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The Friday Five: Favourite Movie
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thefridayfive:
1) Pick one of your favorite movies: what is the title?
It's Groundhog Daaaaaaay!
2) When and where and with whom did you first see it?
Saw it when it first came out, back in 1993, in a cinema in Hong Kong with close friends from high school. I was 18 years old and I laughed pretty much the whole way through.
3) What about the movie makes it one of your favorites?
I can't think of anything that doesn't work with it, and it's aged pretty well. I love the humour, the chemistry between the cast, the concept, the story, the ending. It's perfect from start to finish. It's one of the few movies I go to when I feel like a mood boost (the others being "A Room with a View" and the BBC's "Pride and Prejudice" with Colin Firth).
4) If you've watched this movie since the pandemic quarantine started, how did it make you feel?
I watched it last week during one night when one of my cats - Paçoca - had disappeared and we were more and more sure he was poisoned (from biting a poisoned rat.) I was feeling pretty hopeless and sad so I put it on to escape a little bit and help me sleep, and it did the trick. In the morning, we found Paçoca in front of the house, nearly dead, but we rushed him to the vet and managed to save him just in time. I'd like to believe some Groundhog Day magic had a part to play in his saving.
5) If this movie was remade, who would you cast for the five main characters and why?
Tough, tough call. I can't think of anyone who could take on Bill Murray. Andie MacDowell... hmm, how about Anya Taylor-Joy? Larry to be played by Woody Harrelson; Ned played by Jason Statham (giving him a break here from his action movies); and Doris the Waitress played by Amanda Plummer.
thefridayfive:1) Pick one of your favorite movies: what is the title?
It's Groundhog Daaaaaaay!
2) When and where and with whom did you first see it?
Saw it when it first came out, back in 1993, in a cinema in Hong Kong with close friends from high school. I was 18 years old and I laughed pretty much the whole way through.
3) What about the movie makes it one of your favorites?
I can't think of anything that doesn't work with it, and it's aged pretty well. I love the humour, the chemistry between the cast, the concept, the story, the ending. It's perfect from start to finish. It's one of the few movies I go to when I feel like a mood boost (the others being "A Room with a View" and the BBC's "Pride and Prejudice" with Colin Firth).
4) If you've watched this movie since the pandemic quarantine started, how did it make you feel?
I watched it last week during one night when one of my cats - Paçoca - had disappeared and we were more and more sure he was poisoned (from biting a poisoned rat.) I was feeling pretty hopeless and sad so I put it on to escape a little bit and help me sleep, and it did the trick. In the morning, we found Paçoca in front of the house, nearly dead, but we rushed him to the vet and managed to save him just in time. I'd like to believe some Groundhog Day magic had a part to play in his saving.
5) If this movie was remade, who would you cast for the five main characters and why?
Tough, tough call. I can't think of anyone who could take on Bill Murray. Andie MacDowell... hmm, how about Anya Taylor-Joy? Larry to be played by Woody Harrelson; Ned played by Jason Statham (giving him a break here from his action movies); and Doris the Waitress played by Amanda Plummer.
