The Sunday Survey.

01. The Liverpool council say they want all films containing scenes of smoking to be smacked with an 18 rating. Your thoughts on this?
02. Seen any good 2008 films yet?
03. What’s your favourite usage of music in an advert?
04. What’s the rudest thing you’ve ever said/done to a teacher?
05. What sauce (if any) do you like to add to chips?

Random bunch of questions today, I know.



My answers:
01. I think it’s a bit pointless really, especially if it involves making classics like Casablanca an 18 for the leads having a fag. Films get rated 12/15/18 according to how much drug usage there is, so maybe having a cigarette merits it being rated a PG (if it wasn’t already higher). But to give a high certificate to a film just for smoking is, in my opinion, silly, and isn’t going to achieve its aim of dissuading people from smoking.
02. I saw The Other Boleyn Girl the other day. It was enjoyable (6/10), even if Johansson wasn’t.
03. It was from about 2 years ago, when Karl Jenkins’s Adiemus was used in an ad for Delta airlines, and it suited the ethereal style of the ad perfectly. But my favourite, ever, was the usage of Feist’s Mushaboom in the advert for Lacoste.
04. That would be this week, when we were learning how to play bridge. The game was actually much more fun than I thought it was going to be. Anyway, the game consists of two people against two other people. One of my teachers came over to our table and started giving advice to the other team, and they won the round 12-1. Now, I’m a terrible loser, and as he walked off, I may have called him an effing a. And he heard and ignored me for the rest of the day. What can I say? I’m a terrible loser! It was really rude of me though and I do regret it.
05. It used to always be tomato ketchup, but recently I’ve become obsessed with BBQ sauce.

Hope everyone’s well! I’m going off to read some Just William books now.

A Dinner Date with Rose Byrne.

Nathaniel over at the brilliant Film Experience tagged me in this interesting little meme earlier this week, but I’d been rather busy all week with mocks. I can do it now though!

1. Pick a single person past or present who works in the film industry who you'd like to have dinner with and tell us why you chose this person.
Ordinarily, I’d say either Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock or Tim Robbins, but today I feel like someone different: Rose Byrne.

I’ve picked Rose Byrne because of, well, Damages. Along with University Challenge, it’s my highlight of Sunday night, and whilst the show clearly belongs to Glenn Close, watching it has made me realised just what a good and underrated and likeable an actress Miss Byrne is. Despite being 28 years of age and landing her first acting role when she was 12, she’s actually surprisingly unknown. I think she’s a terrific, if understated actress, and she’s appeared in some big-name movies like Star Wars and Troy, along with a good number of indie films, with one of the most photogenic faces I’ve ever seen; I’m really surprised that more hasn’t been made of this woman.

Plus, she just seems cool and up for a laugh.

2. Set the table for your dinner. What would you eat? Would it be in a home or at a restaurant? And what would you wear? Feel free to elaborate on the details.
Following Damages, I can’t imagine Byrne in anything other than a pencil skirt and smart blouse. I would probably make an effort and raise the bar from my usual hoody and go for a blouse and a pair of black trousers. I’d also make an effort in the cuisine; spag bol it is then. But I'd have classy classical music in the background. A bit of Grieg, methinks. [He's actually Romantic, but whatever.] Or whatever music she's into. I hear she likes Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko and Cat Power.

And if we were to go to a restaurant, I'd pick Zizzi's (the only good restaurant in South East London?)

3. List five thoughtful questions you would ask this person during dinner.
Hmm.
01. You’ve got a starring role in the 2008 release The Tender Hook, playing a woman torn between her conman lover and an honest young boxer. What was it like to step out from the shadows and be in the limelight? And is the film actually any good?
02. You worked with Cillian Murphy on Sunshine and were you able to concentrate with such loveliness right in front of you? [I would ask the same thing about Tate Donavon, but I’ve been told that that’s not something I want to shout about.]
03. When it comes to ruthlessness and integrity in the movie biz, does it pay to be more of an Ellen or a Patty?
04. You and your I Capture the Castle co-star Romola Garai are both two of my favourite working actresses, yet neither of you two are household names. Does the fact that Scarlett Johansson and Emma Watson are, when lovelies like you two aren’t, mean that Hollywood is beyond redemption?
05. Beside acting, what other aspects of filmmaking would you be interested in entering?

4. When all is said and done, select six bloggers to pass this Meme along to. Link back to Lazy Eye Theatre, so that people know the mastermind behind this Meme.

I can't think of six but I'm calling on all my teenage girl blog buddies! Just a Girl, Kayleigh, Catherine and Anahita, get writing!

