Try Movie Alphabet Game #1, sort of a sequel to the arcade game alphabet quiz I posted a month or so ago. I don’t have too much time to play right now, so I’m still stuck on seven of them without cheating ;-)…
Movie Alphabet Quiz
Instructions For Everything
If you look hard enough in this New Yorker article by Gabriel Kuris, you might just find “Instructions For Everything.” My favorites:
7. To avoid the appearance of sexist language in your writing, try to pluralize, stylize, or just tell lies. Always replace “he” with “he or she.” Also replace “she” with “he or she,” unless preceded by the phrase “he or.”
12. In the rare event that a mature adult of the human species confronts you, stretch your arms above your head to make yourself as tall as possible. Shout strong commands with a strong, commanding shout. If you are assaulted, fall down and play dead. Do not play dead for more than seventy-two hours, or you will die.
Very strange…
Lord Of The Rings Rules!
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King swept the Oscars last night, winning in all 11 categories it was nominated in, including best picture and best director for Peter Jackson. I’m ecstatic that the film did so well, especially considering the previous two in the trilogy (The Fellowship Of The Ring and The Two Towers) only won minor awards. As I’ve written previously, J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels are some of my favorites of all time, and I was quite worried that Peter Jackson would ruin them for me. However, on the whole I don’t think anyone else could have done them justice, and I am very glad that the Academy saw fit to bestow its highest honor on his epic work. Here is a complete list of winners as well as the nominees.
I didn’t see too many other films in the running for best picture and other categories, but I really enjoyed Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation. The movie was nominated for best picture, and Coppola was nominated for best director, the first American female to receive that honor. Although she lost the best director Oscar to Peter Jackson, I was glad to see that she won for best screenplay. I was really rooting for Bill Murray to win best actor for his role in Lost In Translation, but I guess it wasn’t his year (again) :-(. Since I didn’t see Mystic River, I can’t evaluate whether Sean Penn deserved the win over Bill Murray or not, although the consensus from many people I’ve talked to and articles I’ve read is that his role was definitely worthy of the honor. The film is on my short list on Netflix once it comes out on DVD, although if you could see how long my queue is there, you’d know that “short list” is a relative term… 😉
