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Shawshank
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Just curious to see what you guys say about this. What can you guess about my personality from my top three favorite movies?

1. The Godfather
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Shawshank Redemption

What does that say about me? Of course- always add what your movies are so we can try and figure you out.

Go ahead- analyze each other way.

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rollainm
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Well, they're good movies...
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No idea... [Smile]
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You have the same top 3 movies as I do.
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You're an optimist, generally.

You are visual/spatially inclined.

You secretly desire to live in a rural area.

You daydream frequently, and are highly aware of your environment, to the point where you can be easily distracted.


...

:shrug:

This is gonna be so off. [Wink]

My top 4

In no order:

~Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
~Ghost in the Shell
~The Incredibles
~Amelie

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SoaPiNuReYe
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My top 4 are:
Godfather
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Shawshank Redemption
The Thin Red Line

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Javert
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Never seen Godfather. Eternal Sunshine is good, but I wouldn't put it as one of my favorites of all time.

Shawshank Redemption is incredible.

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You people can actually do a top 4? I couldn't manage that kind of restraint.
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1) Twelve Monkeys
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) Blazing Saddles
4) Monty Python and the Holy Grail

In no particular order.

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I asked one particular movie buff friend of mine- he said that meant I gave a lot of thought to the resilience of the human spirit- which is true I generally do.
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Stephan
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Shawshank Redemption
Grosse Point Blank
Highlander

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That you appreciate clever and testosteroney.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
Moulin Rouge
Dark City
The Lord of the Rings

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Nighthawk
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Clockwork Orange
2001
Dr. Strangelove
Patton

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Shawshank
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Well Nighthawk- I have a feeling you like Stanley Kubrick?
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Earendil18
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Well?? Was I correct? [Evil]
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quote:
Originally posted by Shawshank:
Well Nighthawk- I have a feeling you like Stanley Kubrick?

Perhaps he simply likes circles as all his movies have the letter O or the number 0.
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Shawshank
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I'd like to think of myself as an optimist and am for the most part. I am visually oriented for certain. I do seem to get distracted by everything around me- and yeah I've always kind of wanted to live in a rural utopian kind of world.

How did you get that from my movie choices? Or did you just BS it?

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1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. Bloodsport
3. Hana-bi
4. Commando

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BlackBlade:

quote:
quote:
Originally posted by Shawshank:
Well Nighthawk- I have a feeling you like Stanley Kubrick?

Perhaps he simply likes circles as all his movies have the letter O or the number 0.
Thank you- that made me chuckle heartily on the inside.
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Steve, I'm gonna guess that your movies say you wish the world was a better place. That we need humor to save us from the dark things we've seen.

My Top 5:

The Shawshank Redemption
Legend of Bagger Vance
Cry, the Beloved Country
Last of the Mohicans
The Little Princess

Cry is the only movie I've liked better than the book. It was the same thing, slightly less wordy, and with pictures. I've never seen another adaptation done as well. (That I read the book it came from, anyway.)

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I'm trying to think of coherent meaning for some of all of y'alls.

My top three movies:

The Philadelphia Story (Grant, Hepburn, and Stewart)
Singin' in the Rain
Labyrinth

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V For Vendetta
The Shawshank Redemption
Dances With Wolves
Braveheart

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1. Batman Begins
2. Wet Hot American Summer
3. Ender's Game

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rollainm
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quote:
Originally posted by Gecko:
1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. Bloodsport
3. Hana-bi
4. Commando

Hehe...
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rollainm
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I like how this has become the "What are YOUR top 4?" thread.
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Dark City
L.A. Confidential
Blade Runner
Dune

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quote:
Originally posted by Shawshank:
I'd like to think of myself as an optimist and am for the most part. I am visually oriented for certain. I do seem to get distracted by everything around me- and yeah I've always kind of wanted to live in a rural utopian kind of world.

How did you get that from my movie choices? Or did you just BS it?

2/3 movies were "hopeful".
All are visually well crafted.Which in turn suggests you're naturally in-tune with that sort of thing.

A common trait of visual-spatials is easy distraction because they're highly aware of their environment, and notice things that don't even register on normal people's radar's.