5 Sexiest Film Characters of 2007.

(from films I've seen only, otherwisemy latest crush Michael Cera would be on for Juno as well, ditto Casey Affleck).
01. James McAvoy as "Robbie", Atonement
02. Michael Cera as "Evan", Superbad
03. Rupert Grint as "Ron Weasley", Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
04. Jamie Bell as "Hallam Foe", Hallam Foe
05. Shia Labeouf as "Kale Brecht", Disturbia

As for the women, Amy Adams absolutely lit up New York in Enchanted, Sophia Myles was stunning in Hallam Foe, Anne Hathaway had a lovely smile in Becoming Jane, Evan Rachel Wood was the perfect love interest in Across the Universe and... I grudgingly concede that Megan Fox was pretty babely in Transformers.

And if you're wondering where Miss Knightley is (for Atonement, Pirates III, Silk, or anything else she was in), I would like to point "Our Keira" to the direction of an ice cream parlour. Or pizzeria. Feck it, even a Macdonalds would do for her; she needs to get food down her throat, and soon. Her green dress in Atonement was beautiful; it had the potential to be an iconic item of costume were it not for the fact that the wearer didn't fit into it because her waist was non-existent. Anyway, here's something I found online that made me chuckle. It's not far off the mark, eh?

Also, I would just like to say that it's taken me until now to make the connection between Michael Cera and Arrested Development. Of course, he's the son!
I'm really developing a bit of a crush on the guy, he's so cute in a goofy way, which can be said for 9 tenths of the men I go for (Ron, Crouchie, The Office's Tim and Shia Labeouf to name a few) and he has this sort of awkward prescence that, perversely, I would find comforting. He's so sweet! Anyway, I loved him in Superbad, I'm dying to see Juno. The movie just keeps getting better and better in my eyes, what with its cast, the plot and all the rave reviews. However, I hope I don't hype it up in my mind too much only for it to do a "Lost in Translation" on me.

Anyway, that's me. Who would you pick as the 5 lovelies of 2007?

The Friday Five.

Five romantic pictures.










Five songs of the week
01. Wrap My Arms around Your Name (Sarah Masen)
02. Top of the Mountain (Rim Banna)
03. I Won’t Say I’m in Love (Hercules OST)
04. Popovic (Mando Diao)
05. Umbrella Remix (lil Mama & Rihanna)

Five Ben & Jerry flavours
[I’m a compulsive ice cream eater.]
01. Cookie dough
02. Strawberry cheesecake
03. Chocolate fudge brownie
04. Vanilla Toffee Crunch
05. Peace of Cake

Five Harry Potter slash pairings
01. Remus/Sirius
02. Harry/Ron [when they’re of age, duhz]
03. Draco/Harry
04. Draco/Ron
05. [dunno]

Five tall actors
01.Timmy Robbins
02. Cary Grant
03. Greg Peck
04. Richard Harris
05. Liam Neeson

The Sunday Survey.

Hello.

01. Do you have any piercings? Do you want any?
02. What’s your comfort food?
03. Who is your favourite Disney character?
04. What do you predict will be your favourite 2007 film?
05. School. Discuss.

Will write my own answers when I’ve finished this piece of homework.

The Sunday Survey.

I would just like to get to know the readers of my blog a little better, so I would love if you took the time to answer 5 easy questions.

01. How old are you?
02. What do you do?
03. What is your favourite film?
04. What is your favourite fruit?
05. Who's your favourite Friends character?

If you answer these 5, you can ask me a question too, and I'll answer it! (as honestly as I can.)

Happy Easter Everybody!

I really had almost forgotten! Click on the link for my present to you. *mwah*



Anyway, top food-related movies?

Babette's Feast
Big Night
Big Night
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Chef In Love
Chocolat
Como Agua para Chocolate
Eat Drink Man Woman
Felicia’s Journey
Jamon, Jamon
Like Water for Chocolate
Supersize Me
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe


But the best, is…

Tampopo, a masterful comedy with multiple plot-lines, a fantastic script, and a wonderfully optimistic outlook.

Emma's feeling random
(Movie of the month, by the way, was Bertolucci’s The Conformist. A-grade.)

Now, in the spirit of Easter, do I watch The Passion of the Christ later, or i, Robot?

It's a tricky one.

Oh, and how gorgeous is Maria Bello?





OHMYGOD!!!

I just went on her IMDb page to check how old she was - she turns 40 on April 18th---

MY BIRTHDAY!

Coool!

Anyway, I know Maria's 23 years older than me and I'm a straight girl, but dang, she is beautiful!

I have for the silver prize for Lead Actress in 2005 for A History of Violence, as well as the Silver for Supporting Actress in 2003 for The Cooler.

Beautiful and talented, she's a double threat.

And she shares my birthday. :)