Professor Julius Kelp's Endless Summer Chemistry Test

[TomE.]

1) Does film best tell the truth (Godard) or tell lies (De Palma) at 24 frames per second?

Too deep for a tiny brain like me, but I think films tell us what the director wants us to see, so I'm going with lies.


2) Ideal pairing of actors/actresses to play on-screen siblings

John Cusack and Tina Fey


3) Favorite special effects moment

Gollum CGI in LOTR.

4) Matt Damon or George Clooney?

George Clooney has a more mature coolness, reminds me of Dean Martin.


5) What is the movie you’ve encouraged more people to see than any other?

24 Hour Party People. I thought it was excellent, and will spend an hour convincing anyone who will listen the same thing.

6) Favorite film of 1934

N/A


7) Your favorite movie theater*

The Wyandotte Theater in, interestingly enough, Wyandotte, MI. It's torn down now, but went there all the time as a youngster.


8) Jean Arthur or Irene Dunne?

N/A

9) Favorite film made for children

Aladdin.

10) Favorite Martin Scorsese Movie

Color of Money

11) Favorite film about children

Rocket Gibraltar


12) Favorite film of 1954

Had to look it up..."The Caine Mutiny"

13) Favorite screenplay written by a writer more famous for literature than screenplays

A Christmas Story


14) Walter Matthau or Jack Lemmon?

Gotta go with Matthau simply because of "Bad News Bears".


15) Favorite character name

Dom DeLuise as "Dom Bell" in Silent Movie


17) Favorite film of 1974

Blazing Saddles


18) Joan Severance or Shannon Tweed?

I'll take the brunette over the blonde - Joan Severance.


19) jackass: the movie-- yes or no?

No.

20) Favorite John Cassavetes Movie

I've only seen Gloria, so I can't make an intelligent choice. What the hell, that's never stopped me before..."Gloria"!

21) First R-rated movie you ever saw

Animal House.

22) Favorite X-rated film (remember that, while your answer may well be a famous or not-so-famous hard-core film, the "X" rating was once also a legitimate rating that did not necessarily connote pornography)

I'd forgotten that Midnight Cowboy was rated X, and I can't really think of another non-porn X movie, so I'll go with "Legend 4".

23) Best film of 1994

Pulp Fiction.


24) Describe a moment in a movie that made you weep

When Old Yeller got shot is probably cliche because of the infamous "Stripes" scene, but I remember seriously crying the first time I saw it. Apart from that, the last seconds of the USA beating USSR in "Miracle".

25) Ewan McGregor or Ewan Bremner?

Trainspotting is one of my favorite flicks, so I'm calling it a draw, although I like some of the career decisions McGregor has made, "Velvet Goldmine", "A Life Less Ordinary" and "Young Adam" stand out. Hmmm..I guess my draw vote is skewed towards McGregor.


26) One of your favorite line readings (not necessarily one of your favorite lines) from this or any year

Christopher Walken's speech when giving the watch to a young Butch in "Pulp Fiction" springs immediately to mind.

27) What, if any, element in a film, upon your hearing of its inclusion beforehand, would most likely prejudice you against seeing that film or keeping an open mind about it?

Action, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, "feel good", and dance elements will keep me away from a movie.

28) Favorite Terry Gilliam Movie

12 Monkeys

29) Jean Smart or Annie Potts?

Annie Potts

30) Is it possible to know with any certainty if you could like or love someone based on their taste in movies? If so, what film might be a potential relationship deal-breaker for you, or the one that might just seal that deal?

My wife hates most the movies I like and vice versa, so I'd have to say movies really has no bearing on how I think of other people.