Movie letter meme

[averygoodun42]

Comment and I'll give you a letter. In your LJ, post ten of your favorite movies that begin with that letter. (I'm not counting titles where there's an initial article; if the first important word starts with "A," then I ignore the "The" in front of it.)

renitaleandra gave me the letter M. In no particular order:

!. Mansfield Park
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
3. Men with Brooms
4. Moulin Rouge!
5. Monsters, Inc.
6. Men in Black
7. Maverick
8. Minority Report
9. Memento
10. Monty Python's Life of Brian

With The Matrix as runner up. I'm sure I'm forgetting some good ones, though...

Comments

[keladry_lupin]

I gave renitaleandra her S, so I'm not asking for another letter; I just wanted to say that I love your taste in movies. Seven of the ones you listed are on my shelves.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Let me guess... Memento, Minority Report and... Maverick? Or Men With Brooms (although I know you've seen that).

[keladry_lupin]

Mansfield Park, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Men with Brooms, Monsters, Inc., Men in Black, Maverick, and Minority Report.

As much as I love Ewan, I loathe Moulin Rouge. (Maybe I'm just jealous of Nicole Kidman, I dunno.)

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Moulin Rouge is one of those love it/hate it affairs. Granted that my reaction is more muted than love, but I certainly didn't hate it.

Oh, yeah... You haven't watched much Monty Python, have you?

[keladry_lupin]

I've seen MP and the Holy Grail, but none of the others yet.

[maddyriddle.livejournal.com]

Ok, hit me with a letter... let's hope I have 10 movies I like with it.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

How about... R

(I had to search IMDB for the majority of my list.)

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Sock it to me.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

How about D?

[fishity.livejournal.com]

Oooh, me too! I might have difficulties finding so many movies with just one letter, but it sounds fun.

Love your list - several of these movies are among my favourites (and Mansfield Park probably would be as well if I had ever seen an adaptation of it - which one do you recommend?).

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

How about L?

The most recent edition of Mansfield Park (1999) is excellent. The director made Fanny more of an interpretation of Jane Austen herself than sticking to Fanny as written. (In my opinion, this makes for a much better story, but then I didn't like Fanny.) I would hesitate recommending the book, but I have no such hesitations with the movie.

[fishity.livejournal.com]

Okay here goes - eight movies I like starting with "L". Couldn't think of more::

Love, Actually
Little Shop of Horrors
Life of David Gale, The
Lola rennt (German movie, internationally known as "Run, Lola, Run")
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Léon (known in the USA as "The Professional")
Little Miss Sunshine
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (known in the USA as "Amélie")

I know what you mean about MP as a book...I read it myself this year, and there were several scenes in which I could have slapped Fanny, or Edmund, or both for good measure, because they were just SO ANNOYING. It was an okay read, but it's definitely not my favourite Austen book.

I'll keep my eyes open for the 1999 movie - sounds very interesting!