Picos Gemeos

Via 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.

From thefridayfive:

1) If you think your house is haunted, what should you do?
Pull out the Ouija Board, obv. Get some mates around, light up some candles and call the spirit(s) for a chat. What do they want? How long are they staying? And do they know any juicy secrets?

2) When should you investigate a strange noise in your basement?
When it's daylight and you are well armed as well as backed up by mates (can be the same people who participated in the Ouija Board session with you.) Do not, under any circumstances, go down there by yourself - especially just in your underwear calling out "who's there? Anybody there?"

3) How do you know if an abandoned building is safe to visit?
If there is a visible sign at its entrace saying it has passed a recent Health and Safety inspection.

4) How do you decide whether to solve a problem as a team, or split up and go it alone?
It boils down to who's in your team. If there's one member who is always looking out for themselves, always moaning and complaining, works for an evil corporation and would push you in front of a monster/killer at the drop of a hat to save their ass then you are better off on your own.

5) Where do you store your knives and where would you look if one was missing?
We store them in the guesthouse's dining room, the inside kitchen (used just for the family's breakfast) and the external kitchen (where the main meals are prepared.) We also have a gardener's shed, with axes, saws, etc. It's like the brazilian version of Camp Crystal Lake over here.

Happy Halloween! 

from thefridayfive (and thank you spacefem)

1) What is the oldest thing you own?
Chinese coins which I got in Hong Kong and which I used for the oracle I Ching, the Book of Changes. They are currently stored away with all my university stuff at wink_martindale's farm in Ottawa, Canada.

2) What is the oldest home you've lived in?
Probably the house I lived in during my first years of life in Johannesburg, South Africa, back in the 70s. All the flats I lived in since then (and the narrowboat in London) were either from the late 70s or 80s. The house I currently live in was built by my parents in 1980, to be our countryside home, and which later turned into our family's guesthouse.

3) What is the oldest book you've read?
I was going to say The Iliad, but no - it must be the I Ching (mentioned above).

4) What is the oldest electronic device that you still use?
My mom's PC (currently running on Windows 7) which I need to turn on for her to check her emails.

5) What is the oldest work of art/architecture that you've seen?
The Egyptian collection of the British Museum in London.