ;p