Following the pretty rad lists concocted by Anna @Split Reel and Nicholas @ Cinema Romantico, I thought I would join in. It's a list of 'Favourite Firsts'. This required some deep thinking.
My Favourite Directorial Debut
American Beauty by Sam Mendes
My Favourite Acting Debut
Edward Norton in Primal Fear
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The First Theatre Experience That Moved Me
Free Willy (I was five)
The First Film Character I Had the Hots For
Elena Montero (Catherine Zeta Jones) in The Mask of Zorro
The First Film Character That Annoyed The Hell Out Of Me
Young John Connor (Edward Furlong) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The First French Film I Saw
Leon: The Professional (Does this count?)
The First Asian Film I Saw
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The First Movie Poster On My Wall
This one for Pulp Fiction
The First Time I Thought The Film Was Better Than The Book
The Silence of the Lambs
The First Time I Realised Robert De Niro Is A Genius
As Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver
Great List...though I was kind of hot for Edward Furlong in Terminator :P
ReplyDeleteThanks! Haha...he was a pain! My runner-up is Bill Paxton's character in Aliens. Come to think of it, wasn't he annoying in a brief role in T2 also :-p
ReplyDeleteI didn't think Edward Furlong was annoying in Terminator 2!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Being Norma Jeane on this one, though (about the hot thing...). But only in American History X (minus all the racism and stuff, his character dressed pretty bad ass.)
Nice little meme, though! Great choices.
Thanks Cherokee!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I didn't mind him in American History X. T2 is one of the great action films of all time (I love it) but I always cringe when I watch his performance haha.
Ahhhh I love Free Willy :D Guilty pleasure.
ReplyDeleteSo totally for Silence of the Lambs, the books are actually quite bad ..
It was an early favourite of mine, and I was very distressed by what was happening to Willy haha. Yeah, I remember it being very long-winded, and lacking the suspense that made the film so damn terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the idea Anna. It was a great little Meme.