2/3 movies have idyllic country sequences, but that's an afterthought. I did kinda bs that one.

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quote:
Originally posted by rollainm:
quote:
Originally posted by Gecko:
1. Big Trouble in Little China
2. Bloodsport
3. Hana-bi
4. Commando

Hehe...
Those have been my favorite movies for over 15 years
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I didn't have favorite movies 15 years ago, heck, I don't think I watched any movies 15 years ago.

wow... I think I have been around for a while... (18 Years) then blam. I am such a kid.

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You haven't really been here a while RunningBear- it just feels like it. Trust me- I turn 19 in 15 days.
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Princess Bride
Grave of the Fireflies
AI
Serenity

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quote:
Originally posted by RunningBear:
I didn't have favorite movies 15 years ago, heck, I don't think I watched any movies 15 years ago.

wow... I think I have been around for a while... (18 Years) then blam. I am such a kid.

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Originally posted by Shawshank:
You haven't really been here a while RunningBear- it just feels like it. Trust me- I turn 19 in 15 days.

[ROFL] Boy howdy. I'm twenty-four. I remember feeling old when I was eighteen. Heck, I remember feeling old yesterday. But the funny thing is, I look at actual old people, and I know I still have a lot to learn. [Wink]
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Shawshank
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Luet what I meant was. Wow. I didn't mean it like that!

I'm saying is that I feel like I've been here forever (because I have been here from the beginning of my existence) and yet I realize that I am quite young. I was trying to say that believe me- we're young from the point of a peer.

Wow- that got really misconstrued.

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Luet13
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No need to get defensive. I understood what you were saying and was, I thought, somewhat agreeing with you in a tongue in cheek kind of way.
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Ooh, do mine next!

End of Evangelion

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Star Wars

Day of the Dead

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quote:
Originally posted by otterk10:
1. Batman Begins
2. Wet Hot American Summer
3. Ender's Game

um, you imagine nonexistent movies?
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quote:
1. The Godfather
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Shawshank Redemption

You're male.
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lol, yeah the male comment is prolly true. not many women have those as top 3 i would think.

Mine are as follows in order:

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Gattaca

there are loads more that i think define me as a person, but on a whim these 3 came to me first. hard to really classify yourself with only 3 don't u think?

EDIT: i think that a lot of the regulars here at hatrack are probably older than the ppl who have already posted. which, in my opinion, is part of the reason we have such a civilized forum.

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SC Carver
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I think giving your top 3-5 and which character you like the most would give away a lot more about your personality.

In no particular order

Shawshank, Tim Robbins
LOTR, Sam
Harry Potter, Harry Potter
Tombstone, Doc Holiday
Star Wars oringal trilogy, Harrison Ford

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Bulletproof Heart
The Princess Bride
A Clockwork Orange
Serenity

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Edited to add:

Honorable Mention = Hiatus (the movie)

[ June 22, 2007, 10:35 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]

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SC Carver, you seem slightly confused between "actor" and "char-actor." [Wink]
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After a while some "actors" become synonymous with the "characters" they’ve played.

I'm sure everyone knew who I was talking about.

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quote:
No need to get defensive. I understood what you were saying and was, I thought, somewhat agreeing with you in a tongue in cheek kind of way.
No I wasn't being defensive- I just had reread what I wrote and realized that it sounded like I may have seriously miscommunicated my point in such an absurd manner that I actually laughed out loud.
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I've always found people older than me to be old and people younger than me to be young. I, however, have been the perfect age for the past 22 and a half years.

My Top 5 favourite movies:

Au revoir les enfants
Farewell My Concubine
Spirited Away
End of Evangelion
Life of Brian

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I cant think of 4 top movies, but the movies I watch every time they are on TV
Secondhand Lions
Goonies
Down Periscope
Big Touble in Little China
LOTR
The Leaque of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Majestic
What does this say about me, other then I cant count.

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jay, i think it says that u like cheap gags in movies, or cute humor. dont mistake the word "cheap" with "bad."

i think we should do more guessing of character, instead of just listing. i think it sfun to guess, and ppl might think its fun to see what othersr say based soley on movie titles.

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